The 10 Best Credit Card and Points Blogs

If you use them wisely, credit cards can offer fantastic benefits. Use them irresponsibly and you will pay dearly for it.

Talk about a double-edged sword.

So what should you do? My suggestion: learn everything you can about using credit cards smartly so you can live the life you want in a way that also makes financial sense.

Below, you will find 10 of the best blogs on the internet that will teach you all you need to know about credit cards, smart credit use, and how to leverage those credit card points to live a richer life.

If you want to dive into some great resources, check these out:

• The 10 Best Rewards Credit Cards
• The Best Cards To Maximize Credit Card Rewards
• The Best Travel Credit Card Reward Strategy

When we asked a community of over 3,000 financial bloggers who their favorite go-to credit card and credit card rewards blog was, hands down, The Points Guy won.

And they were right. After doing a little digging of our own, we found that the recommendations were warranted.

Brian Kelly founded The Points Guy blog in 2010, and as of this writing, the blog receives over nine million monthly visits.

There is also a YouTube channel associated with the blog that has over 10 million views and 57,000 subscribers. You’ll get to see The Points Guy himself as he travels around the world and shows how he makes that possible leveraging the right credit card rewards.

If you’d like to learn everything there is to know about credit card rewards and how to use them to travel, this is a blog worth subscribing to.

2. Million Mile Secrets

We've been fans of Million Mile Secrets for years. They operate at the intersection of credit cards and travel, and know the "secrets" to get you and your family where you want to go using points and miles.

Beyond the travel hacking aspect of their site, they cover everything you want to know about points and miles. With everything from unique offers, to great articles on family travel, Million Mile Secrets should be on your short list of credit card blogs to read.

Doctor of Credit is the go-to website for everything bonus related when it comes to credit cards, banks, and more. What I love about Doctor of Credit is they most likely have insiders at most major credit card companies that provide them information pre-release. 

We've heard straight from credit card executives about how Doctor of Credit gets the inside scoop, and the executives can't figure out how. That's some solid credibility right there.

While their website may look like early-2000s blogging, the content is top-notch.

On the BaldThoughts about page, you’ll find this: “BaldThoughts.com is a travel blog showing readers how they can take fantastic vacations using very little of their own money.”

According to Lee Huffman, the founder of Bald Thoughts, “being bald” and having lots of thoughts about travel and personal finance, led him to start his blog.

Lee and the BaldThoughts writing team inject a lot of humor in their posts, but that aside, the blog is a wealth of information when it comes to traveling less using credit card rewards.

You’ll also find a lot of information about hotel and restaurant loyalty programs on this blog. Plus, if you follow their Instagram, you'll be inspired by their family travel!

The Club Thrifty blog is an awesome blog to subscribe to if you want to learn how to travel for pennies on the dollar and how to do it as a family.

Greg and Holly Johnson are the founders of Club Thrifty and they travel frequently with their two daughters and have a lot to say when it comes to leveraging credit card rewards to travel.

In fact, their use of points and miles, combined with their family travel, is incredibly inspiring. They travel for multiple weeks each year - many times with their young children. And most of the travel is done using points and miles from credit cards.

Check out Club Thrifty here >>

Although The Simple Dollar has historically focused on general personal finance, they have an excellent section that deals with all things credit cards.

The Simple Dollar is one of the oldest personal finance blogs out there - and while they've had a lot of iterations over the year, they consistently deliver top-notch content.

This is especially true with their credit card comparisons and resources. They are always near the top of the pack when it comes to top-notch credit card information.

0% APR cards?

Hotel loyalty cards?

Airline cards?

Credit cards that charge you no transaction fees when you’re traveling?

Whatever your desire is from the list above, the Frugal Travel Guy blog can help you.

They even have a “Rookie Guide” if you’re completely new to harnessing the power of credit card points and rewards.

Check out the Frugal Travel Guy here >>

Nerdwallet

NerdWallet has been around since 2009. With a blog that gets around 16 million visits per month, they’ve earned their stripes as the place to go to when you want to learn about credit cards and personal finance in general.

NerdWallet features a calculator on their website that allows you to plug in your credit score, choose a goal, and based on that they will serve you up the best credit card to apply for.

Do you have a low credit score? No problem, just plug in those two pieces of information and NerdWallet will be happy to show you which credit card programs will allow you to build your credit.

NerdWallet also provides side-by-side comparisons of credit cards and other calculators that will help you make all the “right money moves.”