3 Travel Credit Cards for Beginners

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It’s been a little over a year since I first wrote about travel credit cards for beginners based on my experience in 2018. 

I had a positive experience with all three that I obtained and found it easier than expected to earn and redeem points for free flights. 

To recap, in my first year, I obtained three new cards:

• Chase Sapphire Reserve card
• Chase Southwest Rapid Rewards Priority card
• Citi Premier ThankYou card

In 2019, I took my own advice by continuing a slow and steady approach toward opening new lines of credit. 

It’s important to me that I not get in over my head. I’d rather have fewer high-quality cards than a wallet full of random…