Credit Card to use when traveling

Been fulltiming going on eight years and use Discover daily. Not sure who told you most campgrounds don't accept Discover, but we use ours. We also have a Cabela's Visa and between the two, we have it covered. Both give points and have special promotions for specific purchases. Discover points can now be spent at Amazon and we did our Christmas shopping using those points.

I would suggest when you finally take off that you call your credit card companies and let them know you are traveling. Otherwise, you may find them denied. It happens occasionally.

Dale

X3 on the PenFed VISA rewards credit card: 5% off on all fuel when paid for at the pump, 3% off on all groceries, 1% off on everything else. We use it as much as possible for all types of purchases all year-round whether at home or camping.

We cash in the points once a year for a prepaid VISA card from PenFed that we can use to purchase anything where a regular VISA credit card is accepted. The prepaid VISA card has hundreds of dollars loaded into it after one year of using the PenFed VISA rewards credit card as much as possible for all of our routine purchases. A good time to cash in the points is in the fall so you can use the reward points prepaid card for Christmas shopping.

At today's fuel prices 5% off amounts to getting around 15 cents to 25 cents off every gallon of RV fuel everywhere. We also find that just about every RV park accepts a VISA credit card.

For the viewpoint of stability and credibility, I believe that Pentagon Federal is the 2nd largest credit union in the U.S..

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And for gas, penfed visa gas card. You get a 5% credit at the end of the month on fuel purchases that is credited BEFORE they bill you. No limit on daily, monthly or annual fuel purchases that I have seen.

And if you have the Pen Fed Rewards card you get 5 points on fuel purchases and 3 points on grocery purchases. And the 5 points and 3 points work out the same as 5% and 3% which you can use to purchase goods on their rewards web site, or Visa cash cards, or big box store gift cards.

Not all campgrounds take a credit or debit card, so have some cash also, just in case you need it.

I would get a PenFed credit union Visa card. In addition to the 1 and 2 percent rebates you get on common items, you get a 5% rebate on gas and diesel fuel prices if you use the card at the pump. That 20 plus cents sure adds up when filling a 50 gal tank traveling cross country.

Rollnhome wrote:
1K a month is alot for campgrounds. I use cards based on what I'm buying some give better deals on fuel or air miles, etc.

$1K is a lot for campgrounds each month? I guess I'm so used to getting hammered on cost here in So Cal when I go camping, but I'm hoping that you're right once we get out of So Cal. What type of averages do you see around the U.S. while camping on a monthly basis?

1K a month is alot for campgrounds. I use cards based on what I'm buying some give better deals on fuel or air miles, etc.

If you're on the west coast and fly, I'd get Alaska Airline's Bank of America card. If not, you might look at American Express. Besides their point system, Costco only accepts Amex and a debit card.

As a side note, you should have at least 2 - 3 cards for two reasons. If you loose one and when the dam_ credit card company locks up your credit card because you have to swipte it more than once to fill up the fuel tank (mine is over $400) because you're not in your home state. Going through Canada it got so bad that when I got in cell range, I'd call the CC company, tell them I was about to get fuel, and then make them stay on the line as I had to swipe it four times to fill the tank. Each time they would tell me that they had put the propper notes in my file so it wouldn't get locked up again, but it would get locked each time if I didn't call them first. Then I'd have to sit there blocking the fuel pumps while it took them ten minutes to unlock it. And Canada is foreign country, if anyone is using your card there, it must be stolen..............

Bill

our visa flex perks travel card is the one we use the most. Pay everything we can on it, including utility bills, insurance etc. last year that gave us over $2000 in airline tickets. No restrictions on tickets, book them through Travelocity. If you don't want airline tickets, you can use the points on a variety of merchandise, hotel car rental etc.

And for gas, penfed visa gas card. You get a 5% credit at the end of the month on fuel purchases that is credited BEFORE they bill you. No limit on daily, monthly or annual fuel purchases that I have seen.