Best Holiday Travel Credit Cards – $1,000+ In Savings – WalletHub Report

With some of the year’s busiest travel dates fast approaching, the personal-finance website WalletHub today announced its selections for Winter 2016’s Best Travel Credit Cards, plus key money-saving tips for domestic and international travelers. This gives the roughly 38% of Americans who have excellent credit plenty of time to compare, apply and give themselves the gift of $1,000+ in free travel.

Below you can find a sample of our picks, chosen from more than 1,000 total offers given their unique ability to produce travel-borne savings.

• Best Initial Bonus: Chase Sapphire Reserve – $1,500 in travel for spending $4,000 in the first three months; $300 annual travel credit; $450 annual fee.

• Best All-Around Travel Rewards: Barclaycard Arrival Plus – $525 travel statement credit for spending $3,000 in the first three months; 2.1% back on all purchases when you redeem for travel; no annual fee in the first year ($89 thereafter).

• Best Airline Rewards: Frontier Airlines Credit Card – 2 round-trip domestic tickets for spending $500 in the first 90 days; 2 miles per $1 spent on flyfrontier.com and 1 point per $1 spent on everything else; $69 annual fee.

• Best Hotel Rewards: Club Carlson Premier Rewards – 50,000 bonus points after first purchase and 30,000 points for spending $2,500 within 90 days of account opening, redeemable for up to 9 free nights; 40,000 bonus points on account anniversary, worth up to 4 free nights; $75 annual fee.

For the rest of the best offers as well as additional money-saving travel tips, please visit: https://wallethub.com/best-travel-credit-cards/