In the latest app run in August, I checked out few hotel cards. The ones that stood were the Marriot Chase Rewards, Citi Hilton Signature (especially since there is no annual fee) and the Amex Starwood cards.
On the cash back or travel cards, the one card that has rivalled the Chase Sapphire preferred is the Barclays Arrival Card. They have two flavours - one with 20k sign on bonus and another with 40k bonus. The 40k bonus is valued at roughly $500 worth of travel redemptions on certain airlines. The points earned are valued at 2.2% as the arrival plus card has a return of 2% and can be redeemed for extra 0.2% for travel. This is a good card to have in the wallet, though a little hard to get approved. So the best advice here would be to apply for the Barclays card as soon as you begin applying for various other credit cards. Not having much credit history tends to give you an upper leg in getting the card approved.
Barclays arrival plus card can be found here.
The Citi Hilton Visa Signature, 60k bonus point offer is the best one available. Link can be found here.
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