huskypantz
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I began traveling for work last year (basically 4-6 times per year for 5-8 days per trip) and along with that I've got Jet Blue, Marriott and Hilton accounts. My company has a corporate rate with Marriott so I used up my Hilton points and I've moved to just Marriott properties. I use Jet Blue because Boston is a JB hub so I can get almost anywhere I need to go nonstop. Between work trips and family vacations, I'm starting to rack up a reasonable amount of points. I am not using a travel credit card - I have a BOA cash back card, that's it. Hotel points are pretty easy to deal with but it seems that airline points are more complicated - I need to create accounts for my family members and link them to me (annoying creating an email account for a 5 year old). So I'm considering getting a travel-specific credit card - I looked at the bonvoy card (100,000 points with qualifiers) but the high annual fee is kind of annoying. JB has some decent card deals including 20k or 40k points depending on what you want to pay. So I'm wondering two things. One, what is your preference on getting a hotel points-based credit card versus an airline card? Second, for flights - do you find that it's better to use points on planned trips or wait for last minute "deals"?