A credit card that pays for your seat upgrade and your late-night wipes
Travel hacks that double as life hacks, with a side of legroom.
The story
The article promotes the IHG Premier Select Credit Card, highlighting benefits like airline credits, hotel perks, and DoorDash rewards, with examples from a Seattle trip.
Source: thepointsguy.com
Our reading
The article’s star perk is a $200 airline credit, which could have covered upgraded seat selection. It’s a nice touch, but the real comedy comes when you realize the writer needed to pay for extra legroom in the first place—like a kid who buys a bigger bed just to have more space to kick the covers off.
The DoorDash credit is presented as a lifesaver for last-minute needs, but it’s hard not to picture someone using it to order a single pack of wipes at 1 a.m.—a scenario that feels less like a convenience and more like a modern-day emergency room for minor crises.
The writer’s final takeaway is that the card ‘could have saved hundreds of dollars.’ It’s a modest victory, but at least it’s a victory that doesn’t require a doctor’s note or a trip to the airport’s lost luggage counter.
