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I recently took out a new Chase Explorer United Airlines card for the free baggage and priority boarding benefits. I received our benefits booklet today and learned it also provides primary insurance on rental cars. There are several other nice benefits that go along with the card and pretty decent travel insurance benefits that go above the typical Visa card.
The card has a $95/yearly fee but, now I feel I can drop our Diners Club card, which has moved to yet another bank since we took it out (third bank in maybe 5 years) and charges us $135 for two cards. Granted I can use my points with the Diners Club card on several different airlines but, my primary reason for carrying that card was I hated AE's customer service (or lack of CS) and I wanted the primary coverage.
So I guess a pleasant surprise of the new Chase card is the savings of $45/year (Chase annual fee less DC annual fee that I'll drop) in card fee's, just to keep primary coverage on rental cars.
The card has a $95/yearly fee but, now I feel I can drop our Diners Club card, which has moved to yet another bank since we took it out (third bank in maybe 5 years) and charges us $135 for two cards. Granted I can use my points with the Diners Club card on several different airlines but, my primary reason for carrying that card was I hated AE's customer service (or lack of CS) and I wanted the primary coverage.
So I guess a pleasant surprise of the new Chase card is the savings of $45/year (Chase annual fee less DC annual fee that I'll drop) in card fee's, just to keep primary coverage on rental cars.