How can the guy teaching us about travel hacking using credit cards tell us to never get a credit card?
Haha - great question!
Here’s the reason.
A great case can be made for never getting a credit card.
In fact, if you get a credit card or multiple credit cards, you should know you’re taking a risk.
Period. End of story.
Having credit cards is like playing with fire. Generally speaking, it’s a bad idea, but some people, through years of financial wisdom, have learned to “play” with fire in a way where the likelihood of getting burned is very low. They may choose to take the risk with significant guardrails in place to keep them from getting hurt.
They are the exceptions to the rule.
Perhaps that’s you and me.
I don’t think the “rule” is that people should have credit cards. I think it’s the exception to the rule.
I think the best general wisdom is...