PenFed Pathfinder® Rewards Visa® Signature Card review: A premium travel rewards card with no annual fee

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In a Nutshell

The PenFed Pathfinder® Rewards Visa® Signature Card offers competitive rewards with the potential for no annual fee. It also offers some valuable benefits typically found on premium rewards cards that have expensive annual fees.
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Can the PenFed Pathfinder® Rewards Visa® Signature Card compete with the premium rewards cards from the major banks?

In recent years, credit card issuers have been rushing to offer premium travel cards with ever greater rewards and more-valuable benefits. PenFed is approaching this market in a unique way.

Usually, these cards offer large bonuses on travel purchases and just one point for other purchases.

Other cards may offer more than one point on all purchases, but with no bonus spending categories. PenFed Pathfinder® Rewards Visa® Signature Card does both.


About the author: Jason Steele is a journalist who specializes in covering credit cards, rewards travel and other areas of personal finance. As one of the nation’s leading experts in the credit card industry, Jason’s work has been feat… Read more.