Premium credit cards grew in 2025, with higher fees, new perks and steady demand amid Visa and Mastercard settlement news.

Some issuers are hiking the annual fee on their flagship luxury credit cards by hundreds of dollars. Are they still worth ...

A sharp $245 jump in a major U.S. bank's premium card fee has become a breaking point for many borrowers who once treated high-end plastic as a status symbol. Instead of quietly absorbing the increase ...

Premium credit cards come with big annual fees, but also big VIP perks. Here's why they can be worth it in 2026, especially ...

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to Brian Kelly, founder of credit card and travel website "The Points Guy", about the rising fees in the premium credit card space. High-income consumers or those with strong ...

Premium credit cards typically come with high annual fees but offer valuable benefits. Benefits are often structured as monthly or merchant-specific credits that require spending to unlock the full ...

The JetBlue Premier credit card features premium benefits like lounge access, travel credits and priority boarding. The card's $499 annual fee may be hard to justify for most, but it could be worth it ...

Credit card customers may experience a new level of complexity with transaction fees and even outright rejection. The Visa-Mastercard settlement announced this week, if approved by the court, could ...

The Citi Strata Premier® Card is a rare case: a card focused on travel rewards that still earns a high return on many everyday purchases. It could even be a single, do-it-all credit card for some ...

With more than 50 million redeemed miles under her belt, Becky Pokora is a rewards travel expert. She's been writing about credit cards and reward travel since 2011 with articles on Forbes Advisor, ...