Summer travel: 5 great travel rewards programs

Summer travel can be cheap with the help of credit card rewards. Here are five great credit card rewards programs to fit your vacationing style.

3. Road trippers

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A sign for $2.99 a gallon gasoline is seen as vehicles wait for a traffic light to turn green at a Hot Spot convenience store in Spartanburg, S.C., earlier this month. If you take vacations in the car, the PenFed Platinum Rewards Card earns 5 points for every dollar you spend on gas.

Driving to your summer vacation destination means spending a lot on gas, so why not get the PenFed Platinum Rewards Card? It offers a $250 initial bonus as well as 5, 3, and 1 points per dollar you spend on gas, groceries, and everything else, respectively. While there is no annual fee or foreign transaction fee, you do have to pay $15 to join the Pentagon Federal Credit Union.

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