<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>splurn blog</title><description>Plain answers about credit card rewards, statement credits and perks.</description><link>https://splurn.com/</link><language>en-us</language><item><title>Which credit card should I use for groceries?</title><link>https://splurn.com/blog/which-credit-card-should-i-use-for-groceries/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://splurn.com/blog/which-credit-card-should-i-use-for-groceries/</guid><description>The card with the highest grocery rate is only right if the store codes as a grocery store. Here is how to tell, what the common traps are, and how caps change the answer.</description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Which card</category><category>Groceries</category><category>Categories</category></item><item><title>How to track credit card statement credits so none expire</title><link>https://splurn.com/blog/how-to-track-credit-card-statement-credits/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://splurn.com/blog/how-to-track-credit-card-statement-credits/</guid><description>Monthly, quarterly, annual and anniversary-year credits all reset on different clocks. A system for tracking them, and the mistakes that cost people hundreds a year.</description><pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Perks</category><category>Statement credits</category><category>Tracking</category></item><item><title>The monthly credit card credits people forget most</title><link>https://splurn.com/blog/credit-card-credits-that-expire-monthly/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://splurn.com/blog/credit-card-credits-that-expire-monthly/</guid><description>Monthly credits are small, frequent and easy to lose. Which kinds are most often wasted, why, and how to make using them automatic.</description><pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Perks</category><category>Statement credits</category><category>Monthly credits</category></item><item><title>Which credit card should I use at Costco?</title><link>https://splurn.com/blog/which-card-to-use-at-costco/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://splurn.com/blog/which-card-to-use-at-costco/</guid><description>US Costco warehouses take Visa only, and the purchase codes as a wholesale club, not groceries. How that narrows the choice, and what changes online and at the gas pump.</description><pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Which card</category><category>Costco</category><category>Categories</category></item><item><title>Is it safe to connect my credit cards through Plaid?</title><link>https://splurn.com/blog/is-plaid-safe-for-credit-cards/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://splurn.com/blog/is-plaid-safe-for-credit-cards/</guid><description>What Plaid is, what an app actually receives when you connect, what it cannot do, and the questions to ask before you link anything.</description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Privacy</category><category>Plaid</category><category>Accounts</category></item><item><title>Rotating 5% categories: how to activate them and when they are worth it</title><link>https://splurn.com/blog/how-to-activate-quarterly-bonus-categories/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://splurn.com/blog/how-to-activate-quarterly-bonus-categories/</guid><description>Cards with quarterly rotating categories pay nothing extra until you activate, and stop at a cap. How activation works, what the caps mean in dollars, and how to fit them into a wallet.</description><pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Categories</category><category>Rotating categories</category><category>Which card</category></item><item><title>How to choose the bonus category on a card that lets you pick</title><link>https://splurn.com/blog/how-to-choose-bonus-categories-on-credit-cards/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://splurn.com/blog/how-to-choose-bonus-categories-on-credit-cards/</guid><description>Some cards let you choose your own 3% or 5% category each month or quarter. A method for picking the one that pays most, and the mistake of leaving the default.</description><pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Categories</category><category>Selectable categories</category><category>Which card</category></item><item><title>What is a credit card point worth? How to pick a number and use it</title><link>https://splurn.com/blog/what-is-a-credit-card-point-worth/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://splurn.com/blog/what-is-a-credit-card-point-worth/</guid><description>Points cards and cash back cards cannot be compared until you decide what a point is worth to you. How to pick a defensible cents-per-point value and what changes when you do.</description><pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Points</category><category>Valuation</category><category>Which card</category></item></channel></rss>