The traditional Valentine’s Day gift of a dozen roses will run you close to $90, according to a FinanceBuzz survey. While flowers are lovely, they pale in comparison to travel adventures with your boo—and getting hotel reward card free nights.
Credit card expert Lee Huffman likes to use his card rewards to plan trips with his wife. “When my wife and I started dating more than 10 years ago, we both had the travel bug, and we were looking for travel companions,” he says. Rather than flowers or candy, for Valentine’s Day Huffman focuses on optimizing airline miles and hotel points.
