The best card for a student or young professional just starting out on life's journey and the path to valuable rewards for spend isn't necessarily clear-cut, but on this week's show we discuss the options we would be most likely to recommend -- and why one probably stands out over the rest for a large segment of the market.

1:09 Giant Mailbag double feature. A cool trick for Caesars and Wyndham and a reader thank-you.

5:10 What crazy thing . . . did Greg the Frequent Miler do this week?

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12:14 Mattress running the numbers -- err, lounge running the numbers with the Royal Air Maroc status match.

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19:35 Main Event: The single best starter card

21:10 Discover It Student card

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26:24 Freedom cards https://frequentmiler.com/cff/

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32:37 Citi Double Cash https://frequentmiler.com/dc/

37:53 Citi Custom Cash https://frequentmiler.com/customcash/

41:15 Bilt Mastercard https://frequentmiler.com/is-the-bilt-card-worth-it-who-should-consider-it-is-it-the-ultimate-starter-rewards-card-on-nicks-mind/

1:01:12 Question of the Week: Looking for flexibility in United award tickets Join our email list:

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Music credit: Annie Yoder