{"id":328,"date":"2013-05-03T13:50:17","date_gmt":"2013-05-03T20:50:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thevaluetraveler.com\/?p=328"},"modified":"2014-09-03T01:22:39","modified_gmt":"2014-09-03T01:22:39","slug":"card-review-the-laquinta-returns-signature-visa-card-20000-bonus-points-after-1st-spend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/first2board.com\/thevaluetraveler\/2013\/05\/03\/card-review-the-laquinta-returns-signature-visa-card-20000-bonus-points-after-1st-spend\/","title":{"rendered":"Card Review: The LaQuinta Returns Signature Visa Card &#8211; 20,000 Bonus Points after 1st Spend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I know what you are thinking. Why the heck would I get a LaQuinta VISA card? Before you unleash the hounds on me, let me justify why I picked up this card.\u00a0 First of all, its very colorful! Its a bright green, flashy looking card, that almost resembles something you would find in a Fisher Price money play set. I call it curb appeal for your wallet!\u00a0 However, that&#8217;s not why picked it up. See, my last churn, I needed to pick up at least 4 cards, and I already had 3 Chase cards, 4 American Express cards, and 4 Citibank cards.\u00a0 I needed something from a bank I haven&#8217;t applied from,\u00a0 and <strong>First Bank of Omaha<\/strong> was it.\u00a0 They are the issuing bank for this card.\u00a0 I had some offers in the mail from them before, for an American Express card they offered, but they offered no sign up bonus of any kind.\u00a0 Just no-annual fee, with a 0.0% APR for the first year.\u00a0 No good, because I always pay my balance in full.\u00a0 Interest is for suckers!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.firstbankcard.com\/laquinta\/87913\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/YvaBJ6o.png\" width=\"257\" height=\"161\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Here are some details for the LaQuinta Rewards Signature VISA card:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>20,000 bonus points after first purchase<\/li>\n<li>Automatic GOLD Status in their LaQuinta Rewards program<\/li>\n<li>2 points per dollar spent on gas, dining, and car rentals<\/li>\n<li>17 points per dollar spent at LaQuinta Hotels and Inn&#8217;s<\/li>\n<li>Free nights start at 6,000 points<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>20,000 points can get you two free nights at almost any of the LaQuinta locations, but they vary from state to state.\u00a0 Once you sign up for a LaQuinta Returns account, you will be able to see how many points get you what.\u00a0 You can also redeem the points for gift cards, transfers to various airlines programs, such as American, Alaska, US Airways, Southwest, but the ratio is terrible, and I think you are better off using the points for free nights.\u00a0 The points will be handy to have in case you need to do an overnighter at a gateway city like LAX\/SFO for an international itinerary, or a road trip to Cali or something.\u00a0 I&#8217;m sure you will find a purpose for it.\u00a0 The card has no annual fee, so you don&#8217;t have to worry about getting charged after one year of card membership.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.firstbankcard.com\/laquinta\/87913\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.firstbankcard.com\/laquinta\/87913\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/aWTZcWn.png\" width=\"386\" height=\"322\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I know what you are thinking. 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