 TITLE: When Is Getting A Travel Credit Card Worth It? CONTENT: Is It Worth Paying an Annual Fee?\n---------------------------------\nMany travel credit cards charge an annual fee to keep your account open each year. Think of it this way: You pay the annual fee to be able to use a card's benefits. So it's only worth shelling out that fee year after year if you are getting more value from your card's perks than you are paying to keep it open.\nFor example, the Capital One Venture Rewards Credit Card has a $95 annual fee. But for that, you get the ability to earn miles you can redeem for statement credits against your purchases, or transfer to Capital One's airline and hotel partners including Air Canada, JetBlue and Wyndham.\nThe card will also reimburse you up to $100 for either a Global Entry or TSA PreCheck application once every four years, which takes the hassle out of getting through the airport, and which may make up for the annual fee for at least one of the years you carry the card. Although it can be a pain, when your annual fee comes due each year, do the math and figure out whether you got more value from your travel credit card's benefits than you are paying to continue carrying it. END