Do you guys think William Shattner has this card? Probably, and the Big Deal too. But whether you, I, or anyone else should as well is another story entirely. One which depends on what the Priceline Credit Card has to offer and what you tend to spend your money on. I mean, I don’t think the Priceline Card has a Name Your Own Rates and Rewards feature like Priceline.com has for flights, and you don’t want to get a card that offers rewards in spending categories that aren’t important to you.

The Priceline.com Credit Card is going to be travel oriented, that’s no secret, and only people who travel frequently should get it for ongoing use. A credit card company can easily make earned rewards less valuable by changing the number of points or miles you need for redemption, which would be a big concern for people who try to save up a lot of miles for vacations months or years away. Now, if the Priceline Card has a great initial bonus, everyone could benefit. So keep this in mind as you check out what I feel are the pros and cons of the Priceline Credit Card.

Pros
- Your points are worth 50% percent more when redeemed toward Name Your Own Price Fares, making big time savings that much better. The only problem I have with the Name Your Own Price thing is that you get a window for your departure and return flight times. I’m not really into being on call for vacations.

- You can redeem points for statement credits, not just travel. This makes the Priceline Card more versatile, but also means that if it doesn’t offer competitive terms, youre basically paying extra for branding, which isn’t a good idea especially sicne Capital One lets you put any picture you want on the front of your card.

Cons
- You only get $25 from the 2,500 point initial bonus. A $25 initial bonus is better than nothing, but when you can get $600 more than that from the Chae Sapphire Preferred Card, it’s sure not attractive.

- C’mon Priceline, you’re really only going to give people 2 points per $1 on Pricleine.com purchases and 1 point per $1 on everything else? Those rewards just give the Priceline.com Credit Card a bad name.

- The 0% balance transfer offer simply doesn’t stack up well against the competition either.

The Priceline Card just doesn’t cut it. Even if you use Priceline a lot, you’d be better off getting a good generic travel card like the Cap One Venture because you can apply the miles you earn (at a 2% clip across all purchases) to any travel purchase you want. If you want an initial bonus to lower the cost of a specific trip, go with the Sapphire Preferred. And if you want a low interest rate, get the No Balance Transfer Fee Slate Card from Chase.