
Joseph Hostetler
Joseph Hostetler is a freelance writer specializing in credit cards and travel rewards. He is also a Certified Educator in Personal Finance (CEPF). He has worked for leading award travel sites such as The Points Guy and Million Mile Secrets prior to becoming the sole credit cards reporter at Insider. He has received hundreds of thousands of dollars in free travel thanks to the miles and points he’s earned through credit card secrets and strategies he writes about on a daily basis.
He has also written for Fortune, USA Today, Taboola, CNN, MSN, and Yahoo Finance among others.
- Fairborn, OH 45324, USA
- linkedin.com/in/joseph-hostetler-07811a98
Publications
- CNN Underscored3 articles
- Fortune3 articles
- Buy Side from the Wall Street Journal2 articles
- Money.com2 articles
- USA Today Blueprint
- Yahoo Finance
Writes Most On
- Why My 2-Year-Old Has a Travel Credit Card22 Aug 2024—Money.comA healthy credit profile and a good credit score are the financial equivalents of Willy Wonka’s golden ticket: They can open up favorable mortgage rates, qualify you for the best rewards credit cards, help you rent an apartment and more. These are, of course, adult milestones — decades down the line if you’re, say, a toddler who’s more interested in Bluey than loans. But after I learned the importance of building credit the hard way, I decided to set my daughter up for success. I’ve added my...