Over the years, many readers have emailed me to ask how I keep track of all the credit cards that I have open (especially when they’re first starting out along the process), and I received another flood of such questions after publishing last week’s post on my credit card application strategies. Strong organizational skills are essential to success in this game we play, and while useful apps like AwardWallet exist to help us log our points balances in various programs, there’s really no better way to track your credit card portfolio than a good old-fashioned Excel spreadsheet.
