• Los Angeles Times, Monday, June 4, 2012 10:45 AM

During this summer travel season, more Americans will use credit card rewards to cover some of their costs, according to a new survey. The Capital One survey found that 52% of those who plan to travel this summer said they will use credit card reward points to pay for some costs. Last year, 42% of those who took the survey said they planned to use credit card rewards. As for what they will use those reward points on, 58% of those who were surveyed said they planned to use them on airfare, 42% on hotel costs and 18% on gasoline.

Read the whole story at Los Angeles Times »