Foreign card spending in Korea up nearly tenfold in 3 years

Spending in South Korea via cards issued overseas has risen nearly tenfold over the past three and a half years, according to a report released Tuesday. The report by Korea Credit Data shows that the monthly index for overseas card sales reached 960 in June, an increase of 9.6 times the 100 recorded in January 2023. Th

The author (second from right) used credit card points to save on her Orlando family trip. Courtesy of Lisa Galek Our six-day Orlando trip for a family of five cost about $8,620. By opening credit cards before our trip, we were able to earn points. We then used those points to redeem a lot of our travel expenses, redu