Most travel card reviews are written to sell you the card. TripTruth does the opposite. Each audit runs the real fee math — what you actually pay vs. what you realistically capture — using a built-in calculator with your spending habits, not best-case assumptions. No sponsored rankings. No affiliate-first scoring. Just: is this card worth it for a real person? Audited so far: Capital One Venture X, Amex Platinum, Chase Sapphire Reserve, Amazon Prime Visa, Robinhood Platinum.

The problem we kept running into: every major travel card review site is funded by the same cards they rank #1. The math is always conveniently optimistic. The fine print is buried. The calculator assumes you max every category. TripTruth started as a personal spreadsheet to actually model whether Amex Platinum or Venture X was worth it for a real household — not a rewards hacker, just a person who travels 4-6x a year. What we built: • A forensic audit per card: fee math, fine print, real-use conditions • A calculator built into each review that models YOUR habits, not best-case • A claim audit table: we take the marketing claims and verify them line by line • No sponsored rankings. No affiliate-first scoring. We’re launching with 7 audits live. Happy to answer any questions about methodology or specific cards.

Hey PH community we're launching TripTruth tomorrow, an independent audit lab for US travel credit cards.

Most travel card review sites earn affiliate commissions from the cards they rank. That creates a real conflict: a $695/year card pays a bigger referral than a no-fee card, so it gets better coverage regardless of whether it makes sense for you.

TripTruth does the math honestly:

- No affiliate links or sponsored rankings

Hey PH community we're launching TripTruth tomorrow, an independent audit lab for US travel credit cards.

TripTruth does the math honestly:

- No affiliate links or sponsored rankings

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Honest math audits for travel cards. No sponsored rankings.

Honest math audits for travel cards. No sponsored rankings.

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We built TripTruth to fix biased travel card reviews — ask us anything

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We built TripTruth to fix biased travel card reviews — ask us anything