Miles & Points Strategies, New Diamond Benefits, AmEx Offers, Fuel Surcharges & Credit Cards After A Bankruptcy

Full Time Travel = New Miles & Points Strategies by Travel is Free. Favorite quote of this article: “The way status is set up in general is that you honestly feel like you’re winning, and you’re honestly losing. Unless you’ve got an ace up your sleeve, you’re paying because you like it and not because it saves money.” Exactly how I feel about status and why I don’t bother chasing it. If it happens naturally, great. But I’d never book a room just to qualify for status.
Hyatt Launching Two New Diamond Benefits March 1: Gifting Status on Award Nights, and Lounge Access by View From The Wing. For those of you who do care about status, here are some new benefits.
4 New AMEX Offers and 3,000 US Bank FlexPerks Holiday Shopping Bonus Points by Travel With Grant. None of these offers look profitable for reselling but check them out anyway.
Singapore Airlines Fuel Surcharges About To Drop! by Running With Miles. Not surprising given the current fuel costs. Hopefully more countries follow Philippines lead and ban fuel surcharges. If airlines are going to charge these surcharges, surely they should be based on the current price of fuel somewhat?
Expedia Buys Orbitz Worldwide For $1.34 Billion by Loyalty Lobby. Less competition in the market is almost never a good thing. I really hope some new and different OTAs start becoming more main stream in the near future. I’m sick of Expedia and their all encompassing empire.
Amazon Competitor Jet.com Bags $140m In New Funding by pymnts. We’ve talked about Jet.com before, I’m excited to see what they offer. Hopefully Amazon doesn’t temporarily lower their prices to crush the company, Ala diapers.com.
Cardpool Surprised Me With The Highest Pricing Tier by Chasing The Points. It’s interesting to see what their top rates are for some merchants.
Chase Credit Cards After Bankruptcy by Miles To Memories. Good look at what you should/shouldn’t do if you have a bankruptcy on file.

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