Hyatt has announced plans to acquire dream hotel group for $125 million with up to a further $175 million to be paid as future properties open. This deal will add 12 managed or franchised lifestyle hotels and 24 signed long-term... Read More →
Category - Misc
Student Loan Debt Relief Program Now Accepting Applicants [No Longer Accepting Applicants]
Update 11/12/22: Applicants are no longer being accepted. Courts have issued orders blocking our student debt relief program. As a result, at this time, we are not accepting applications. We are seeking to overturn those orders. The... Read More →
Student Loan Debt Relief Beta Program Accepting Applicants
It’s currently possible to apply for the beta program of the student loan debt relief program. It takes about five minutes to apply for the beta program and you don’t need to provide any documentation to apply. For those... Read More →
Uber To End Uber Rewards On 10/31
Uber has announced that it will end the Uber Rewards program on 10/31/22. The e-mail announcing the change states this is because they want to focus on the Uber One program. Thank you for being part of Uber Rewards. It’s been a great... Read More →
Issue With Feedly/RSS Feed/Feedburner
In the last week and half a lot of readers have reached out letting us know that our rss feed/feedly is not updating properly. We are aware of this issue but unfortunately the issue can’t be fixed by us. I think the issue has been... Read More →
Crypto.com Makes Huge Negative Changes To Debit Cards
Update 7/23/22: More negative changes: Existing Jade Green, Royal Indigo, and Ruby Steel Crypto.com Visa Card users who activated their Card before July 23, 2022, 11:00 EST will enjoy the merchant rebate benefits (Spotify, Netflix)... Read More →
Citi To Launch ‘Citi Alliance’ For Consumers With Independent Advisors
Citi has announced a new program called ‘Citi Alliance‘ that targets consumers with an independent financial advisor. It will provide the following suite of benefits (emphasis ours): A dedicated Citi Alliance Relationship... Read More →
Four British Airways Lounges Join Priority Pass (EWR, SFO, SEA & IAD)
Four British Airways lounges in the US have joined the Priority Pass lounge network. These lounges are located in EWR, SFO, SEA, and IAD. Access is restricted to strict times (presumably when British Airways isn’t already using... Read More →
American Express Opens Centurion Lounge At Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) [Reopened]
Update 6/14/22: Lounge will reopen on 6 a.m. local time on Wednesday, June 15 Update 6/8/21: Lounge now closed again until later this year due to building repairs. Update 3/9/20: Lounge now open, more information here. Update 3/6/20:... Read More →
Mobile Passport Control: Free Global Entry Alternative
There is now a new app called Mobile Passport Control that has replaced Mobile Passport is free and replicates those features that used to be free on the old app Read More →
Credit Karma Providing Equifax Updates/Scores Again
Update 6/1/22: Looks like Credit Karma has readded Equifax again. This page says reports are updated weekly. Update 3/15/21: Some people that had Equifax removed are now seeing updates again. Hat tip to reader Bill Credit Karma is a... Read More →
Chase To Launch ChaseTravel.com & Three More Airport Lounges
Correction: Article originally stated two more airport lounges would becoming, but it’s actually three for a total of 9 lounges according to the slide on Chase’s investor deck (Skift article states 8). Hat tip to C... Read More →
Expedia Plans To Merge Loyalty Programs Between Brands (One Key) (Hotels.com, Expedia and Orbitz)
Update 5/6/22: Program will be called One Key and will launch in 2023. Update: Expedia has now announced changes to its loyalty program from February 2022 onwards. It’s unclear if this is part of the changes to Expedia... Read More →
Frontier & Spirit Airlines To Merge
Frontier & Spirit airlines have announced that they intend merge with Frontier equity holders owning roughly 51.5% of the combined company and Spirit owning the remaining 48.5%. It’s unclear if both of the airlines will... Read More →
Experian Launches ‘Experian Go’ Build Your Own Credit Report For Thin Credit Files
Experian has launched something called ‘Experian Go‘. The idea behind Experian Go is to allow consumers with little or no credit history to build their credit report. Once users sign up they have an authenticated credit... Read More →