Category - Recaps

It was a slow week for credit cards and most of it was unfortunately bad news. American Airlines gift cards seem to not currently be triggering AmEx airline credits. Chase sent out forced product conversion notices to some... Read More →

Purchases With Plastic Get Costlier for Merchants—and Consumers by WSJ This Week In Bank Points: Amtrak First Class Upgrade Coupons by Milenomics. I’m trying to educate myself more on Amtrak so these types of posts are great... Read More →

Amazon pulls out of plan to build HQ2 in New York City amid political opposition by USA Today. Coffee Meets Bagel announces a data breach on Valentine’s Day by The Verge. Payment details and passwords were not stolen, so that’s a... Read More →

Confirmed: Marriott Meetings 10 Elite Qualifying Nights is Annual by Rapid Travel Chai. Marriott Loyalty-Program Hiccups May Have Boosted Hilton’s Ranks by Bloomberg. Not sure you can accurately say that there is causation here... Read More →

(Canada) American Express Platinum Card Refresh Coming! by Canadian Kilometers. It’s always interesting to see what American Express does with different cards in different regions. Caesar Rewards Launches Tier Credit Multiplier... Read More →

Elon Musk Reveals Future Price Plan for a Return Ticket to Mars by Inverse. $500,000, maybe as low as $100,000 depending on volume. One can only hope for reasonable award rates. Map of Marriott Category Changes Effective 3/5/2019 by DEM... Read More →

Expedia and United Agree to Stand Down — For Now by Skift. Will be interesting to see how long this lasts. Stack to fly Turkish business class from 26K ThankYou points to/from Europe by Frequent Miler.   Transitioning Service... Read More →

Yes — Redeem Only 5,000 Hilton Honors Points Per Night February 2019 at These Hotel and Resort Properties by The Gate. Nice little list of cheap Hilton properties. Many popular iPhone apps secretly record your screen without asking by... Read More →

Expedia Files Lawsuit Against United Airlines in Contract Dispute by Skift. United Airlines Makes Changes After Review of Plane Stranded for More Than 12 Hours by WSJ.   Hundreds of Bounty Hunters Had Access to AT&T, T-Mobile... Read More →

Reader Amy was able to book a Marriott free award night at an Aloft hotel, calling the elite reservation line didn’t work but calling the hotel directly and requesting a manager did work (make sure you ask nicely and remain... Read More →

Chase Going After PayPal, Stripe In eCommerce Payments by PYMNTS. American Express Changes Details of Cash Advances, Contactless Transactions & Business Gold Card Top Categories by Travel With Grant.   Google Maps is THE Place... Read More →

Uber and Cabify to suspend operations in Barcelona by The Guardian. La Quinta Makes Negative Change To Pet Policy – Properties Can Now Charge A Pet Fee by Frequent Miler. I can see why they made this change, but if you want to be seen... Read More →

Ascension Leak Exposes 24M+ Loan, Mortgage Details by PYMNTS. Increase the penalties for data breaches. Bank of America Boosts “Preferred Rewards” with Free Online Stock Trading For All by Proud Money. Previously you needed... Read More →

Stacking American Express Hilton Aspire Credit Card $250 Resort Credit & DoubleTree AMEX Offer ($45 Off $225) by Travel With Grant. Chemical Bank to merge with TCF Financial Corp., change name by Detroit Free Press. TCF often offers... Read More →