Category - Recaps

Amazon just opened a new store that sells popular items from its website. Here’s what it looks like inside by CNBC. Plastiq.Com Deal Debriefing (Masterpass $0 Fee Payments) by Milenomics.   JetBlue and Delta Accused of... Read More →

New Southwest Routes for the Fall and Spring by Deals We Like. Still no Hawaii. Hyatt Will Add Four New Properties in Africa by Danny Deal Guru. Always nice to see Hyatt expanding it’s footprint.   Targeted: Double AAdvantage... Read More →

Uber scores a big win in legal fight to keep drivers as independent contractors by The Verge. I miss the days when Uber paid a fair amount to drivers and the quality of drivers was excellent. Arizona Uber drivers will get $100 each from... Read More →

Walt Disney World Resort Introduces New Online Destination For Vacation Planning, Date-Based Tickets by Disney. Some people think this might be the case of Chase dropping Disney bookings. I’m going to leave that to the Disney... Read More →

Lyft now integrates public transit info in app by TechCrunch. This is only available in a select city and likely only because they are pushing out their scooters there. Enroll for TSA PreCheck at Select Staples Locations Nationwide by... Read More →

Purchasing a Timeshare: Are eBay auctions for $1.00 legitimate? by The Timeshare Guru. Basically the answer is yes, but there are a number of gotchas you should be aware of. I would have liked  TTG to go through a few of the listings... Read More →

Free Messaging Coming to Southwest Airlines in October 2018 by The Gate. I think it’s great that Southwest are offering free messaging, I don’t like the trend of being too connected in flight though purely because then... Read More →

GovPayNow.com Leaks 14M+ Records by Krebs On Security. Another day, another data breach. Every time this happens I say that the penalties for companies that have sensitive data that is breached needs to be tougher. The fact that you... Read More →

Citibank Agrees To Settle SEC ‘Dark Pool’ Claims For $12M by PYMNTS. Seems like every other day one of these financial institutions is settling another suit. A New (Unannounced) Flying Blue Partner by Point Me To The Plane.  ... Read More →

Banks are keeping closer tabs on your reputation than ever before — and it may explain why one Sapphire Reserve cardholder mysteriously had his account shut down by Chase by Business Insider. One thing that makes me furious is the fact... Read More →

Why I don’t plan on reselling the iPhone Xs by Miles Per Day. Good call, usually it’s the international markets driving the higher prices at release. Plaza Premium Lounge Opens In HEL February 2019 (Non-Schengen) by Loyalty Lobby... Read More →

How far can we push the Amex Offer once per cardmember rule? (Author Chat) by Frequent Miler. The biggest problem with this AT&T offer is it looks like they have limited how much you can prepay your account. If they hadn’t and... Read More →

Amazon is opening a checkout-free grocery store in NYC by Time Out. Looks like Amazon Go is expanding. Will be interesting to see when this moves from proof of concept to actually rolling out. Google Launches Incredible New Travel... Read More →

Southwest & Build A Bear Donating 20,000+ Stuffed Animals To Children’s Hospitals by Michael W Travels. I’ve said this before but I’ll say it again, I don’t care if companies only do this sort of stuff for positive... Read More →

Justice Department Probing Wells Fargo’s Wholesale Banking Unit by WSJ. Seems we can’t go a week without a major banking scandal. Get 750 Bonus Aeroplan Miles with an Economy fare. Not a huge deal, but if you’re going to be... Read More →