Category - Recaps

New FoundersCard Benefit – JetBlue Mosaic Status Match by DEM Flyers. I personally don’t think FoundersCard is worth it, but some readers have it. Choice Privileges 25K rewards at Preferred Hotels & Resorts USA, Canada, Mexico... Read More →

Quick Hit: Star Alliance awards to the Faroe Islands are now available… sort of. by Wingbag Miles. Any readers been to the Faroe Islands? What were your thoughts? Japan Airlines to set up low-cost carrier, targeting Asian demand by CNBC... Read More →

Sign Up For ‘Groupon Select’ ($4.99/Month), Get $5 Starbucks Gift Card by Danny Deal Guru. In my opinion this deal sucks, the discounts aren’t much higher than what is constantly sent out and it excludes anything useful like... Read More →

Check the Bank of America app if you have a checking or savings account, there might be an offer for $10 for going paperless. Hat tip to reader PB. Walmart Seals The Deal With Flipkart For $16 Billion by PYMNTS. This has been more or... Read More →

I, For One, Welcome The Google Assistant To Make My Credit Card Reconsideration Phone Calls… by Dans Deals. I just want to make it clear that I welcome our new robot overlords. 1-800-Flowers kills cheap miles. by Frequent Miler. Booo... Read More →

It’s nice to bring some positive news, here are two stories of people having their accounts reinstated by Chase: Our site Reddit PayPal’s CEO says digital payments will replace credit cards Yahoo! Finance. Will be... Read More →

eBay has sent out an e-mail asking people to sign a petition asking for a ‘fair tax policy’. Update: you successfully changed my mind in the comments regarding this. Free Sample Of Dunkin Donuts Cold Brew Coffee by Dans... Read More →

New Targeted Hyatt Promo: Save 20% Off Hotels in Random Cities! by Miles to Memories. Phoenix Will Replace Small Priority Pass Space With New 10,000 Square Foot Lounge: Whose Will It Be? by View From The Wing. Looks like it will almost... Read More →

Amazon Offers Retailers Discounts to Adopt Payment System by Bloomberg. I’m surprised Amazon is actually allowed to pass the discount they get on card payments to other retailers. Twitter to All Users: Change Your Password Now! by... Read More →

Lufthansa wins big against “Error Fares” by Wandering Aramean. My issue with airlines complaining about error fares is that when a consumer makes an error when booking in most cases they have to pay prohibitively expensive... Read More →

Accor to Buy Moevenpick for $567 Million as Alwaleed Sells Stake by Bloomberg. When oh when are we going to get an Accor credit card! Google Begins Testing Wi-Fi Calls for Google Voice by Extreme Tech. Fingers crossed Google keeps... Read More →

1K free miles + 15% off Aeromexico with Visa Checkout [select routes] by Frequent Miler. Marriott Vacations buying ILG in $4.7 billion cash-and-stock deal by CNCB. Keep in mind that Marriott vacations and Marriott are separate companies... Read More →

Game of Thrones creator George RR Martin announces new book by BBC. At this point I think George is just trolling us. I’ve been waiting 8 years for The Winds of Winter and instead he gives us a history book that apparently... Read More →

A One-minute Attack Let Hackers Spoof Hotel Master Keys by Wired. Oof this isn’t good news. Looks like there is a patch, but each individual lock needs to be manually updated at the point of the lock! That’s crazy. Chase... Read More →

Mulvaney to drop public complaints against firms, change CFPB name by American Banker. The public database is a key component of the CFPB (or BCFP if you want). If it’s not publicly accessible then I hope at the very least... Read More →