Category - Recaps

Singapore Airlines Reverses Decision on Credit Card Surcharge after Online Criticisms by The Shutter Whale. If you’re going to roll back changes based on online criticisms and you’re planning on introducing basic economy... Read More →

Marriott pays up when they fail to deliver elite benefits by Frequent Miler. Never knew about this. On one hand I feel bad for the customer service reps as they no doubt get in trouble for not offering these welcome gifts but at the... Read More →

CFPB Releases Report on the State of the Credit Card Market by CFPB. Available credit via credit cards has hit $4 trillion, getting close to that $4.4 trillion mark from the 2008 crisis. 2016 saw 110 million new credit card accounts... Read More →

The cost to MS a month in New York City by Frequent Miler. Fun thought exercise, glad that Nick addressed the opportunity cost at the end. One thing that infuriates me is when some says a stay cost them their MS cost without taking into... Read More →

New Barclaycard American Airlines In-Airport Cooking and Golf Events by View From The Wing. Definitely more interesting than a regular tabling marketing channel. Hyatt suspends Globalist (right before the holidays) by DEM Flyers. If... Read More →

How credit cards changed the way we spend by BBC. Really interesting read about the history of credit cards. [Ouch!] Major Changes to Total Rewards 2018 Benefits by Travel Zork. Don’t really follow this much, but might be an... Read More →

Chase now lets you exclude Basic Economy! Amex excludes it automatically. by Frequent Miler. About time! (Reposted 12/18: 3,100 FlexPoints Left) Take a Point, Leave a Point! Share your Leftover FlexPoints to Help Other Travel Hackers by... Read More →

TSYS Says It Extends Capital One Agreement by PYMNTS. Not hugely surprising this was extended, but some fun stats in the article as well. FICO is letting anyone download anonymized credit applications for AI research by Quartz. Will be... Read More →

Lost Money: $41 Billion In Gift Cards Haven’t Been Redeemed Since 2005 by NPR. And people wonder why gift cards are discounted. At least they don’t expire anymore. Some readers have been targeted for the FNBO TravElite card... Read More →

Lyft Tests Self-Driving Cars In Boston by PYMNTS. I find myself cheering more and more for Lyft to succeed over Uber. The Secret Sauce Behind Scott’s Cheap Flights by Nomadic Matt. I’m surprised that they are mostly doing manual... Read More →

It’s A Girl! by Dans Deals. Congratulations to Dan, his wife and their family! Delta Eliminates Free Checked Bags On Some Transatlantic Itineraries by One Mile At A Time. File this under things that were always going to happen. Still... Read More →

Discounted Award Travel on Alaska Airlines: Just 12,500 Miles to Hawaii! by Travel Codex. Weird that there is no official announcement. Egypt Is Now Issuing eVisas For Visitors From 46 Countries by One Mile At A Time. Yay!   My... Read More →

Recovering from my Google Express Fail by Frequent Miler. I tried to warn people of making sure you’re order isn’t super close to $50 due to this bad estimating, but if you got caught out then this post should help you... Read More →

Can Metal Cards Stop Bullet? by US Credit Card Guide. Now this is the type of original content I like to see. $10 Bonus for Adding Authorized User to Barclays Arrival Plus Credit Card (Targeted) by Travel With Grant.   PayPal... Read More →

The Luxury Lounge is No More! by Derp Report. Is Luxury card the worst premium card in the market? Why yes, yes it is. Hilton New York Has the Dumbest Hotel Fee I’ve Ever Seen by View From The Wing. Urban Destination Charge, you have... Read More →