Category - Recaps

Two Senators Have Introduced a Bill to Limit The Airline Fees You Pay. Good Idea? by View From The Wing. No thank you, this would just increase the base fare for carriers (especially ultra low cost carriers). I would like to see... Read More →

Sears and Kmart offering 100% back in points on many items by Frequent Miler. Some deals for those into these types of things. American Express CEO Chenault On Thin Ice, Company Possibly in Play by Fox News. No way this is going to... Read More →

An Interesting Serve Closure Data Point & Bluebird/Serve Strategy Going Forward by Miles to Memories. Honestly at this stage, I’d just be loading to the maximum and just assuming the account will be shut down. Little-known... Read More →

Get in the Game with SPG: Win A Share of 1,361 Prizes. I Already Won! By Michael W Travels. I never win these things, so I’ve given up trying. Airlines Really Don’t Want to Upgrade People for Free by Bloomberg. Not really... Read More →

Great New Amex Offer – $400 Back On Qantas Flights! by Running With Miles. From memory they have offered this before, good deal if you need a Qantas revenue flight over $2,000. Portals May No Longer Pay Out For eBay Gift Cards On eBay... Read More →

Don’t Forget About How Easy it is to Earn Free Points with JetBlue Badges by Angelina Travels. Nice way to rack up some easy JetBlue miles. Hyatt’s Just Launched a New “Unbrand” to Bring More Upscale Hotels into Gold Passport by View... Read More →

IRS Statement On “Get Transcript” by IRS. Originally 114,000 taxpayers were affected, this number is now estimated to be 700,000. 50% Less Golden Circle Points Required for Room Awards by Shutter Whale. Not sure how useful this will be... Read More →

IHG website shows Kimpton hotels and Points and Cash copay 15% discount rates by Loyalty Traveler. If you’ve ever wondered why financial institutions hit you with such high overdraft fees, here is why. 584 of the largest financial... Read More →

Making sure the Hyatt Diamond deal doesn’t get the best of me by As The Joe Flies. Joe basically lists the reasons why Hyatt offer this status match in the first place, to shift your spend to Hyatt. It’s ok to do so, just keep in... Read More →

Best Buy cardholders, check your inbox by PFdigest. Targeted on going offers like this are going to become a lot more popular as different card issuers tighten their application rules. Brooks Brothers credit card steps up its cardholder... Read More →

What are the best credit cards for reselling? by Tagging Miles. Anything with a high category bonus should work well, something I don’t see discussed much is buying gift cards at places like office supply stores were you can get... Read More →

50,000 Hhonors Points for 2 Hr Timeshare Meeting by Will Run For Miles. It was actually 25,000 points per person, but still an interesting offer. Also good to see it wasn’t an actual hassle to get the points. Might have to stop by... Read More →

Samsung Pay Continues Global Momentum in 2016 by Samsung. 5 million users already is pretty impressive, but the spend figure of 500 million seems low (avg of $100 in spend per user) – will be interesting to see what their numbers... Read More →

American Express, Discover, MasterCard, and Visa Purchase Volume Up 7.8% in 2015 by The Nilsen Report. Bit surprised that Discover only added 600,000 new cardholders in 2015, they released the Discover it Miles card and also had strong... Read More →

Hyatt Made Four Changes to Gold Passport Terms & Conditions by View From The Wing. Pretty minor changes, but worth knowing about. GiftCards.com returns to portals by Frequent Miler. This seems to come and go on a semi regular basis... Read More →