- iPrefer Loyalty Program Relaunch – Free Room Upgrades for Everyone! by Shutter Whale. Insider status no longer requires $5,000 in spend.
- Massive Choice Privileges Devaluation (and a Silver Lining) by Lazy Travelers. Not good news at all, the Scandavian properties were some of the best value Choice offered.
- Breaking up is tough. by Miles 4 More. Interesting theory re: payment methods causing the shut down, I can definitely see the bank viewing this as a risk they don’t want to take. It’s probably a combination of factors that lead to these shut downs and unless somebody from Citi tells us exactly what cause these shut downs, I guess we’ll never know.
If it is payment that causes shutdowns, then I’m left with very few options. I used to use Serve to pay all credit cards including Citi, AMEX, Chase… but now I want to avoid paying AMEX cards with Serve (“closing the loop”), so I’m left with Citi and Chase. I don’t use my Chase much anymore, so most of my big charges are on Citi cards. If I can’t pay Citi with Serve, then what’s left? Transferring to my bank account? I’m not sure I want to do that, either.