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Preferred Problems (issues booking Preferred Hotels with points)
Preferred Hotels & Resorts is a collection of independent hotels around the world. For...
How to pay taxes via credit card, 2024-2025 edition (updated)
You might not like paying taxes, but when you pay taxes via credit card...
Last Chance Deals: 10% off Target gift cards, 10% off Marriott Homes & Villas...
Welcome to our weekly list of what’s ending this week as well as a collection...
Hilton adds more SLH properties, Waldorf Astoria NYC reopening and what happens to points...
Hilton is adding more SLH properties, reservations open next week for newly-renovated Waldorf Astoria...
Award Booking
Preferred Problems (issues booking Preferred Hotels with points)
Preferred Hotels & Resorts is a collection of independent hotels around the world. For point collectors, there are two ways in which it's possible...
Managing Points and Miles
Buy Wyndham points from 0.715c per point!
Wyndham Rewards is out with a mystery bonus when buying at least 3,000 points. Members are targeted for a discount of 35%, 40%, or 45%...
Flights
[Update: Works on taxes & fees] Air Canada Chase Offer: Get 10% back on $100-$400 spend
There's a new Air Canada Chase Offer out today that's giving 10% back on $100-$400 of spend. This is good for savings on paid...
Latest Blog Posts
Award Booking
Preferred Problems (issues booking Preferred Hotels with points)
Preferred Hotels & Resorts is a collection of independent hotels around the world. For point collectors, there are two ways in which it's possible...
Managing Points and Miles
Buy Wyndham points from 0.715c per point!
Wyndham Rewards is out with a mystery bonus when buying at least 3,000 points. Members are targeted for a discount of 35%, 40%, or 45%...
Flights
[Update: Works on taxes & fees] Air Canada Chase Offer: Get 10% back on $100-$400 spend
There's a new Air Canada Chase Offer out today that's giving 10% back on $100-$400 of spend. This is good for savings on paid...
Big News
Credit Card Bonuses
Frontier card 100,000 miles offer for co-branded airline cardholders
Barclays is out with an interesting new offer on the Frontier Mastercard. While the "standard" offer is for 50,000 miles after $500 in purchases,...
Cars and Trains
Gift Hertz President’s Circle or Five Star status to others
Hertz is offering a promotion whereby current Five Star or President's Circle status members can gift that same level of status to two people...
Credit Card Spend
How to pay taxes via credit card, 2024-2025 edition (updated)
You might not like paying taxes, but when you pay taxes via credit card can be quite rewarding. The key is to earn credit...
Featured Article
Last Chance Deals: 10% off Target gift cards, 10% off Marriott Homes & Villas & more
Welcome to our weekly list of what’s ending this week as well as a collection of some other deals that are due to end soon.
It's...
Featured Article
Hilton adds more SLH properties, Waldorf Astoria NYC reopening and what happens to points after a shutdown? (Saturday Selection)
Hilton is adding more SLH properties, reservations open next week for newly-renovated Waldorf Astoria NYC and what happens to your credit card points if...
Elite Status
Spirit airlines offering status match (useful for holiday travel!)
Spirit Airlines is offering a status match promotion that I imagine could be very handy for those with holiday travel plans given the benefits...
Quick Tips
[Dead] Reader tip: Some Equinox gyms offer spa services (no longer working)
Update 12/7/24: This appears to be dead. About a month has passed and Greg has not received the credit for his massage and a...
Quick Deals
Capital One Shopping adds Kroger, Uber Eats, Celebrity cruise gift card redemptions (many new options)
Capital One Shopping is a public shopping portal, but rewards earned through the portal can only be redeemed for gift cards (not cash or...
Featured Article
A prescient prediction, confirming suites online, the highest portal payouts and more
The timing of this week's coffee break episode couldn't have seemed much better-timed given the prediction that came true within a day or two....
Flights
Amex Membership Rewards 25% transfer bonus to JetBlue
American Express has launched a new transfer bonus, with this one giving a 25% bonus when transferring Membership Rewards to JetBlue. While that might...
Podcast
Preparing For The End of 2024 | Frequent Miler on the Air Ep284 | 12-6-24 | Podcast
There are a lot of things in the points and miles world that kind of come to a head at the end of the...
Quick Deals
Lowe’s Amex Offer: Spend $200 & Get $50 Back (targeted)
There's a very good Amex Offer for Lowe's that appeared a couple of days ago. It's the perfect time of year to drop a...
Quick Deals
Target: 10% off up to $500 in gift cards on December 7-8
Target's annual gift card promotion offering 10% off $500 in Target gift cards will be coming this Saturday (12/7/24) and Sunday (12/8/24), both online...
Lodging
Hilton: Spend $750, Get $150 Back at Mexico, Caribbean and Latin American Properties
There's a new Amex Offer that can save you up to 20% on stays when you spend at least $750 at Hilton properties in...
Lodging
Buy Hilton Points For 0.5 Cents Each
Hilton has returned with a new sale that's giving members a 100% bonus when buying Hilton Honors points through December 31st, 2024. That means...
Award Booking
Current point transfer bonuses for December 2024
The best points rewards programs, in our opinion, are those that allow points to be transferred to many different airline and hotel loyalty programs....
Featured Article
Still loving Capital One Shopping, but with some caveats
If you have ignored previous coverage of the Capital One Shopping portal, you're missing out on some terrific shopping portal returns.
Capital One Shopping, the public...
Lodging
Hyatt Centric Milano Centrale: Bottom Line Review
Last May, my wife and I took a long weekend in Milan on the way back to the US from an extended trip to...
Elite Status
Hyatt Suite Upgrades & Club Access awards can now be applied online
Hyatt has never been on the vanguard of user interface when it comes to its website or app, leading to the old joke, "there's...
Quick Deals
Rakuten: 4K Membership Rewards / $40 referral bonus for both sides is back (extended)
If you know someone who does not yet use shopping portal Rakuten, both you and they can receive $40 each (or 4,000 Membership Rewards...
Quick Deals
More Easy Rewards: Fee-free Visa Gift Cards at Staples (two weeks)
Staples will again be offering fee-free fixed $200 Visa Gift Cards next week but it won't be stopping after one week like usual. This...
Elite Status
Hilton Honors / Delta Status Match Promotion (targeted)
Hilton and Delta have been exploring a deeper partnership over the last year or so, including a decent promotion on Hilton stays and a...
Quick Deals
$100 InKind gift card for $59.99 at Costco.com
Costco is offering a $100 InKind gift card for $59.99. That could be a great deal if you have upcoming plans to dine at...
Credit Cards
Citibank to become exclusive issuer of American Airlines AAdvantage credit cards
American Airlines and Citi have announced a significant expansion of their credit card partnership. There's been scuttlebutt about this for several weeks and it's...
Credit Card Bonuses
Frontier card 100,000 miles offer for co-branded airline cardholders
Barclays is out with an interesting new offer on the Frontier Mastercard. While the "standard" offer is for 50,000 miles after $500 in purchases,...
Cars and Trains
Gift Hertz President’s Circle or Five Star status to others
Hertz is offering a promotion whereby current Five Star or President's Circle status members can gift that same level of status to two people...
Credit Card Spend
How to pay taxes via credit card, 2024-2025 edition (updated)
You might not like paying taxes, but when you pay taxes via credit card can be quite rewarding. The key is to earn credit...
Featured Article
Last Chance Deals: 10% off Target gift cards, 10% off Marriott Homes & Villas & more
Welcome to our weekly list of what’s ending this week as well as a collection of some other deals that are due to end soon.
It's...
Featured Article
Hilton adds more SLH properties, Waldorf Astoria NYC reopening and what happens to points after a shutdown? (Saturday Selection)
Hilton is adding more SLH properties, reservations open next week for newly-renovated Waldorf Astoria NYC and what happens to your credit card points if...
Elite Status
Spirit airlines offering status match (useful for holiday travel!)
Spirit Airlines is offering a status match promotion that I imagine could be very handy for those with holiday travel plans given the benefits...
Quick Tips
[Dead] Reader tip: Some Equinox gyms offer spa services (no longer working)
Update 12/7/24: This appears to be dead. About a month has passed and Greg has not received the credit for his massage and a...
Quick Deals
Capital One Shopping adds Kroger, Uber Eats, Celebrity cruise gift card redemptions (many new options)
Capital One Shopping is a public shopping portal, but rewards earned through the portal can only be redeemed for gift cards (not cash or...
Featured Article
A prescient prediction, confirming suites online, the highest portal payouts and more
The timing of this week's coffee break episode couldn't have seemed much better-timed given the prediction that came true within a day or two....
Flights
Amex Membership Rewards 25% transfer bonus to JetBlue
American Express has launched a new transfer bonus, with this one giving a 25% bonus when transferring Membership Rewards to JetBlue. While that might...
Podcast
Preparing For The End of 2024 | Frequent Miler on the Air Ep284 | 12-6-24 | Podcast
There are a lot of things in the points and miles world that kind of come to a head at the end of the...
Quick Deals
Lowe’s Amex Offer: Spend $200 & Get $50 Back (targeted)
There's a very good Amex Offer for Lowe's that appeared a couple of days ago. It's the perfect time of year to drop a...
