Spotlight Articles
Which award search tool is best?
It's possible to fly economy class to Hawaii for 10,000 miles, or fly business...
Hilton Tokyo Bay: Bottom Line Review
The Hilton Tokyo Bay is a great place to stay if you want to...
United giving award flight discounts to Premier members & cardholders – even on partners
For a long time, United has offered improved award availability and discounted award flights...
Grand Hyatt Tokyo: Bottom Line Review
The Grand Hyatt Tokyo is a very large property that provided a welcome respite...
Award Booking
Which award search tool is best?
It's possible to fly economy class to Hawaii for 10,000 miles, or fly business class to Europe for as few as 34,000 miles, or fly...
Featured Article
Hilton Tokyo Bay: Bottom Line Review
The Hilton Tokyo Bay is a great place to stay if you want to visit Tokyo Disneyland or Tokyo DisneySea. I would not recommend this...
Quick Tips
How to Use Delta Companion Certificates [Video]
The Delta Platinum and Delta Reserve cards give you a companion certificate each year you renew the card, (so not the first year, but...
Latest Blog Posts
Award Booking
Which award search tool is best?
It's possible to fly economy class to Hawaii for 10,000 miles, or fly business class to Europe for as few as 34,000 miles, or fly...
Featured Article
Hilton Tokyo Bay: Bottom Line Review
The Hilton Tokyo Bay is a great place to stay if you want to visit Tokyo Disneyland or Tokyo DisneySea. I would not recommend this...
Quick Tips
How to Use Delta Companion Certificates [Video]
The Delta Platinum and Delta Reserve cards give you a companion certificate each year you renew the card, (so not the first year, but...
Big News
Lodging
Graduate Hotels now part of Hilton Honors: Earn & book with points, receive status benefits & more
Back in February, Hilton announced that it was buying Graduate Hotels, a relatively small hotel chain with attractive-looking properties in many large university towns...
Featured Article
United giving award flight discounts to Premier members & cardholders – even on partners
For a long time, United has offered improved award availability and discounted award flights for those who have Premier elite status and/or a United...
Lodging
Marriott targeting some members with free $50 promo card via email
Update 9/11/24: Keep an eye on your emails because this wasn't a one-off targeting of Bonvoy members. I was a little jealous of Greg...
Lodging
Buy Choice points with up-to 30% bonus (as low as 0.79cpp)
Choice Privileges is once again offering a deal when buying their points. This time they're giving a 20% bonus when buying 6,000-11,000 points and...
Featured Article
Grand Hyatt Tokyo: Bottom Line Review
The Grand Hyatt Tokyo is a very large property that provided a welcome respite from the hustle and bustle of the city. The location...
Credit Card Bonuses
Increased welcome offers on all 3 Wyndham credit cards: Earn up to 80k bonus points
Barclays has increased the welcome offers available on all three Wyndham Rewards credit cards. Despite not being at all-time highs, they're still decent bonuses...
Flights
Virgin Atlantic offering 25% off Economy Classic award flights (Book 9/13-9/17)
Virgin Atlantic is launching an award sale on Friday September 13. It'll give a 25% discount on all award bookings in Economy Classic on...
Lodging
Update: Wyndham credit card points do still expire
Update 9/10/24: Unfortunately the news that points earned from spend on Wyndham Rewards Earner credit cards don't expire turned out to be untrue. Despite...
Miscellaneous
Podcast: Pete Buttigieg’s war on airline loyalty devaluations | Coffee Break Ep25 | 9-10-24
It seems like we report a new loyalty program devaluation each week. Awards cost more, fees go up, etc.. But the U.S. Transportation Secretary...
Flights
United cardholder award sale: Fly to Europe round trip for 50k miles in economy
United has launched an award sale for cardholders that's giving the opportunity to book round trip flights to select European destinations for 50,000 miles...
Lodging
IHG Business Rewards promo: Earn double points (i.e. 6x points)
IHG Business Rewards is offering double points through the end of the year which means that it's possible to earn a total of 6...
Award Booking
United vs. Air Canada: Which is the better Chase transfer partner?
When Chase first added Air Canada Aeroplan as an Ultimate Rewards transfer partner in 2021, I compared United Airlines and Air Canada award prices...
Credit Card Bonuses
Elevated Hilton consumer card offers available (but might not make sense)
There are links out that feature slightly elevated Hilton consumer card offers. These new offers only add an additional 10K points to each offer....
Quick Deals
Southwest Rapid Rewards Shopping portal promo: Earn up to 2K bonus points
The Southwest Rapid Rewards Shopping Portal is out with a new promotion to earn up to 2,000 bonus points with qualifying purchases. While that...
Managing Points and Miles
You can now transfer points between Marriott and MGM Rewards
Marriott Bonvoy and MGM Rewards announced today that members can now transfer points between the two programs, though only up to 30,000 points per...
Credit Card Spend
Using Buying Groups to Increase Credit Card Spend
There are many reasons that you might want to increase credit card spend. You may need to meet minimum spend requirements on new credit...
Featured Article
Last Chance Deals: Fee-free Mastercard gift cards at Staples, United Mile Play challenges & 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
Deterring devaluations, bats at the library, post-flood Havasupai Falls, and new routes to Europe (Saturday Selection)
The government is stepping in to try and deter devaluations, Atlas Obscura delivers a batty site-seeing stop, Havasupai makes plans to reopen after last...
Managing Points and Miles
Aeroplan elite members can convert points to Marriott 1:1 (But don’t do it)
This week, Air Canada Aeroplan announced that Aeroplan Elite members can now convert points to Marriott at a 1:1 ratio, with a minimum transfer...
Credit Card Bonuses
Greg’s top 10 picks (best of the best card offers)
Below you'll find my picks and a dash of analysis for the top 5 consumer card offers and the top 5 business card offers.
Background
Our...
Featured Article
Best Choices post-devaluation, what to do if you get declined, how Marriott could improve, and more [Week in Review]
This week, we saw a big Choice devaluation, but it wasn't all doom and gloom: Greg took a look on the bright side and...
Credit Card Spend
Best credit cards for everyday spend
Which are the best cards for everyday spend? Many credit cards are great for spend within certain categories, but not great for spend everywhere...
Podcast
Podcast: How to amass Chase Ultimate Rewards | Frequent Miler on the Air Ep271 | 9-6-24
We love Chase Ultimate Rewards primarily because of the ability to transfer to partners (and we specifically love the ability to transfer to Hyatt.)...
Bank Account Bonuses
US Bank: Up to $800 bonus with new business checking account (no direct deposit requirement)
US Bank has a promotion for new Business Checking accounts that offers either a $300 or $800 bonus with very simply requirements. This deal...
Lodging
Graduate Hotels now part of Hilton Honors: Earn & book with points, receive status benefits & more
Back in February, Hilton announced that it was buying Graduate Hotels, a relatively small hotel chain with attractive-looking properties in many large university towns...
Featured Article
United giving award flight discounts to Premier members & cardholders – even on partners
For a long time, United has offered improved award availability and discounted award flights for those who have Premier elite status and/or a United...
Lodging
Marriott targeting some members with free $50 promo card via email
Update 9/11/24: Keep an eye on your emails because this wasn't a one-off targeting of Bonvoy members. I was a little jealous of Greg...
Lodging
Buy Choice points with up-to 30% bonus (as low as 0.79cpp)
Choice Privileges is once again offering a deal when buying their points. This time they're giving a 20% bonus when buying 6,000-11,000 points and...
Featured Article
Grand Hyatt Tokyo: Bottom Line Review
The Grand Hyatt Tokyo is a very large property that provided a welcome respite from the hustle and bustle of the city. The location...
Credit Card Bonuses
Increased welcome offers on all 3 Wyndham credit cards: Earn up to 80k bonus points
Barclays has increased the welcome offers available on all three Wyndham Rewards credit cards. Despite not being at all-time highs, they're still decent bonuses...
Flights
Virgin Atlantic offering 25% off Economy Classic award flights (Book 9/13-9/17)
Virgin Atlantic is launching an award sale on Friday September 13. It'll give a 25% discount on all award bookings in Economy Classic on...
Lodging
Update: Wyndham credit card points do still expire
Update 9/10/24: Unfortunately the news that points earned from spend on Wyndham Rewards Earner credit cards don't expire turned out to be untrue. Despite...
Miscellaneous
Podcast: Pete Buttigieg’s war on airline loyalty devaluations | Coffee Break Ep25 | 9-10-24
It seems like we report a new loyalty program devaluation each week. Awards cost more, fees go up, etc.. But the U.S. Transportation Secretary...
Flights
United cardholder award sale: Fly to Europe round trip for 50k miles in economy
United has launched an award sale for cardholders that's giving the opportunity to book round trip flights to select European destinations for 50,000 miles...
Lodging
IHG Business Rewards promo: Earn double points (i.e. 6x points)
IHG Business Rewards is offering double points through the end of the year which means that it's possible to earn a total of 6...
Award Booking
United vs. Air Canada: Which is the better Chase transfer partner?
When Chase first added Air Canada Aeroplan as an Ultimate Rewards transfer partner in 2021, I compared United Airlines and Air Canada award prices...
