Nick Reyes
Nick Reyes is a (fairly) regular guy with an animalistic passion for maximizing the value of miles and money to travel the world in comfort and style. There is little in life that he loves more than finding a fantastic deal and helping you shop smarter & harder to achieve your travel dreams.
Sapphire Preferred + Reserve possible via upgrade
Miles to Memories has reported some data points indicating that it is possible for one person to hold both the Chase Sapphire Preferred and...
(EXPIRED) Earn Alaska elite miles through credit card spend (& added category bonus)
For a limited time, Alaska Airlines is offering bonus elite qualifying miles with credit card spend: Earn 2,500 elite qualifying miles for each $5K spent on...
Air Canada converting vouchers to miles at a poor rate
We recently reported that AIr Canada would soon offer the ability to take a refund for a flight in the form of Aeroplan miles....
Western Union makes offer to buy MoneyGram
Bloomberg reports that Western Union has made an offer to buy MoneyGram (see their full article here). It's too early to know what effect...
Is it now irrational to hold Ultimate Rewards points? (on Nick’s mind)
On our most recent Frequent Miler on the Air, I made some points about the new ability to cash out Chase points at a...
(EXPIRED) Citi offer: 10x (up to 2500 points) on groceries, shopping, gas (and more?)...
Citi has sent out targeted spending bonuses for some cardholders. Greg received the offer below to earn 10x ThankYou points (up to 2500 points) through...
How merchants code, road trip companion, 14 nights in the Maldives, and more
This week around the web, bookmark a handy list of merchant category codes, check out a tool that might be helpful for your next...
[Update: Now through 9/30] Redeem Capital One miles for a new phone (or your...
Update: Capital One reached out yesterday to let us know that this limited-time redemption opportunity would be available until September 30, 2020. This is...
Is the Sapphire Reserve 1.5c cash-out compelling? Also: using incidental credits & more.
Chase introduced some major COVID enhancements this week, but I've seen many readers dismiss the ability to redeem points at a value of 1.5c...
Capital One brings back some travel gift cards [including special offers]
Color me pleasantly surprised: Capital One has brought back some travel gift card redemptions in its gift card portal. That's good news -- while they...
(EXPIRED) From $918 or 61K RT Business Class to Europe on Icelandair (through Feb...
Icelandair is running some excellent business class offers from several US cities (including New York, Boston, Washington, and Seattle) to many European cities (including...
Wow: Chase responds with new COVID benefits on CSR and CSP
Greg recently put together a COVID-19 credit card enhancements ultimate guide. In our Frequent Miler on the Air episode that week, we talked about...
The new true (temporary) value of Southwest points, diminished by COVID-19 and CARES
A couple of years ago, Greg wrote a post called The new true value of Southwest points. How to get up to 1.9 cents...
Hilton’s funny math: save points by extending a stay
I'm about the closest thing you'll find to a Hilton fanboy in the blogosphere, but Hilton's award pricing vexes and perplexes me at times....
