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.
Citi brings back American muscle, Altitude Reserve in descent [Week in Review]
Several years ago, we wrote about a short-lived promotion that essentially made it possible to buy American Airlines miles at a price of about...
Bilt launches luxury hotel booking platform (Home Away from Home), direct flight and hotel...
Bilt Rewards recently launched a revamp of its travel booking platform, with many flights and some hotels now functioning as direct bookings with the...
Nick’s weekly JetBlue 25 for 25 update: 6 airports down, shark teeth found
Over the next few weeks, my family will be traveling extensively on JetBlue as we pursue the 25 for 25 promotion in our attempt...
(EXPIRED) 15K points after $4K spend with new employee card offer on Business Platinum...
Some American Express Business Platinum cardmembers are seeing a new offer to earn 15,000 Membership Rewards points after each Employee Card Member that they...
(EXPIRED) JetBlue offering up to 7,500 points for partner activity
JetBlue is out with a new offer called "TrueBlue Partner Passport Challenge" to earn 500 TrueBlue points points for each of several types of...
(EXPIRED) Rakuten offering 10x IHG, Choice, Hotels.com, Marriott Homes & Villas, 14x Best Western,...
Shopping portal Rakuten is offering increased rates of return today at many popular travel brands, including 10% back / 10x Membership Rewards points per...
Savewise: An awesome shopping tool (Rove Miles and ShopBack added)
Update 7/28/25: Savewise has now added support for both Rove Miles (under miles offers) and ShopBack (under cash back).
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I've been playing around with a...
Now transfer from most Citi cards to most ThankYou partners (even from Custom Cash)
Citi has expanded the ability to transfer to most airline and hotel partners to most cards that earn ThankYou points. Whereas previously, some no-annual-fee...
[Update: Loyalty partnership ending 9/30] Now book TAP Air Portugal with JetBlue TrueBlue points
Update 7/28/25: JetBlue sent the following email to cardholders late last week announcing that their loyalty partnership with TAP Air Portugal will end on...
Attention is on Citi, for a moment, the last best shot for a Southwest...
After excitedly breaking the news of the Turkish Miles & Smiles sweet spot to Hawaii during our 40K to Far Away challenge back in...
Southwest “ruins” its credit cards. Now might be the time to get one.
Yesterday, Southwest made its credit cards more closely aligned with the new Southwest: more expensive, less rewarding, and kind of confusing for long-time customers....
(Dead) Citi transferring 1:1 to Accor Live Limitless – likely won’t last
Update 7/23: As predicted, this 1:1 transfer ratio from Citi to Accor is now dead.
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Yesterday, I noticed in a MilesTalk post that Citi points...
1bdrm apartment in New York City for 30K Wyndham points per night: Beekman Tower,...
I recently spent one night at a Wyndham property in New York City, and it might just make me re-think booking Hyatt properties in...
Escape Lounge SJU (San Juan International Airport) Review: Small, but great food
A brand new Escape Lounge opened earlier this month at the San Juan International Airport. Located across from gate B2, this lounge is accessible...
