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.
Bright spots in the latest award devaluations
Nobody likes it when points become less valuable because awards get more expensive or when policies change that make it harder to play the...
A case for cash back with the Schwab Platinum card
I'll admit it: I'm a bit of a points and miles hoarder. I generally keep more transferable points on hand than my family needs...
(EXPIRED) Turkish offers an award sale that’s very….”Turkish Miles & Smiles” of them
Turkish Airlines Miles & Smiles is currently offering a sale on award tickets. When I read the details of this sale, all I could...
(now excluded) Google Fi may now be automatically triggering Business Platinum wireless credits
Update 7/5/24 - Google Fi is now officially excluded from the Business Platinum wireless credit.
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The American Express Business Platinum card has a monthly credit for...
(EXPIRED) 20% back on Hotels.com via Retailmenot up to $50 back
Shopping portal Retailmenot is currently offering 20% back on Hotels.com. That matches a previous deal from Retailmenot for the best site-wide deal on Hotels.com...
(EXPIRED) Southwest & American Airlines shopping portal bonuses (Earn 500 or 1000 bonus miles)
Southwest Airlines Rapid Rewards Shopping and American Airlines AAdvantage eShopping are both running small shopping portal bonuses right now, thought the details and expiration...
[Update] Nick’s mad dash for American Airlines elite status
Update 3/4/23: The miles from T-Mobile Home Internet showed up last week and the Blue Apron miles hit my account on Saturday morning, both...
Amex adds more restrictive Marriott card language
An astute reader pointed out the fact that Amex has added some new restrictive language to the offer terms on the Amex Marriott Bonvoy...
Painful devaluations, from “roughing it” to the lap of luxury and more
Both Hyatt and ANA announced painful devaluations this week, though in each there are bright spots (or at least not so dark spots?) to...
The ANA Devaluation: It’s not all doom and gloom
ANA Mileage Club has long been a theoretically incredible Amex Membership Rewards transfer partner. In practice, it isn't always as easy to leverage at...
(EXPIRED) Great Wolf Lodge from $29 per person per night with promo code LEAP...
Miles for Family today flagged a great (see what I did there?) promotion from Great Wolf Lodge for Leap day: promo code LEAP brings...
(EXPIRED) $45 shopping portal bonus from RebatesMe
Update 2/29/24 two hour later: Well, evidently RebatesMe forgot it was a leap year and killed all of the $45 referral links today, instead of...
Grand Hyatt Kauai standard 2 queen parking lot view: Bottom line review
I just this morning got back to New York after 8 nights at the Grand Hyatt Kauai, a property that I've reviewed glowingly in...
(EXPIRED) Free passport photos at Staples on 2/29 for first 29,000 people
Update 2/28/24: Just a quick reminder that this free passport photo offer is available in-store tomorrow. While you're there, don't forget that there's a...
