Stephen Pepper
Stephen Pepper spent 7 years traveling around the US on a 50 state road trip with his wife Shae and their dog Truffles. Finding opportunities to earn miles and points was one of the ways they could afford to do that, so he'll try to help you do the same for your own travels.
8 days in Crete: Here’s what we did
My wife and I recently spent a lovely eight days on the Greek island of Crete. Neither of us had been before, but we...
Last Chance Deals: Hyatt award chart changes, SAS & Turkish award sales, & 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.
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(EXPIRED) Kroger: Earn 4x fuel points on 3rd party and fixed-value Visa / Mastercard...
Kroger is again running a promotion that awards 4x fuel points on third-party gift cards, whether purchased online or in-store, and Fixed-value Visa and...
MastercardGiftCard, VanillaGift, & AmexGiftCard are all waiving purchase fees with promo codes
No sooner have the waived purchase fee promotions for Mother's Day ended than they return for graduation-themed promotions on MastercardGiftCard.com, VanillaGift.com, and AmexGiftCard.com.
The Deal
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SAS award sale: Save 25% on all award flights (48K business class between US...
A few times each year, SAS seems to offer a discount when booking award flights using EuroBonus miles. They've returned with another award sale,...
Choice Hotels summer promo: Get 8K points every 2 stays (Can redeem for $50...
Choice has opened registration for its summer promotion and it's (seemingly mostly) the same promotion it's run for many summers in a row.
You'll earn...
Save up to 30% on Accor stays in the Americas; also reduces award costs
Accor is running a new sale that's giving a discount of up to 30% on stays at its properties in the Americas. Even better,...
(Confirmed) FedEx being removed from Flexible Business Credit on American Express® Business Gold Card...
Update 5/12/26: Last month, we received word that American Express® Business Gold cardholders would lose FedEx as a redemption option for the card's Flexible Business...
Delta/Uber promo: Fly in Comfort Classic or Comfort Extra & save up to $80...
Delta and Uber launched a partnership last year and there's a new promotion that could save you up to $80 on Uber rides. To...
IHG award sale: Save 20% on Iberostar stays booked with points (targeted)
A few years ago, IHG bought Iberostar Resorts, a brand that includes many all-inclusive properties, although not all of them are all-inclusive.
When analyzing award...
(Update: Just a glitch) Bilt Palladium & Citi Strata Elite Priority Passes now includes...
Further update: Unfortunately this was too good to be true and it does look like this is a glitch after all. Richard Kerr of...
Discover It cards moving to Capital One 7/27/26; more bonus spend categories, Capital One...
It's been almost a year to the day since it was announced that Discover would be merging with Capital One.
Details since then have been...
(EXPIRED) Newegg: Buy $500 Hotels.com gift cards for $440
Newegg is running another sale on Hotels.com gift cards, this time discounting $500 denominations by $60.
The Deal
Buy $500 Hotels.com gift cards for $440...
Hotel review: JW Marriott Crete Resort & Spa
My wife and I spent eight nights in Crete recently, five at Domes Noruz Chania (see my review here), followed by three nights at...
