Tim Steinke
My wife Erin and my first big journey together went around the world in 100 days for
our honeymoon, a trip in which I had one car accident and got one speeding ticket in every country that we visited (I think that I may still have an arrest warrant in New Zealand for an unpaid ticket, but we’ll keep that between us). We currently
live in Washington State; we own a winery, ski after work and hike as much as our elderly knees will let us.
Is Alaska Mileage Plan blocking close-in partner awards?
Update: Alaska now says that this block on close-in partner awards will be removed within a matter of "days."
Over the last couple of weeks, there have been numerous reports of Alaska Mileage Plan's online booking...
Million Mile Madness Live Check-in #2: Wednesday November 13 at 8pm ET
For our Million Mile Madness Challenge, Greg, Nick, and Stephen are all competing to complete the SAS EuroBonus Millionaire promo with the most style, affordability, and speed... all in the next two weeks! If...
(EXPIRED) Southwest Hawaii sale: Save up to 40% on flights to the islands
Southwest is out with another sale, this time giving up to 40% off when booking flights to/from Hawaii when using promo code HAWAII40. Flights must be booked between 11/12-11/14 and the discount is good...
Avianca LifeMiles on sale with up to 160% Bonus (1.27 cents each)
Avianca has its monthly bonus available on LifeMiles purchases, this time it's up to a maximum of 160%. That brings the cost per mile down to 1.27 cents, which is just below our reasonable...
Southwest Personal Cards: 40K Rapid Rewards points + $400 welcome offer
All three of the consumer Southwest Airlines credit cards are now offering increased welcome offers of 40,000 Rapid Rewards points + a $400 statement credit after making $3K in purchases within the first 3...
(Expired) Earn 11x on Dell purchases via Rakuten (stack with Amex Offers / credits)
Rakuten is offering 11% back at Dell Technologies, which can alternatively be 11x Membership Rewards points per dollar spent. Combined with the Dell Amex offers that are floating around right now, it's a great time...
US Bank Altitude Reserve no longer accepting new applications
It's a bad news Monday all around.
There have been rumors going around the interwebs for a couple of weeks that US Bank (USB) was going to be discontinuing one of our favorite personal credit...
Targeted Dell Amex Offers: Get up to 20% cash back (stack with Dell credits)
There are two new, targeted Amex Offers out that are good for up to 20% back when you spend either $250+ or $500+ at Dell.com. While these targeted Dell offers come out a lot,...
(EXPIRED) Avianca LifeMiles: 125% bonus when you transfer miles (stack with Amex bonus)
Avianca LifeMiles is offering a new transfer bonus when you transfer your LifeMiles to another member. You'll get a 125% bonus when transferring to friends or family, which means that when you transfer 1,000 LifeMiles to someone...
New Amex Shop Small Offers: Dining and Personal Care / Spas
There are two new Shop Small Amex Offers out, both of which seem to be fairly targeted. They each give $15 in statement credits but in different categories, with a total of $30 in...
Chase Sapphire Preferred: Earn 60k Ultimate Rewards + $300 travel credit (last call)
Update 11/7/24: Chase has given us word that this increased Sapphire Preferred offer will be ending on 11/14/2024. Getcha some if you want some.
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Chase has increased the welcome offer on one of it's popular...
Buy Finnair Avios with up to a 50% discount (1.14 cents each)
Finnair has launched a new sale which provides the opportunity to buy Avios for as low as 1.14 cents per point (cpp). Avios is the shared rewards currency of British Airways, Iberia, Aer Lingus,...
Charles Schwab Amex Platinum: Increased 125K Welcome Offer
There are several "flavors" of Amex Platinum card, one of which is the American Express Platinum Card for Charles Schwab. You'll need to be a Schwab customer in order to get this, and it...
Earn A $530 Bonus With New US Bank Checking Account
US Bank has another promotion for new Bank Smartly checking accounts that offers up to a $450 bonus with fairly simple requirements. This deal is available in states within US Bank's footprint and requires...
