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.
(EXPIRED) Marriott Homes and Villas Amex Offer: Spend $1000, Get $250 Back
An Amex Offer is out once again for Marriott Homes & Villas that could score you $250 back on a vacation rental stay. Keep in mind that these rentals earn elite nights and Marriott Bonvoy...
(EXPIRED) Delta Award Sale: 40k SkyMiles roundtrip in economy to Australia (and many more)
Delta is running a very good two day award sale that includes Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Mexico, and the Caribbean. But there's a catch - the low pricing and wide open award availability is...
(EXPIRED) Hotels.com BankAmeriDeal: Get 5% off up to 5 hotel bookings
There's a new Hotels.com BankAmeriDeal doing the rounds which gives 5% off on all "coupon-eligible" hotels. This one requires clicking through the offer link AND entering the promo code BOFA5 into hotels.com checkout screen.
The...
(EXPIRED) Chase & Amex Marriott Cards: Spend $7,000, Earn 10,000 Bonus Points
Marriott cardholders have a new, non-targeted spending offer available on their cards that gives10,000 bonus points when spending $7,000 on a Marriott card by September 30th. This offer won't be appealing for most folks,...
(Expired) New United Mile Play Offers – See If You’re Targeted
United has released another round of targeted Mile Play offers and, in at least some cases, they'll be easy challenges to complete.
The Deal
Earn bonus MileagePlus miles when completing United Mile Play offers.
Direct link...
Singapore Airlines 777-300ER Business Class: Bottom Line Review
A fifth freedom route is when a long haul carrier operates a flight outside of its home network, primarily to utilize airplane downtime. One notable example is Singapore Airlines’ JFK to Frankfurt route. Singapore...
Marriott Homes & Villas: Double points on 3+ night stays
There's a promotion out for Marriott Homes & Villas that offers double Marriott points (10x total) for 3+ night stays that are booked before 7/21/23 and completed by 12/31/23.
Usually these bonus offers come out...
Japan Airlines 787 Business Class: Bottom Line Review (Sky Suites)
During our recent Party of 5 Challenge, the entire FM Team travelled together to and from Japan. The reason for the season was that Greg miraculously found award space for 5 from Tokyo to...
How to earn 1.3 million miles from one flight, Capital One Shopping clawbacks and...
Earning 1.3 million miles from one paid flight, another round of Capital One Shopping clawbacks, Amex retention calls made easy and the 23,000,000-mile man. All that and more in this week's Saturday Selection, our...
(Last weekend) New Southwest consumer card offers with 30% off discount codes
Update 7/7: These increased bonuses are scheduled to end on Monday 7/10/23 at 9am Eastern time. I'm personally not a huge fan of the discount code vs more points, but for some folks who...
Chase Ink Business Preferred Offer: 100K Ultimate Rewards points with almost half the spend...
Update 7/6/23: As soon as this offer came out, we received a ton of questions from folks who had recently signed-up for the Ink Business Preferred under the old offer with the $15K minimum...
[Expired] Amex Business Gold: 95K Membership Rewards offer with no lifetime language (targeted)
The offer mentioned in this post has expired. See our Best Offers page for current offer information.
Another day, another targeted welcome offer from Amex. Yesterday, my wife and I both found a very good...
Delta plane lands on its nose, an Amex clawback story and…is Disney’s Swan Reserve...
A Delta flight manages to land without landing gear, Amex clawbacks continue to spread, a second look at Disney's Swan Reserve and how to make it out of Amsterdam alive. All that and more...
(EXPIRED) Hyatt Centric Amex Offer: Up to 25% back (targeted)
There's a new, targeted Hyatt Amex Offer out today which provides the opportunity to get back up to 25% on paid stays at Hyatt Centric properties. This offer gives $75 back after spending $300...
