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) Rakuten: Earn 3%/3x MR in-store at Best Buy, Walmart, Sam’s Club and more
The Rakuten shopping portal has increased in-store cash back rates at several useful retailers over the weekend. They're offering 3% (or 3x Membership Rewards) back for purchases in-store at Sam's Club, Walmart and Best...
Barclays Wyndham Earner Business Card: Welcome offer up to 75,000 points.
The Wyndham Rewards Earner Business card issued by Barclays has an increased welcome offer with 75,000 points available after spending $2,000 and making one purchase on an employee card within 90 days.
The Offers &...
20% Transfer Bonus from Capital One to Air France/KLM Flying Blue
Capital One is offering a 20% transfer bonus to Air France / KLM Flying Blue through 8/31/22. This means that US-Europe/Israel business class could be had for as little as 45,900 Capital One miles if...
IHG removes club access from club-level upgrades
Intercontinental Hotel Group (IHG) unveiled a much needed overhaul if its rewards program in April, changing the name to IHG One Rewards in the process. The new program was a distinct upgrade from the...
Amex Fine Hotels and Resorts vs. MGM Gold: A Tale of Two Bellagio Stays
Amex Fine Hotels & Resorts (FHR) is a “luxury” hotel program that is available to both business and personal Platinum cardholders and provides a suite of valuable benefits on all hotel stays booked through...
(EXPIRED) Marriott Homes & Villas Chase Offer: Spend $100+, get $70 back (stack for...
There's a good Marriott Homes & Villas Chase Offer out this week that gives those targeted $70 back as a statement credit when spending $100 or more.
This Chase Offer will stack with another Homes...
[Expired]Amex Delta Business Cards: Last call for increased welcome offers (Up to 110,000 SkyMiles)
Update: Some of the offers in this post have since expired. See our Best Offers page for current offer information.
American Express recently increased the welcome offers on all six of their co-branded Delta cards....
Hilton Charles de Gaulle Bottom Line Review
During my most recent trip to Europe, my wife and I ended up spending an unplanned night at Charles de Gaulle airport, courtesy of Air France/KLM. Because of a two hour ground delay in...
Huge Amex Business Platinum Upgrade Offer: 140K after $10K spend (highly targeted)
There is a massive targeted upgrade offer for the Amex Business Platinum that started appearing on some Amex business cardholders' accounts over the weekend. It seems to be targeted just at Business Gold cardholders...
American Airlines/Alaska Airlines – New portal bonuses up to 2000 miles
Alaska Airlines and American Airlines shopping portals both launched new promotions this week which offer up to 2000 bonus miles when spending from $100-$300.
See Also: New United Airlines/Southwest Airlines shopping portal bonuses
The Deal
The Alaska...
(EXPIRED) Qatar Qsuites open from US – Africa/Middle East/Maldives May-June 2023 (70K AA Miles)
Qatar Airways has quite a bit of open Business Class availability to destinations across the Middle East, Asia and Africa (including the Maldives) from a plethora of US airports between May-June 2023. When availability...
Citi drops 24-month rule on Rewards+ card
Like many credit card issuers, Citibank has fairly strict policies for when someone is eligible for the welcome offer on a new card application. Many of Citi's rules are based on “families” of cards...
New United Airlines/Southwest Airlines shopping portal bonuses (up to 2500 miles)
Southwest Airlines and United Airlines' shopping portals launched new promotions today which offer between 250-2500 bonus points/miles when spending between $100-$600.
The Deal
The Southwest and United shopping portals are offering the following bonuses:
Southwest
Spend...
IHG Premier 140K welcome offer: Free night certificate can’t be topped off
Recently, Chase increased the bonus on the IHG Premier card to a whopping 140,000 IHG points and one free night certificate (that is capped at a value of 40,000 points). This a huge offer...
