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]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...
Grand Hyatt Denver Bottom Line Review
I recently had an opportunity to stay at the Grand Hyatt Denver for a four night midweek stay. I was looking forward to checking it out, as it's one of the top-15 hotels in...
(EXPIRED) Singapore Airlines Spontaneous Escapes: Singapore to India/Australia on sale
Singapore Airlines has launched a new set of Spontaneous Escapes between Singapore and select worldwide cities for travel in August. For travelers based in North America, this month's list isn't terribly attractive, but there...
Daily Getaways 2022: First 2 Weeks Of Offers Announced
The Daily Getaways is an annual travel promotion run by the US Travel Association that provides the opportunity to buy travel-related ppackages at discounted prices. It will be returning next week, and ustravel.org just...
Aer Lingus: 2+ Business class seats available from East Coast to Dublin July/August
Aer Lingus seems to have just dropped a ton of award availailability to Dublin from Washington DC. There are 2+ business class seats available to Dublin from Washington/Dulles almost every day of July and...
(EXPIRED) 20% Transfer Bonus from Amex Membership Rewards to Etihad Guest
American Express Membership Rewards has another points transfer bonus that is available to U.S.-based cardholders, this time offering a 20% bonus on Membership Rewards transfers to Etihad Guest.
Etihad Guest has quite a few sweet...
A new link for the Amex 250K Business Platinum offer (but be careful)
There have been several terrific, targeted American Express offers floating around over the past few months, including 150,000 Membership Rewards points after $6K spend for the consumer Platinum, 130,000 points for the Business Gold after...
