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.
IHG has been in the news over the last week, incredibly making Rewards Club seem almost...exciting? First, they announced revamped perks on the Chase IHG Traveler Card and the Chase IHG Premier that make...
Update 1/30/22 - The landing page is showing new terms for this promotion that specifically exclude award nights: "Award Nights and Points + Cash redemption nights are not eligible to receive bonus points."
Radisson Rewards Americas...
Update 1/30/22 - I’ve now spoken with two different Intercontinental CSR’s and both said that the 15,000 point bonus on paying in cash is only valid towards renewals. That said, both then offered to match...
"It's because of American Airlines. They have a promotion for Loyalty Points."
The UPS driver stood there looking at me. Well, looking at me and at the five boxes of wine on my front porch...
A primary focus of Bilt Mastercard's launch last year was its novel ability to earn rewards by paying rent, a welcome addition to the points and miles universe. Today, Bilt announced that it's greatly...
US Bank is offering increased bonuses on both the Altitude Connect and Business Leverage cards based on Team USA's medal count at the Winter Olympics. The Altitude Connect is offering 50,000 points after $2,000...
Japan Airlines has an incredible amount of Sky Suite Business Class Saver Award availability through the end of 2022. Flights are available out of Seattle, Los Angeles, Dallas, Chicago, Boston and New York to...
American Express is offering a limited-time 20% bonus when transferring Membership Rewards to Aeromexico. With the bonus, the transfer rate is 1 MR - 1.92 CP, which looks good on paper, but isn't terribly...
Recently, I decided to check out the Hyatt Centric Las Olas, a Category 4 Hyatt in Fort Lauderdale that I had never been to before. I had a Hyatt Category 1-4 Free Night Certificate...
Update: It looks like more cities have been added. Also note that all fare classes appear to on sale on most flights. Seattle seems to have the lion's share, but it's worth checking to see...
It's been an exhilirating first month of the AA Loyalty Point Games. We've seen great opportunities with offers like Winc, Spot/Tango and Verizon that have given us plenty to be happy about. But the...
Virgin Atlantic has wide-open Business Class availability to many airports in the Middle East from multiple airports throughout the US, including the flights to Tel Aviv that Thrifty Traveler Premium reported on. Flights are...
United Airlines currently has oodles of Business Class Saver Award availability through the end of 2022. Flights are available out of Los Angeles, San Francisco and Denver, in most cases with availability of 2...
Radisson Rewards Americas has a new promo that doubles earned elite credit for stays through 4/30/22. Radisson Rewards split into two regions last Summer and this promo only applies for stays in the "Americas"...