A quick guide to transferable points programs
In our opinion, transferable points programs like Chase Ultimate Rewards and Amex Membership Rewards are the most valuable points (or "miles") to accumulate. These points can often be used to book discounted travel and,...
(EXPIRED) Marriott Amex Cards: Best Ever 155K and 185K Welcome Offers
American Express has just launched massive, limited-time welcome offers for the Marriott Bonvoy Brilliant and Bonvoy Bevy cards, each one almost doubling the previous version.
The Bevy is now giving 155,000 Bonvoy points after $5,000...
How to find and book Emirates first class awards
Emirates first class is a fantastic way to fly. Emirates offers incredible service and top-notch food and beverage options to first class passengers. And the seats themselves, even the old style ones shown below,...
Which Premium Cards are Keepers?
Ultra-premium credit cards often have great perks like lounge access, elite status accelerators, free nights, companion tickets, etc. The problem is that the annual fees, which can be as high as $695, can be...
Best fee-free transferable point credit card combo
The Amex Gold card's annual fee increase continues a trend that we're seeing across nearly all Amex cards: Amex raises the annual fee and adds new coupon-like benefits to make it look like the...
Which hotel credit card is the most rewarding for spending?
Co-branded credit cards, and hotel cards specifically, are often frowned upon as a place to put regular spend, especially in comparison to bank cards with transferable currencies and sexy bonus categories.
That said, hotel cards...
US News’ best US travel programs, Spirit adds first class and glamping with Hyatt...
Spirit Airlines becomes a normie and adds fare bundles and first class, Hyatt brings "glamping" into the fold and US News releases its annual ranking of the best travel rewards programs. All that and...
The math on free night certificates, Bilt’s Rent Day doomsday changes, when to transfer...
When a credit card offers a free night certificate, how do you determine how much it's worth? Which hotel program is the most rewarding for your paid stays? How can you maximize value with...
Best Uses of Avios (British Airways, Iberia, Qatar, and Aer Lingus)
“Avios” is the name of the points currency shared by several airline frequent flyer programs: British Airways, Iberia, Finnair, Aer Lingus and Qatar Airways. Points earned through one of those programs can be moved...
Ways I “self-insure” my trips (with strategic booking and credit card choices)
Several times a year, we field reader questions about travel insurance. Unfortunately, I don't have a lot of insight into travel insurance because I never buy it. That's not to say that you shouldn't buy...
What are hotel free night certificates worth?
Many hotel credit cards offer free night certificates as anniversary bonuses to incentivize you to keep a card, as "big spend bonuses" to entice you to spend more on the card or even as...
Which hotel loyalty program is most rewarding on paid stays?
This post was last published about over a year ago. Since then, we've added the Sonesta hotel chain and have established new Reasonable Redemption Values (RRVs) for all of the programs listed in this post....
How to apply for Chase Ink cards
Some of the best credit card welcome bonuses around also happen to come from some of the best point earning cards around: the Chase Ink Business cards. These include the Ink Business Preferred, Ink...
W Edinburgh Hotel (by Marriott): Bottom Line Review
The W Edinburgh is a hotel that can be thankful for the old cliché that you shouldn't judge a book by its cover. That's because the developers bizarrely went with such a modern design...
