Hyatt House Charleston/Historic District: Bottom Line Review
Last month my wife and I drove down from Portsmouth, VA to St Augustine, FL. That's a 10 hour drive, so we decided to stop overnight along the way to break up the driving.
Both...
Why welcome bonus spend is not my everyday spend
Common advice in points & miles circles is to always use new credit cards with big welcome bonuses for your everyday spend. Most card offers require thousands of dollars of spend in order to...
World’s best free spa treatments, British Airways elite program changes and Hilton finally adds...
The world's best free airport spa treatments, Hilton in talks to add a terrific hotel brand and British Airways releases the most confusing elite program announcement of 2024. All that and more in this...
Mastering Avios
I have to admit that if you asked me about the most exciting airline programs, Avios would never come to mind. However, given how easy Avios are to amass along with the ability to...
Bilt introduces unrewarding Milestone Rewards
Bilt has a history of surprising us in a positive way. Early on, they somehow secured American Airlines, Hyatt, and United (among others) as transfer partners. I would have bet big, big money against...
JetBlue Mint to the Caribbean for 26,000 Avios: Where and how to find and...
Last fall, JetBlue flights became bookable with Qatar Airways Privilege Club Avios. While we initially saw a smoking deal to Europe (that was quickly killed), a sweet spot for JetBlue Mint class remains: some...
Should I keep or cancel my Delta cards?
My wife and I currently have four Delta cards. We each have a consumer Delta SkyMiles® Reserve American Express Card and a Delta SkyMiles® Platinum Business American Express Card. With the latest Delta credit...
Small Luxury Hotels (SLH) ditches Hyatt for Hilton
This morning, Hilton and Small Luxury Hotels of the World (SLH) announced their new "exclusive strategic partnership." The word "exclusive" within the announcement was clearly intentional. We reached out to our Hyatt contact who...
Quick-Fire Q&A from Feb 2024 Ask Us Anything
Our February 2024 Ask Us Anything session happened a little earlier than it normally would. So early in fact that it occurred on January 31!
Tim wasn't able to make it unfortunately - his lame...
American Express Business Gold Credit Card Review (2024)
The American Express Business Gold card has seen a ton of changes. Its 4x categories have been revamped, new annual business credits were added and the the annual fee has increased by $80. The...
The cheapest day of the week to book flights, AA sued for shutdowns and...
AA is getting sued over account shutdowns and mileage clawbacks, the Wall Street Journal releases its annual ranking of US airlines and, is there really a "cheapest" day of the week to book airfare?...
Game changing transfer bonuses: The Bilt card ain’t just for renters anymore
People often ask whether the Bilt card has a use case if you're not a renter. A year ago, I'd have said "not really" for most people. But that has changed: last week, we...
Big changes to Delta Gold, Platinum, and Reserve cards
With no advanced warning, Amex today introduced big changes to their suite of Delta SkyMiles cards. Annual fees have increased, but Amex has made up for that by throwing in "coupon book" rebates plus...
How Nick built his own Bilt bonus
For a long time, I said that I saw the target market for whom the Bilt card made sense, but that it wasn't for me. Then, Bilt started running insane transfer bonuses last year...
