When can you get the same card (and welcome bonus) again?
Did you know that it is sometimes possible to get the same credit card that you have had before and get the new cardmember welcome bonus again? In some cases, you might be able...
The last great Delta mileage run
Delta's revised SkyMiles plans for 2024 and beyond present an incredible opportunity. With considerable cost and effort through the remainder of this year, my wife has the opportunity to earn 7 years of Delta...
How to earn Delta elite status without flying in 2024
Delta's 2024 elite program is completely bonkers. The justification Delta gave for making big changes was that they wanted to reduce the number of elite members so that they could offer better elite recognition. ...
Delta revises SkyMiles changes: more SkyClub visits, lower elite thresholds, better 1-time rollovers, vastly...
Delta announced revisions to the drastic SkyMiles changes that led to many, many fliers (including yours truly) declaring that they're done with Delta. And while we knew that walkbacks to this plan were coming,...
Choice fails in its hostile Wyndham takeover, no more cheap Hyatt Globalist and are...
Choice fails in its multi-billion dollar attempt to rob us of Vacasa joy, Frontier refuses to refund a man who missed his flight because he stopped breathing and, are the Euro bedbugs as bad...
Delta’s Big Flip-Flop
Delta has walked back their elite status changes in a big way. Long-term elites and credit card enthusiasts have come out as good as gold. Has Delta gone too far and made elite status...
Another crack at the LifeMiles secret code turns up more pricing anomalies
If I could only have access to a single award program, Avianca LifeMiles would probably be it. While far from perfect, Avianca LifeMiles presents ample opportunities for excellent value on the largest airline alliance...
AC Hotel by Marriott Innsbruck: Bottom Line Review
Innsbruck, Austria is known as the "Gateway to the Austrian Alps." This delightful, historic town sits alongside the banks of the Inn River, in the midst of some gobsmacking mountain scenery. There's not a...
Big changes to Hilton Aspire and Surpass cards
With no advanced warning, Amex today introduced big changes to the Hilton Surpass and Aspire cards. The Aspire card's annual fee has increased, Priority Pass is gone, annual credits have changed, and a few...
Can JetBlue capture my loyalty?
Thanks to JetBlue's generous status match for Delta elites, I now have near-top-tier Mosaic 3 elite status with JetBlue, and my wife has top-tier Mosaic 4 status. Additionally, since we each were approved for...
Amex family language: Is it time to grab cards while you still can?
For years, Amex has been marching to the beat of a perpetual points parade. That parade arguably began during the pandemic with an incredible Platinum card offer and had continued with great referral bonuses,...
Citi’s new path to luxury hotel stays
We now have a new way to book independent luxury hotels with points! As we reported yesterday, Citi added a new transfer partner to their ThankYou Rewards program: Leading Hotels of the World (LHW). ...
InterContinental Presidente Cancun Resort Bottom Line Review
Almost 10 years ago during our Travel is Free days, Drew and I thought it would be valuable research to walk the entire Cancun beach so we could determine which of the many beachside...
Hertz misleads customers (again), dealing with gift card fraud and when the Chase 24-month...
Hertz in hot water for lying to their customers, one man's story of dealing with gift card fraud and how to figure out when the Chase 24-month clock for welcome offers resets. All that...
