If you have a large amount of spend to make in the near future, this is a great time to collect Amex Membership Rewards points! A combination of current promotions make it possible to...
The National Retail Federation reported last year that consumers planned on spending an average of $998 on gifts and other holiday items - roughly equivalent to the median weekly salary (reported here). Rather than...
In the past month or so there have been huge changes related to points, miles, and loyalty. Each week, Nick throws in his 2 cents about these things in his Week in Review series,...
With the coming changes to Marriott Bonvoy in 2022, is now the time to say au revoir, adios, Bonvoyage, and time for us to move on to an all-new strategy of booking hotels through...
As promised/threatened, Hyatt's peak and off-peak award pricing is now live for stays beginning March 1, 2022 and beyond. That means that instead of each hotel having a fixed award price at all times,...
Have you ever left an item behind in an Uber or Lyft? What if a credit card could cover you against that kind of loss? Ever bought a ticket to an event and missed...
Hyatt has launched its Points Calendar which allows you to see award pricing on a month-by-month basis at a glance. This is good in theory, but there are some parts of its execution which...
This past weekend, I was invited to speak about miles and points at a conference for accountants. I fielded some of the typical questions both during and after, including which is the single best...
American Airlines has announced some major changes coming to the AAdvantage loyalty program in 2022: elite status is being simplified (some will find this to be an improvement and others will not) and members...
Marriott has made some major updates this morning regarding extensions to elite status and free night certificates along with major changes to the program (including the elimination of the award chart next spring). There...
Citibank recently added the ability to transfer ThankYou Rewards points to Choice Privileges at an excellent 1 to 2 rate. 1,000 Citi points becomes 2,000 Choice points. This makes hotels bookable with Choice points...
Update 10/24/21: We checked with Hyatt to get definite confirmation that once awards become bookable, that properties wouldn't be able to adjust pricing to peak rates as that's what we previously believed.
It seems the...
Citi this week launched its first hotel partner since losing Hilton several years ago. You can now transfer 1 Citi ThankYou point to 2 Choice Privileges points. Is that exciting? This week on Frequent...
Often, there are many great Amex Offers available to cardholders. Some are available to all cardholders. Some are for those with specific cards. Many are targeted to specific people. The goal of this post...