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Managing Points and Miles

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(EXPIRED) Up to 1K bonus miles w/ United portal bonus

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United is offering a summer shopping portal bonus through its United MileagePlus shopping portal. You can earn as many as 1,000 bonus miles based on your...
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(EXPIRED) 15% transfer bonus to Asia Miles from Thank You points

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Citi is offering a 15% bonus on transfers from Thank You points to Asia Miles. Be aware that Asia Miles has a devaluation on the very near...
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(EXPIRED) Choice bringing back $50 gift cards for 8K (Amazon, BP, more)

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Choice Privileges (the loyalty program of Choice hotels) is bringing back a popular promotion: stay two times during the qualifying period (June 12th to...
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Estimating risk in Amex’s new rule

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As Nick reported yesterday in the post "Amex launches a sneak attack in the war on gaming," Amex has added new terms to their...
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Amex launches a sneak attack in the war on gaming

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Amex has been tightening the rules of the game for the past year or two, and they are at it again with a new term...
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Plastiq makes a nice gesture to make up for Visa change

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Stephen reported a few days ago about the June 1st change affected Plastiq payments with a Visa whereby payments may be limited to a small percentage...
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36,000 points in 8 minutes (sort of) and what I learned

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Without a doubt, the easiest way to earn miles and points is through credit card bonuses. The welcome offers on many cards are huge...
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(EXPIRED) 20% off sitewide at eBay (max discount = $100) [6/6/18 only]

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eBay is offering a coupon today (6/6/18 only) for 20% off site-wide using code PICKDADSGIFT.  If you haven't yet maxed out this quarter's Chase Freedom...
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Opportunity from the other merger: skirt Wyndham’s points purchase cap

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The merger that's been on our minds as of late has been the Marriott-Ritz-SPG merger, but in other merger news, Wyndham and La Quinta announced...
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(EXPIRED) Discounts on Southwest, gas, Lowe’s – stack with Freedom 5x

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Ebay has a number of gift card deals available today on popular brands. Here's a roundup of what's still alive at the time of writing...
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Stacking via United MPX app is back (at least for some categories)

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Yesterday, Doctor of Credit reported that the United MPX app has once again begun carrying over merchant codes for the purposes of bonus categories,...
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(EXPIRED) Reminder: Last day to buy SPG points for a 35% discount (perhaps ever?)

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Today is the last day to buy Starwood Preferred Guest points for a 35% discount under the current promotion. We don't know for sure, but this certainly could be the...
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How to keep your Avianca LifeMiles alive

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Avianca LifeMiles can be a very useful frequent flyer program, but it has one big Achilles heel: miles expire after 12 months...and spending miles...
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JAL devaluation coming November 20th

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Japan Airlines Mileage Bank has announced an award chart devaluation coming on November 20th, 2018. The hits are pretty big, especially considering how difficult it...

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