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Managing Points and Miles

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(EXPIRED) Choice Hotels: Stay Twice and Earn at least 8,000 Points

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Choice Hotels is returning with its oft-run promotion awarding a minimum of 8,000 total points when staying twice by November 6, 2023. The Deal Stay twice at Choice Hotels & earn at least 8,000 bonus...
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Bilt outsmarts Curve’s “Everyday is Rent Day” trick

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The last time I made significant updates to my Curve Card review, an amazing trick dawned on me.  The Curve Card, which passes along charges to any number of other credit cards you have,...
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Amex Platinum Cardholders: Disney Bundle increases to $24.99/mo in October

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The American Express Platinum card comes with a $20/month "digital entertainment" credit that can be used for Disney+, ESPN+, Hulu, the Disney Bundle, The New York Times, Peacock, SiriusXM, and The Wall Street Journal....
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(EXPIRED) Flying Blue Promo Rewards: From 11,250 miles to Europe, stack with Amex transfer...

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It's the start of the month, which means that a fresh batch of Flying Blue Promo Rewards are available. Through the end of September, you can book flights to Europe from several North American...
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(EXPIRED) 100% transfer bonus from Choice Privileges to United Airlines (still a bad deal)

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United Airlines is offering "double the miles" when you convert Choice Privileges points to United Mileage Plus by October 15th, 2023. The conversion is normally absolutely terrible and with this bonus it improves to...
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(EXPIRED) 25% Transfer Bonus from AMEX Membership Rewards to Air France/KLM Flying Blue

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American Express Membership Rewards has added a 25% transfer bonus for Air France/KLM Flying Blue for transfers through 9/22/23. The Deal Get a 25% bonus when transferring American Express Membership Rewards to Air France/KLM Flying...
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No, Southwest Airlines is not a valuable transfer partner

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In the comments on a post last week, a reader named Andrew mentioned the fact that they found Southwest Rapid Rewards to be a "valuable and unique" transfer partner. The justification for that rationale...
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First steps towards rebuilding my point fortune: Bilt and AA

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In the post "Plans for rebuilding my point fortune," I wrote about my 5/24 status and my desire to build up points in the following programs: Bilt Rewards, AA, Alaska, and Marriott.  In that...
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Canceling Business Platinum cards

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My wife and I had three American Express Business Platinum cards in which the $695 renewal fees posted in early July.  That meant that we had until early August to cancel these cards in...
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(Expired) Bilt August Rent Day: Up to 150% Transfer Bonus to Virgin Atlantic

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Bilt Rewards has announced its Rent Day promos for August 1, 2023. The headliner of the monthly promotion is that Bilt Rewards Members will be able to utilize a 75%-150% bonus on points transfers...
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Points alchemy: Convert Bilt to Hilton almost 1 to 4 ratio

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Here's a random thought.  You know the latest Bilt Rent Day promo offering up to 150% transfer bonus to Virgin Atlantic?  If you qualify for that 150% bonus, then you could use that promo...
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(EXPIRED) 70% transfer bonus to IHG One Rewards

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IHG One Rewards lovers could currently get a 70% transfer bonus when sending points to IHG, but in most cases that's still not a deal I'd recommend doing since you can so frequently buy...
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(EXPIRED) 20% bonus when transferring Chase Ultimate Rewards to Aeroplan

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Chase Ultimate Rewards is offering a 20% transfer bonus to Air Canada Aeroplan. There's a lot of things that you can do with Aeroplan, so this bonus could create some good value for those...
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When is it time to expand into a second or third transferrable points currency?

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Last week, I saw a question in our Frequent Miler Insiders Facebook group that comes up pretty frequently: Does it make sense to get a card in a new ecosystem if you're already heavily...

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