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Best Offers Card Exploration Tool (Beta)

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We're experimenting with a new, more dynamic format for our Best Offers page. We'd love to hear your impressions. Check it out below... Take me...

How to book EVA Air Infinity MileageLands awards (for multiple people)

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I'm a big fan of EVA Air. The airline has an excellent business class product, great availability for its own (awkwardly-named) Infinity MileageLands customers,...

5-star service in training: A stay at Cornell University’s Statler Hotel

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A couple of weekends ago, my family went to Ithaca, NY for a weekend getaway. Cornell University has a well-known hospitality-management program. As part...
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Where Hyatt Suite Upgrade Awards don’t work

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In a past post about my perfect Hyatt mattress run, I mentioned paying more to secure a beachfront room. In response, a reader asked...

Hermitage Bay, an SLH Hotel Bottom Line Review (Guest Review)

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There's been a lot of buzz about the Hermitage Bay Resort (now an SLH property bookable with Hilton points), so we took to our...
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Complete Guide to Avios: British Airways, Finnair, Qatar, Iberia, Loganair and Aer Lingus

"Avios" is the name of the points currency shared by several airline frequent flyer programs: British Airways, Finnair, Iberia, Aer Lingus, Loganair, Vueling and...
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Chase 5/24 Rule: 3Easy Ways to Count Your Status

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Happy 5/24! Given the holiday, we thought it would be the perfect time to remind everyone to check their Chase 5/24 status. Chase will not...

Rainstorms or rainbows? Motivation to strike while the iron is hot [Week in review]

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Over the past six or seven months, countless losses have rained on our parade: the US Bank Smartly card departed, the Hilton devalued aspirational...
The end of the points & miles game

The end of the points & miles game? | Frequent Miler on the Air...

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This week we'll learn about the "ultimate life hack", we'll gripe about how we're being Bonvoyed every which way, and we'll debate: is the...

Mesa Homeowner Card: Earn transferable points on mortgage payments

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Mesa is a tech platform that offers a mortgage marketplace and a credit card that earns up to 100,000 points per year for mortgage...
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Big changes are coming: Top miles and points to-do’s.

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The past few months have brought a slew of announced changes coming over the next several months. If you've felt like your head has...

Citi to release new Strata card, “replacing” Rewards+

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A few weeks ago, Citibank discontinued its Rewards+ credit card, a niche product with one superpower: a 10% rebate on up to 100,000 redeemed...
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How to transfer Avios between British Airways, Qatar, Iberia, Aer Lingus, Finnair and Loganair

British Airways, Qatar, Aer Lingus, Iberia, Finnair, regional Scottish airline Loganair, and Vueling (a low cost carrier) all share a common rewards currency: Avios....

Which hotel award search tool is best?

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For those with hotel points and free night certificates across multiple hotel programs, finding the best places to use your points and free nights...

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