(EXPIRED) 20% Transfer Bonus: Chase Ultimate Rewards to Southwest (Ends 10/31/20)
OK, so it's not a Hyatt transfer bonus that we might all be hoping for, but Chase has launched an interesting new transfer bonus today, offering an additional 20% when transferring Ultimate Rewards to...
The Great Debate: Hyatt vs Marriott
Hyatt vs Marriott. This is the debate you really want to see. The Post Roast segment of our most recent Frequent Miler on the Air episode seems to have struck a nerve. Nick took...
Hyatt’s Miraval Berkshires Wellness Resort. Bottom Line Review
Readers may remember that I had hoped to visit Miraval Berkshires, but it didn't work out (see: Miraval Berkshires Resort. My failed attempt to double-dip deals). Fortunately a member of the Frequent Miler Insider's...
What are Hyatt elite nights worth?
Hotel elite nights, on their own, are worthless. The point of elite nights is to earn elite status. In most cases, I don't recommend changing your behavior to earn elite nights. It's usually not...
Huge credit card offers; Hyatt answers; and solving X1
This week we posted analyses of the newest huge credit card offers and predicted what will come next. Also, because of intense interest in Hyatt mattress runs, we posted a mattress running Q&A. And...
Emirates First Class “hotel room in the sky” awards now bookable in advance!
Award flights between JFK and Dubai are now available! Emirates is currently flying their Boeing 777-300ER (with arguably the world's best first class) between JFK and Dubai. When I checked previously with this route,...
[Expired] Venture 100K vs Sapphire 80K. Which is better?
Capital One and Chase have each introduced huge new welcome bonuses: Earn up to 100K bonus "miles" with the Capital One® Venture® Rewards Credit Card; or earn 80K Ultimate Rewards points with the Chase...
Beginner credit card plan: over 500K points in 12 to 15 months
The quickest and easiest way to amass points and miles is through credit card welcome bonuses. In this post I'll demonstrate a credit card plan for a beginner starting from scratch to amass over...
Hyatt Mattress Run Q&A
New Hyatt promotions have suddenly made it reasonable to consider booking Hyatt stays even if you have no intention of sleeping there. The objective is to earn bonus points and enough elite nights to...
(EXPIRED) Short term Southwest Companion Pass with just one flight! Hurry to register...
Southwest has extended the end date for purchasing a ticket. Previously the end date was yesterday (9/24), but now you have through end of day today (9/25) to register and purchase a ticket for...
[Expired] 100K Capital One Venture Rewards offer!
Capital One has launched a limited time 100K offer for the Venture Rewards card. Upon approval, earn 50K "miles" after $3,000 spend in 3 months. Plus, earn an additional 50,000 miles after a combined...
Chase Sapphire Reserve 100K Offer – Will it return?
When the Chase Sapphire Reserve card debuted 4 years ago, it made a huge splash with its 100,000 point welcome offer. Combined with the ability to purchase travel through Chase at a value of...
Chase resumes approving business card applications
During the first 6 months (or so) of the pandemic, Chase stopped approving most business card applications. Fortunately, it appears that Chase is once again approving them! This includes those applying as a sole...
X1 Card: Too good to be true. Here’s how they’ll do it.
The X1 Card doesn't yet exist except as a start-up marketing concept. They advertise that you can earn up to 4X rewards on all spend with no annual fee. Earning 4X requires referring others. ...
