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...
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...
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...
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...
[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...
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...
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...
(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...
[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...
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...
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...
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...
A 30 night mattress run? 80K now vs. maybe 100K later? And more…
Is it worth booking a 30 night Hyatt stay to secure two years of top tier Globalist status? At first I thought Nick was...
Hawaii opening to tourism October 15th!
Hawaii's governor David Ige announced that Hawaii will open to tourism on October 15th, 2020. I know we've heard it before, but this time,...
