5 easy ways to increase credit card spend without going broke
Credit card companies offer huge incentives for opening new credit card accounts. 50,000 point offers used to be considered big, but these days 60K, 70K, and 80K offers dominate. Most of these offers, though,...
Searching for Hyatt SLH extreme luxury
Last week, One Mile at a Time wrote "AMAZING: Redeem Hyatt Points At $2,350+ Per Night Nicaraguan Private Island." This got my attention. Calala Island is an all-inclusive resort that is part of SLH...
Low-hanging fruit you ought to be picking
For years, my wife and I hustled on easy opportunities: we were young and ready to strike while the iron was hot when we saw a chance to make a quick flip or earn...
Book Marriott meeting online for $100, get 10 elite nights
As we approach the end of the year, some of us are looking at our elite status situation and realizing that we haven't yet met our goals. If you were hoping to reach high...
Last Chance Deals: 20% Off All 3rd Party Gift Cards, Several Transfer Bonuses &...
Welcome to our weekly list of what’s ending this week as well as a collection of some other deals that are due to end soon.
It's coming to the end of another month which means there's...
Is Turkish a bad deal? An easy deal most of us missed, a terrible...
This week around the web, we have a number of good reads from the last two weeks as I missed the chance to highlight some of these last weekend. From an argument I can't...
Causing controversy unexpectedly, managing your credit card portfolio, and more
This week's "reader feedback" segment leads to a fun experiment for our sound engineer and statistical analyst before we move on to discuss that controversial Chase post and why we published it. Then it's...
On Nick’s mind (Dumping the Sapphire Reserve?)
Yesterday, Greg wrote about cancelling a credit card to which he had an oddly emotional attachment, the Citi Prestige card (See: Dumping my Citi Prestige card). His willpower is stronger than mine; with 5x...
Dumping my Citi Prestige card
I signed up for the Citi Prestige card in September, 2014. Back then, it was much easier to get Citigold status and so I locked in a $350 annual fee. Until this month, the...
Last Chance Deals: Multiple Portal Bonuses, 20% Off Radisson Awards, 15x Rewards On Restaurant...
Welcome to our weekly list of what’s ending this week as well as a collection of some other deals that are due to end soon.
Nine deals are ending this week, including 15x Reward Points at...
Turkish changes award chart: Act now for some sweet spots (but don’t panic –...
Turkish Miles & Smiles has taken me for a roller coaster ride this afternoon. I have spent almost all day making myself crazy: first, I thought that Turkish had completely obliterated its award chart (they...
Good news regarding United nixing award charts (and some bad news too)
As promised and threatened, on November 15th 2019, United eliminated close-in booking fees and stopped publishing award charts. I previously covered my thoughts about these changes with both a pessimistic view and an optimistic...
Does the Amex war change our behavior? Is that $8K/ night Marriott really bad...
Are the lost benefits on the Business Platinum really a bad thing? Will the war on gaming change Greg's Delta Diamond destiny? Was I overly pessimistic in my assessment of that new $8K-per-night Marriott? What...
Dumping my CNB Crystal Visa Infinite.
The CNB Crystal Visa Infinite Card used to be awesome. In addition to offering nice perks and great bonus categories, it offered $250 in airline fee reimbursements per card. As a result, with free...
