Pondering my own great Delta mileage run (5 years Diamond)
Last week I wrote about my wife's "last, great Delta mileage run." She is fairly close to achieving Delta's 2 Million Miler status and...
Andaz Savannah: Bottom Line Review
The FM Team recently had our annual team meeting in one of my favorite southeastern cities: Savannah, Georgia. Hyatt has an enviable group of...
Air Canada Aeroplan cracks down on hackers, Vancouver wants to pay you to visit...
Hertz charges a man $519 for accidentally going through a $1 toll, Vancouver will give you up to CA$250 to pay it a visit...
When can you get the same card (and welcome bonus) again?
Did you know that it is sometimes possible to get the same credit card that you have had before and get the new cardmember...
The last great Delta mileage run
Delta's revised SkyMiles plans for 2024 and beyond present an incredible opportunity. With considerable cost and effort through the remainder of this year, my...
Delta revises SkyMiles changes: more SkyClub visits, lower elite thresholds, better 1-time rollovers, vastly...
Delta announced revisions to the drastic SkyMiles changes that led to many, many fliers (including yours truly) declaring that they're done with Delta. And...
Choice fails in its hostile Wyndham takeover, no more cheap Hyatt Globalist and are...
Choice fails in its multi-billion dollar attempt to rob us of Vacasa joy, Frontier refuses to refund a man who missed his flight because...
Delta’s Big Flip-Flop
Delta has walked back their elite status changes in a big way. Long-term elites and credit card enthusiasts have come out as good as...
Another crack at the LifeMiles secret code turns up more pricing anomalies
If I could only have access to a single award program, Avianca LifeMiles would probably be it. While far from perfect, Avianca LifeMiles presents...
AC Hotel by Marriott Innsbruck: Bottom Line Review
Innsbruck, Austria is known as the "Gateway to the Austrian Alps." This delightful, historic town sits alongside the banks of the Inn River, in...
Big changes to Hilton Aspire and Surpass cards
With no advanced warning, Amex today introduced big changes to the Hilton Surpass and Aspire cards. The Aspire card's annual fee has increased, Priority...
Can JetBlue capture my loyalty?
Thanks to JetBlue's generous status match for Delta elites, I now have near-top-tier Mosaic 3 elite status with JetBlue, and my wife has top-tier...
Amex family language: Is it time to grab cards while you still can?
For years, Amex has been marching to the beat of a perpetual points parade. That parade arguably began during the pandemic with an incredible...
Citi’s new path to luxury hotel stays
We now have a new way to book independent luxury hotels with points! As we reported yesterday, Citi added a new transfer partner to...
