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Business Platinum: New Perks, New Price

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Update 1/13/22: The annual fee increase has now taken effect. The fee is now $695. Starting today, October 14th, the Business Platinum Card from American Express includes new valuable (and some less-valuable) new perks.  These...
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Accounting for costs: How much did the GUC trip cost us in total?

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Our recent "Passing the GUC" adventure to Dubai, Abu Dhabi, and the Maldives was an incredible trip that was a lot of fun -- both for us and for many readers who followed along...
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Easier airline elite status in 2021: Summary by Airline

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Welcome New York Times Readers! This site (Frequent Miler) covers insider tips for earning and spending points & miles, as well as the best ways to reach high level elite status with less travel....
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Which bank offers the best transfer partners? On Greg’s mind…

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Last week Capital One made massive improvements to their transferable points program.  Previously, many of their transfer partners were not one-to-one.  Unlike the transferable points programs from Amex, Chase, and Citi, all of which...
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The battle for the middle

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The mid-market ~$200 annual fee credit card space has been dominated by American Express in recent years. Between their Gold Card, improvements to the Green Card, the Delta Platinum card, and some of the...
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Award Booking Adventures: An Expiring Marriott Free Night

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My wife and I had already tentatively planned to visit Hyatt's Miraval Arizona this coming January.  I've read great things about this all-inclusive wellness resort and I've been itching to go.  I had it...
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Manufacturing Hyatt status with the new business card

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In my opinion, Hyatt's new business card is disappointing.  It costs more than twice as much as Hyatt's consumer card but delivers less value.  Those who want to earn free nights will do better...
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New World of Hyatt Business Credit Card Launches

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Today World of Hyatt and Chase have announced a brand new World of Hyatt Business Credit Card. I was ready for Chase and Hyatt to serve up a decadent delight of a luxury card...
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(Update: Offer Still Available) Wow! Chase Sapphire Preferred 100K Offer!

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Update 10/8/21: Most 100K public offers have ended, but the refer-a-friend offer for the Sapphire Preferred card is still good for 100,000 points!  We've updated our card page to link to a refer-a-friend offer:...
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Award Booking Adventures: Six Senses Laamu, Maldives (IHG)

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The points & miles game is amazing.  It's a rare exception to the saying "if it sounds too good to be true it probably is."  Within the U.S. at least, it really is true...
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Disputing the indisputable best offer

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When it comes to credit cards, which one is the indisputable heavyweight champion of the world of new card welcome bonuses?  While 100,000 points is a respectable number that surely packs a lot of...
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Settling for 350K Amex points with one new card

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Ever since the amazing Resy Platinum offer appeared, I've been itching to jump on it.  It's an offer for the generic Amex Platinum card that's only available through the Resy website.  And the offer...
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The Maldives vs Bora Bora (on Nick’s mind)

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Two years ago, I spent 8 nights in Bora Bora split between the St. Regis Bora Bora and the Conrad Bora Bora (recently named #2 and #3 in Travel & Leisure's Top 5 South...
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Easy path to top tier Hyatt Status

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Update 9/29/21: Just a quick reminder that you have to apply for the World of Hyatt credit card by September 30 if you want to be able to take advantage of the double elite...

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