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Bright spots in Hyatt’s 2023 devaluation

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Despite the doom and gloom you have have heard about Hyatt's 2023 category changes, the news isn't all bad. This week on Frequent Miler...
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Great Hyatt Category 4: Hyatt Regency Grand Cypress Bottom line review

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When word came yesterday of the impending Hyatt category changes, I cringed and turned half away from the screen as I searched the list...
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Remote worker incentives in 2023: Get paid $12K to move within the US

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My wife and I began working remotely in 2009, long before the dawn of remote worker incentives. A year or two later, we took...
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How to earn Delta elite status through credit card spend

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Like most airlines, Delta offers extra benefits to their most valuable customers. They do this by awarding "Medallion" elite status with increased benefits at...
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How to turn a $95 card into 4 ocean cruises

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It's currently at least theoretically possible to get a single card that costs $95 per year and turn it into four free cruises --...
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Maldives On A Budget: Holiday Inn Resort Kandooma Maldives

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My wife and I will be celebrating our 20th anniversary next year and we're planning on going to the Maldives for the first time....
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Tips for new cruisers from new cruisers

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This morning, I am disembarking the Royal Caribbean Brilliance of the Seas, our third cruise in the past ~4.5 months. Before this last couple...
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Bottom Line Review: Hyatt Regency JFK Airport At Resorts World New York

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My 3 Cards, 3 Continents trip last year both started and ended at JFK Airport. On both ends of that trip I stayed overnight...
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From Citi to SAS EuroBonus, the long way. Are there sweet spots?

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Prolific Frequent Miler Insider Brant Stookey posted something in our Frequent Miler Insiders Facebook group that caught my interest in our Facebook group yesterday:...
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Paceline card shutting down 2/23/23

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Update from Nick 2/18/23: The Paceline credit card has sent an email to cardholders that the card will no longer be usable after 2/23/23....
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Travel Hacker’s Toolkit

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When friends and family ask me how we can afford to travel the way we do, I often simplify and say that we're really...
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Capital One including Global Entry reimbursement on 1099s

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For the past several years, all of the major credit card issuers have been sending 1099-MISC forms valuing referral bonuses as income. Capital One...
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Shopping for car rentals with surprising results

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A relatively frequent question we get from readers is about how to cover rental cars with rewards. On a recent Frequent Miler on the...
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Fixing a failed Platinum triple dip

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Amex Platinum cards often have huge welcome bonus offers of 150,000 points or more.  Plus, they come with many valuable perks and rebates.  The...

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