Marriott to drop award chart, add free night “top off”, extend free nights /...
Marriott has made some major updates this morning regarding extensions to elite status and free night certificates along with major changes to the program (including the elimination of the award chart next spring). There...
Choice’s Ascend Collection Gems (Great Value with Citi Points!)
Citibank recently added the ability to transfer ThankYou Rewards points to Choice Privileges at an excellent 1 to 2 rate. 1,000 Citi points becomes 2,000 Choice points. This makes hotels bookable with Choice points...
(Update: More Info) Hyatt Peak/Off-Peak Pricing Coming On Oct 26 – Here’s More About...
Update 10/24/21: We checked with Hyatt to get definite confirmation that once awards become bookable, that properties wouldn't be able to adjust pricing to peak rates as that's what we previously believed.
It seems the...
Citi Doubles Your Choice
Citi this week launched its first hotel partner since losing Hilton several years ago. You can now transfer 1 Citi ThankYou point to 2 Choice Privileges points. Is that exciting? This week on Frequent...
Amex Offer Cheat Sheet
Often, there are many great Amex Offers available to cardholders. Some are available to all cardholders. Some are for those with specific cards. Many are targeted to specific people. The goal of this post...
The worlds best Preferred Hotels bookable with Choice points
Separately I wrote about the fact that Choice Privileges points can be used to book many (but not all) high-end Preferred Hotels & Resorts. When starting with Citi ThankYou points, you can get great...
Playing with the house’s money: Casino matching in South Florida
If you are headed to the Fort Lauderdale / Miami area and you enjoy a good status match-go-round or you just like “free” money, and you don’t mind doing some driving, you can pick...
Preferred Hotels & Resorts via Choice: Value unlocked. Frustration assured.
Citibank recently added the ability to transfer ThankYou Rewards points to Choice Privileges at an excellent 1 to 2 rate. 1,000 Citi points becomes 2,000 Choice points. This is great for Choice Hotels stays. ...
Southwest introduces new card benefits
Today, Southwest announced new benefits available immediately for current and new cardholders. New features include extra bonus points in various categories of spend, the uncapped ability to earn A-List status with spend, free EarlyBird...
Bilt Rewards sweet spots
This past weekend, Greg and I (along with a handful of leading content creators in points and miles) were invited to Richard Branson's Moskito Island to learn more about Bilt Rewards, the new credit...
Our favorite sweet spot awards: Awesomeness vs practicality
This game is exciting to me precisely because there are so many ways to play it and win. On this week's Frequent Miler on the Air, we discuss a whole lot of winning. Our list of...
Spending 580,000 AA miles, just in case of devaluation
People have been speculating for a while now that American Airlines is on the cusp of a major award devaluation. The fear is that they'll drop their award charts in favor of dynamically priced...
Business Platinum: New Perks, New Price
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...
Accounting for costs: How much did the GUC trip cost us in total?
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...
