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Here’s How Easy & Quick It Is To Set Up CLEAR

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CLEAR membership isn't something I'd been too worried about getting in the past, but with Amex handing it out for free to all Platinum personal and business cardholders and some other targeted cardholders with...
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Rocking Fine Hotels & Resorts

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So you like staying at fine hotels, eating fine food for free, scrounging down a scrumptious  breakfast, and checking out when you feel like it sometime in the afternoon? We've got you covered. On...
Hyatt Regency Chesapeake Bay Golf Resort, Spa, and Marina Bottom Line Review

Hyatt Regency Chesapeake Bay Golf Resort, Spa, and Marina. Bottom Line Guest Review.

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The Hyatt Regency Chesapeake Bay resort interests me for several reasons.  First, there simply aren't that many nice points-bookable resorts in the U.S. outside of warm weather or skiing destinations.  Second, this one is...
Inn at Bay Harbor, Autograph Collection (Marriott) Bottom Line Review

Inn at Bay Harbor, Autograph Collection (Marriott). Bottom Line Review.

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My wife and I have been visiting Marriott's Inn at Bay Harbor in northern Michigan almost every summer for the past ten years or so.  This summer, we visited twice: once for five nights...
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Getting the elite experience without elite status via credit card & preferred partner hotel...

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Updated 8/25/22 to include our link to luxury travel booking service TravelZork, which provides booking services for many of the preferred partner booking programs included in this post. We are not travel agents, so we...
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Find your own Fine Hotels & Resorts deals

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This morning Nick posted "Searching for deals through Fine Hotels & Resorts."  In that post he listed a number of Fine Hotel & Resort (FHR) properties around the world that were at least sometimes...
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Searching for deals through Fine Hotels & Resorts

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I've long been a fan of Amex Fine Hotels & Resorts. When booking through Amex FHR, you get breakfast for two, guaranteed 4pm late checkout, a local amenity (usually something like a $100 property...
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An experience with credit card return protection

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One of the advantages of being active in this hobby of miles and points is that many of the premium and ultra-premium credit cards we carry come with a multitude of benefits that can...
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Amex doubles down in the ultra-premium card race

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Oh how the mighty have...mostly given up. At a time when Amex is completely doubling down in its efforts to dole out massive point bonuses through huge welcome offers, adding additional cardmembers, and retention...
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Capital One shut down my account and gave me only a half cent per...

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In April, I was super excited when Capital One finally approved me for a credit card.  By some miracle, I got in on the 100K Venture offer despite the fact that Capital One had...
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Which Premium Cards are Keepers? Version 4.0

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With Amex increasing the annual fee on their personal Platinum card from $550 to $695, they've raised the stakes.  It was already a bad idea to keep paying the Platinum card annual fee if...
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Amex Membership Rewards sweet spots

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Update 7/6/21: With the huge new Membership Rewards points offer available, some readers will find themselves wondering how best to use Membership Rewards points, so we have updated this guide to add some additional...
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Morgan Stanley Platinum Card Fee Free (how to earn the $695 Annual Engagement Bonus)

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Amex Platinum cards come loaded with high end perks such as airport lounge access, hotel elite status, airline fee rebates, prepaid hotel rebates, digital entertainment rebates, Uber credit, and in some cases an "Annual...
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15x Madness from Amex

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This week has been bonkers. Had you told me two years ago that we would see a 15x bonus category good on up to $25,000 spend, I'd have laughed you out of the room. Had...

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