Capital One’s Venture X: Will it bury the Sapphire Reserve?
Has the cold-blooded assassin we've all been waiting for these past four years finally arrived to take out the Sapphire Reserve once and for all? Can Capital One's Venture X do what the Altitude...
Delta Downgrades Upgrades (but there’s good news too)
Delta has announced huge changes to their upgrade certificates beginning Feb 1, 2022. The biggest and saddest change is that we will no longer be able to confirm upgrades from main cabin economy to...
Capital One Venture X card: A strong ultra-premium contender
Update 11/9/21: Applications are now live. See more in this post.
Capital One's ultra-premium credit card is out now. The Capital One Venture X card opened for applications on November 9th. Is this the next...
Is it time to ditch all of your Marriott credit cards?
Marriott recently made the announcement that they will ditch award charts in 2022 and that starting in 2023, award rates will more closely reflect cash prices. Some members immediately swore off the program and...
Build your Amex Point fortune: Up to 620K points with $25K spend
If you have a large amount of spend to make in the near future, this is a great time to collect Amex Membership Rewards points! A combination of current promotions make it possible to...
$1K+ in easy money: Cover holiday spend with easy bonuses
The National Retail Federation reported last year that consumers planned on spending an average of $998 on gifts and other holiday items - roughly equivalent to the median weekly salary (reported here). Rather than...
My bite-sized thoughts about everything new in points & miles (Nov 2021)
In the past month or so there have been huge changes related to points, miles, and loyalty. Each week, Nick throws in his 2 cents about these things in his Week in Review series,...
Bonvoyage to Marriott Bonvoy
With the coming changes to Marriott Bonvoy in 2022, is now the time to say au revoir, adios, Bonvoyage, and time for us to move on to an all-new strategy of booking hotels through...
Hyatt Peak/Off-Peak Analysis
As promised/threatened, Hyatt's peak and off-peak award pricing is now live for stays beginning March 1, 2022 and beyond. That means that instead of each hotel having a fixed award price at all times,...
Rideshare & missed event protection: How the Point card is heating up
Have you ever left an item behind in an Uber or Lyft? What if a credit card could cover you against that kind of loss? Ever bought a ticket to an event and missed...
Hyatt Points Calendar Is Now Live & The Experience Is Mixed
Hyatt has launched its Points Calendar which allows you to see award pricing on a month-by-month basis at a glance. This is good in theory, but there are some parts of its execution which...
Contemplating the best card for a single credit card wallet
This past weekend, I was invited to speak about miles and points at a conference for accountants. I fielded some of the typical questions both during and after, including which is the single best...
American Airlines revamps program: Earn elite status through credit card and flight spend
American Airlines has announced some major changes coming to the AAdvantage loyalty program in 2022: elite status is being simplified (some will find this to be an improvement and others will not) and members...
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...
