Southwest Airlines to launch partnership with Icelandair in 2025
Southwest Airlines has announced a partnership with Icelandair to begin in 2025 and teases that they will launch a second airline partner in 2025...
Wells Fargo has added Virgin Atlantic as a new transfer partner; transfers start at...
Wells Fargo announced today that it's added Virgin Atlantic and Virgin Red as its newest transfer partner on a 1:1 basis. Even better, there's...
Time to get an Aviator card? Citi reportedly in talks to be sole American...
Major news media is reporting that Citi is in talks with American Airlines to become to sole issuer of American Airlines credit cards. That...
US Bank Altitude Connect: Major changes now live
The US Bank Altitude Connect card doesn't get a ton of press, but it can be a valuable card to grab for its new...
Don’t forget that you can claim mileage credit retroactively
This post isn't news, but rather a reminder because new people get "into the game" all the time. I recently had a paid flight...
Update: Wyndham credit card points do still expire
Update 9/10/24: Unfortunately the news that points earned from spend on Wyndham Rewards Earner credit cards don't expire turned out to be untrue. Despite...
You can now transfer points between Marriott and MGM Rewards
Marriott Bonvoy and MGM Rewards announced today that members can now transfer points between the two programs, though only up to 30,000 points per...
Aeroplan elite members can convert points to Marriott 1:1 (But don’t do it)
This week, Air Canada Aeroplan announced that Aeroplan Elite members can now convert points to Marriott at a 1:1 ratio, with a minimum transfer...
Handy feature: World of Hyatt app can show hotel name and address in local...
Today I discovered a handy feature of the World of Hyatt app: you can click a button to display the address of your hotel...
Another no notice, no communication Bilt change: No more Hawaiian Airlines as transfer partner
In Tim's post about the Alaska Airlines/Hawaiian Airlines merger yesterday, he noted that Bilt Rewards had removed Hawaiian as a transfer partner. We therefore...
Is Southwest going to add bag fees?
Southwest Airlines lost $231 million in Q1 2024 and the pressure has been steadily increasing for the one-time toast of Wall Street to make significant...
Dell no longer selling many 3rd party items (headphones, etc)
Cue up the funeral march: Dan's Deals reports that Dell.com is discontinuing the sale of many third-party peripherals. Things like Bose headphones, Google Pixel...
(Update – Now Working) Virgin Flying Club can’t book awards on Air France or...
Update 8/15/24: On 8/13/24, I (Tim) was able to successfully complete an Air France booking using Virgin points. The website gave me an error...
A new Virgin Red credit card is coming, but it won’t be issued by...
Update 8/6/24: Bank of America has announced that all current Virgin cardholders will be transitioned to a BOA Unlimited Cash Rewards in October. In...
