Fairmont Gift Cards with 20% bonus 2pm-5pm Eastern 11/26
Fairmont Hotels is once again offering a 20% bonus on electronic gift card purchases for both Fairmont Hotels and Willow Stream Spas. They run this deal a couple of times a year (usually in...
[Updated: Extended!] Hilton free night certificates show up in your online account w/ expiration...
Update 11/22/21: Several readers reached out via email, Twitter, and our Frequent Miler Insiders Facebook group earlier this evening to let us know that they noticed sometime today that the expiration dates on some...
[Update] Waves of Amex shut downs this week
Update 11/16/21: A reader whose account was closed in this ordeal has reached out to let us know that some accounts have been reinstated for a $25 fee. If you were unfairly shut down,...
Rumored new premium business card on the horizon
Greg has long had hopes for an ultra-premium credit card on the business side of Ultimate Rewards. He made his case for why it would just make sense a couple of years ago (See: Still...
[Dead] $50 Chipotle Gift Cards for $42.50
PayPal is currently offering a $50 Chipotle Gift Card for $42.50. That's a decent discount and makes for a stack with a quarterly bonus for 5x for those who have not yet maxed out the...
(Update From Hilton) Here’s Hilton’s Auto-Upgrade Policy Order & Eligible Brands
Update 11/9/21: We've received communication from Hilton regarding how they'll be implementing the advance upgrades (my bolding):
With space-available upgrades being one of our program’s most important perks, we launched this benefit enhancement to celebrate...
Link Chase business and personal accounts online
Chase Ultimate Rewards points can easily be combined between your own cards and one member of your household. However, earlier this year, the link between my personal and business cards broke and I was...
IHG extending some free night certificates to 12/31/22! (and elite status)
IHG has just sent an email to members indicating good news: free night certificates issued in 2021 will be valid until 12/31/2022. To be clear, this only applies to certificates issued during 2021, but that...
[Update: Back in Europe] Air France moves Israel to the Middle East, heavily devalues...
Update: Israel is once again pricing as part of Europe. I noticed in the terms of the monthly Promo Rewards (and noted in our earlier post) that it says (bold is mine added for emphasis):
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TopCashBack pays out on HBO Max deal. Credit where credit is due.
Several months ago, TopCashBack featured a crazy-good 73.4% back on HBO Max. Purchases didn't immediately track properly and there was some initial doubt as to whether or not the deal would get paid out....
Hilton offering 72hr advance upgrades for elites & shared digital keys
Hilton has introduced two new innovations that should be small (perhaps very small) positives. First, they have launched the ability to share your room's Digital Key with more than one guest which is an innovation...
United extended vouchers until 12/31/22 (and made them easier to use)
File this under "old news", but somehow I missed this a month ago and so I figured it was worth a quick post for any readers in the same boat: United has extended travel...
National and Enterprise rental car programs extend elite status and free days
National Car Rental and Enterprise Rent-A-Car have both announced a full year's extension of rental car elite status and Free Days, extending elite status set to expire in February 2022 through February 2023 and Free...
[Update: Brex also] Capital One losing JetBlue TrueBlue as a transfer partner
Update 10/2/21: Miles Talk points out that Brex is also losing transfers to JetBlue TrueBlue on 10/25. It will be interesting to see if other issuers also lose JetBlue or what is happening on...
