Upside.com is closing, redeem rewards by 9/24/21
Business travel booking site Upside.com sent out an email today announcing that they are going out of business. This won't affect many readers (and...
Amex apology emails promising points
American Express starting sending out emails yesterday on many Delta and Marriott credit cards apologizing for some sort of mistake made that deprived people...
Yuck: Acorns increasing fee to $3 per month
Acorns is a micro investing / robo-investing app that we write about from time to time because they occasionally have great referral offers that...
Booking Turkish awards is now even harder . . .
The Turkish Miles & Smiles sweet spot for United flights that we uncovered just over two years ago is one of the sweetest spots...
Earn points on a yacht and more SLH properties with Hyatt points
Hyatt has today announced the expansion of their partnership with Small Luxury hotels of the World, with a number of SLH properties newly bookable...
American drops reduced mileage awards
American Airlines has long offered discounted award tickets from select airports for holders of the American Airlines credit cards. However, American will no longer...
Will Delta stop being an Amex transfer partner next month?
Update: Gary Leff at View from the Wing and Dave Grossman at Miles Talk both quote sources at Amex stating that this partnership is not ending....
[Reminder] Capital One: 33% transfer bonuses to British Airways
Update 8/27/21: Posting this as a reminder that the British Airways bonus is on. We originally posted this when it was announced in mid-July...
[Update: “Fixed”] Iberia now charging more for Chicago and Los Angeles to Madrid
Update 7/12/21: As reported by The Points Guy, pricing on these routes has reverted to the previous pricing, with Chicago to Madrid back to...
Book JetBlue Mint (including Mint Studio) with Emirates miles
JT Genter at NerdWallet has stumbled on a very big find: Emirates Skywards miles can now be used to book JetBlue Mint. While the value...
[Update: Points Now Posting] Caution: Problems with Turkish transfers from Citi
Update 7/7/21: Readers are reporting that points are now finally posting, including from transfer requests that were submitted several weeks ago. That hopefully means...
(Update: Registration Live) New Hyatt promo: Triple points. Plus peak pricing delayed until fall...
Update 7/7/21: Registration is now live for Hyatt's new promotion, so you can register here.
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World of Hyatt has announced its coming Bonus Journeys promotion: beginning...
Centurion and Escape lounge improvements
Many have reported that American Express is making some changes to its lounge network. The biggest change is that guests will no longer be...
Now book Hyatt suite upgrades online with points
World of Hyatt allows members to upgrade a room booked at the standard cash rate to a standard or premium suite using points. In...
