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Amex apology emails promising points

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American Express starting sending out emails yesterday on many Delta and Marriott credit cards apologizing for some sort of mistake made that deprived people...
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Yuck: Acorns increasing fee to $3 per month

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Acorns is a micro investing / robo-investing app that we write about from time to time because they occasionally have great referral offers that...
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Booking Turkish awards is now even harder . . .

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The Turkish Miles & Smiles sweet spot for United flights that we uncovered just over two years ago is one of the sweetest spots...
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Earn points on a yacht and more SLH properties with Hyatt points

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Hyatt has today announced the expansion of their partnership with Small Luxury hotels of the World, with a number of SLH properties newly bookable...
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American drops reduced mileage awards

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American Airlines has long offered discounted award tickets from select airports for holders of the American Airlines credit cards. However, American will no longer...
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Will Delta stop being an Amex transfer partner next month?

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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....
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[Reminder] Capital One: 33% transfer bonuses to British Airways

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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...
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[Update: “Fixed”] Iberia now charging more for Chicago and Los Angeles to Madrid

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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...
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Book JetBlue Mint (including Mint Studio) with Emirates miles

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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...
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[Update: Points Now Posting] Caution: Problems with Turkish transfers from Citi

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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...
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(Update: Registration Live) New Hyatt promo: Triple points. Plus peak pricing delayed until fall...

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Update 7/7/21: Registration is now live for Hyatt's new promotion, so you can register here. ~ World of Hyatt has announced its coming Bonus Journeys promotion: beginning...
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Centurion and Escape lounge improvements

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Many have reported that American Express is making some changes to its lounge network. The biggest change is that guests will no longer be...
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Now book Hyatt suite upgrades online with points

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World of Hyatt allows members to upgrade a room booked at the standard cash rate to a standard or premium suite using points. In...
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Citi dumps the Prestige card (no longer accepting applications)

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Doctor of Credit reported last night that the Citi Prestige card was not showing on the Citi website and that the landing page leads...

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