Daily Getaways have gone away (program discontinued)
For many years, the US Travel Association has run a promotion called "Daily Getaways" whereby they would spend a few weeks selling various travel packages, which sometimes included good deals to purchase popular hotel...
[Update: Sales suspended] Uh-oh: Hilton gift card inventory shortage (not expected to ship for...
Update 1/6/25: On December 20th, we pointed out messaging from BuyHiltonGiftCards.com indicating an inventory shortage (that full post is below). As has been pointed out in the comments, the BuyHiltonGiftCards site has now suspended...
Bedbugs on board, Real ID’s in 2025, bad luck at Chicago O’Hare, and the...
This week saw some chaos as usual with reports of bedbugs on 3 separate Turkish Airlines flights, new travel requirements we'll see in 2025, a fire in Chicago O'Hare, and then on a lighter...
Capital One reduces lounge access
A few days ago, we learned about new limitations to Capital One Venture X Rewards Credit Card and the Capital One Venture X Business Card's lounge access: cardholders are now limited to 2 guests...
(EXPIRED) Amex Platinum Card referral offer: 175K points after $8k spend (we need links)
Update: Unfortunately the latest batch of 175k referral links state that the person being referred will earn "as high as" 175k Membership Rewards. There's no guarantee that every person applying will be eligible for...
My favorite New Year’s Eve travel experience (that I can’t in good conscience recommend)
In our nomad years, Drew and I had plenty of opportunities to celebrate New Year's Eve in weird places, some of them more exciting than others. My favorite of them was our experience in...
Pay Yourself Back on Chase Aeroplan card limited to 200k points in travel category
Back at the start of 2023, Chase Aeroplan cardholders received the ability to use the Pay Yourself Back feature for travel expenditure. For anything that coded as an eligible travel expense on the card,...
Update: TravelBank cash credit does get redeemed in order of expiration
Update: Mea culpa. I'm afraid that the post I wrote earlier was incorrect. It turns out that the email I received stating that the $25 of TravelBank cash would be expiring in a few...
Chase United cards are devaluing statement credit benefits on eligible cards
Doctor of Credit has published a couple of posts recently that highlight a negative change with regards to how eligible Chase United cardholders will receive statement credits.
A couple of weeks ago, DoC shared a...
Move over Krampus, 10 days visa-free in China, Frontier’s route-cuts, and the search for...
It's time for Krampus to move over for another strange Alpine tradition, China extends its visa-free transit allowance to 10 days, Frontier cuts 40 routes, and the search for MH370 continues a decade later.
Krampus...
Venetian and Palazzo joining World of Hyatt
A press release came out yesterday from World of Hyatt and the Venetian & Palazzo in Las Vegas announcing a partnership that will enable the ability to earn and use points on stays at...
[Update] Aspire resort credit-eligible hotel list un-shrinks
Update 12/16/24: The list as been un-shrunk! Reader Sean pointed out more than a month ago that the Conrad Las Vegas was back on the list. Several reports then came in through our Facebook...
Southwest adds some detail to assigned seating, updates to change policy
Southwest Rapid Rewards has sent an email to members today adding some limited detail about changes to come in mid-2025 when they begin selling assigned seating for travel in early 2026. The announcement adds...
3 mileage run options to finish the SAS challenge: Which should Nick do?
Yesterday, I wrote about my SAS EuroBonus Millionaire dilemma. With three airlines yet to credit, and one of those three seriously in question, I decided that I needed to do something to add some...
