Aeroplan offering 4th night free on hotel stays, but it’s very poor value
Aeroplan has announced that it's extended being able to get a 4th night free benefit when redeeming your points for hotel stays thought 2025.
While it's great that they're trying to add additional redemption options...
Some IHG properties let you book any room type for varying number of points
While researching my accommodation options for Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam for our Million Mile Madness challenge, I came across an interesting phenomenon - the ability to book any room type at an...
How to mix Hyatt Free Night Certificates, Points and Cash on a single stay...
Hyatt is one of the most flexible programs for letting you mix certificates, cash, and points on a single stay, but it can be hard to remember how to do this online. Once you...
How to use Google Flights to find great deals [Video]
Google Flights has become such an incredibly useful tool for finding great flight deals. In this video, we'll show you how to make use of Google Flights' many filters, explore feature, and more.
How to...
New Kimpton “Secret” Password
Update: A reader was told that the new password doesn't apply until 11/1/24. We've seen data points from other folks of some properties accepting it, so until the 1st, it looks like a YMMV situation.
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How to Apply JetBlue Move to Mint Certificates [Video]
JetBlue is offering a status match which, at certain thresholds, gives you the opportunity to earn Move to Mine certificates. JetBlue is one of the nicest US Business class products so it's worth learning...
How To Unenroll From Amex Pay Over Time (And Why You Should)
American Express has targeted many cardholders in recent months with offers to earn 10,000-30,000 bonus Membership Rewards simply for enrolling in Pay Over Time.
To have a chance of getting targeted for these offers, you...
How to convert Amex Membership Rewards to cash with the Schwab Platinum card (new...
Update 9/30/24: Today is the last day to redeem points at a value of 1.1 cents each without a limit. The new limit of 1,000,000 points per calendar year takes effect tomorrow, October 1,...
How To Use IHG Free Night Certificates
Several Chase IHG credit cards - the personal Premier card, the Business Premier card and the older Select card (the latter of which is no longer open for new applications) - come with anniversary...
How to book Hyatt suites [Video]
It's possible to use Hyatt awards to book right into suites, often at good value. But...there are roughly 4 different ways to do that (and nuances to each of those ways!)
Watch the full episode...
Which Amex Cards are Credit Cards? How many can you get?
Amex credit cards vs Pay Over Time cards
Amex offers both credit cards and "Pay Over Time" cards (the latter are charge cards under the hood but also, optionally, have credit-card-like "pay over time" capability)....
(Update: Merger Completed) Alaska / Hawaiian merger – what’s next?
Update 9/18/24: Today, Alaska announced that its acquisition of Hawaiian Airlines has been completed. As of today, Alaska Lounge members have lounge access when flying Hawaiian.
Alaska says that miles will be able to be transferred...
Amex Uber credits will require paying with an Amex card
The American Express Platinum and Gold cards both come with monthly credits for Uber and Uber Eats that can be very helpful towards offsetting each card's substantial annual fees.
Up 'til now, it's been possible...
LoungeReview: Excellent alternative to LoungeBuddy
When flying through an unfamiliar airport, it can be surprisingly difficult to know which lounges are available. Even more difficult is figuring out which lounges you can get into due to flying business/first class;...
