Is hotel elite status obsolete? | Ask Us Anything Ep77 | 7-2-25 | Podcast
Is hotel elite status obsolete? What's been your favorite first class experience? And do you have favorite Hyatt hotels? We answered these and many...
Porter Airlines now bookable using Alaska Airlines miles; excellent value available
A couple of years ago, Alaska Airlines launched a partnership with the Canadian airline Porter Airlines. Up until now, it wasn't possible to redeem...
Flying Blue members get better and/or cheaper award availability with Platinum elite status
United has long offered improved and discounted award availability to credit card holders and those with elite status in the MileagePlus program. It looks...
21 more SLH properties are now bookable via Hilton Honors, with 4 properties removed
Back in March, I shared about some more Small Luxury Hotels of the World (SLH) properties that Hilton had made bookable through its loyalty...
Referrals to/from Chase Sapphire Reserve & Preferred cards are back; restrictions for too many...
Chase released the new Sapphire Reserve for Business card yesterday, along with launching an updated version of the personal Sapphire Reserve card. If you...
Mesa Homeowners Card now transfers to Air Canada Aeroplan & SAS EuroBonus
Last month, we shared about the new Mesa Homeowners Card which is interesting for a few reasons. A couple of key reasons are that...
What to do when you don’t have enough hotel miles, and more | Ask...
What do you do when you don't have enough hotel miles? And why aren't we letting all 100K Vacay competitors use Chase points? We...
CardPointers now has a Firefox browser add-on
CardPointers is a very useful tool for keeping track of card-linked spending offers like Amex Offers, Chase Offers, Citi Offers, etc. Previously, the main...
How to Find & Book Emirates First Class with Miles (Video)
Emirates' first class is arguably one of the most lavish and opulent first class experiences out there. Sadly, you can now no longer book...
Delta Choice benefits now include ability to gift Platinum & Diamond status when earning...
For many years, Delta has offered the ability for SkyMiles members to earn Choice benefits when attaining Platinum and Diamond status. According to Delta's...
You can still upgrade to Emirates first class without elite status
In May we reported that Emirates was no longer allowing members to use Emirates miles to book first class awards unless they had elite...
(Gone again?) Rejoice: referral reformatory rescinded! Personal Amex referral ability is back
Update 5/30/25: What Amex giveth, Amex may take away. Looking at my (Tim's) accounts now, all of the personal Amex referrals that I regained last...
Hyatt Brand Explorer: Soon to have 35 brands, earn up to 7 free nights
Hyatt's Category 1-4 free night certificates can be earned in several ways, most commonly as an anniversary perk of the Chase World of Hyatt...
Capital One Shopping pulls even more gift card redemption options
Update 5/28/25: Capital One Shopping has again removed a ton of useful gift card redemption options...over 30 in total. I (Tim) am now seeing...
