Marriott Dynamic Pricing: Check Existing Reservations For Cheaper Pricing
Marriott's dynamic pricing has now gone live and while it's bad news for some properties, there's been a pleasantly surprising result that award stays at many hotels are now cheaper than they were 24...
(Now live) Citi Double Cash Card To Earn ThankYou Points, Still Redeemable As Cashback
Update 3/28: The changes to the Double Cash card are now live. There is no longer a $25 minimum to redeem rewards and the card now earns Thank You Points (but points are still reedemable...
The Confidante Miami Beach: Bottom Line Review
On our way to the Caribbean this week, my wife and I stopped by one of our old favorites, The Confidante Miami Beach. We've stayed here at least once/year for the last 5-6 years,...
American Airlines and JetBlue expand reciprocal elite benefits
In July 2020, JetBlue and American Airlines announced a new partnership called the Northeast Alliance. Originally, the only part of this "alliance" with a firm timeline was codesharing and point accrual, with the promise...
IHG Premier United TravelBank credit live and disappointing
One of the new benefits that launched today on the IHG Premier card is the ability to get up to $50 per year in United TravelBank cash. Unfortunately, it's kind of disappointing. The TravelBank...
How To Transfer British Airways Avios To Qatar Airways Avios
Earlier today we shared about how Qatar Airways is now using the Avios rewards currency and how that's opening up some good award redemption options for booking QSuites.
In that post I mentioned that it's...
R.I.P. PPK: PayPal Key Shutting Down On 4/20/22
In sad but perhaps apt news given that it's happening on 4/20, PayPal Key is getting smoked.
PayPal sent out an email to customers yesterday advising that its popular PayPal Key (also known as PPK)...
Un”cert”ain: How program changes have affected the value of hotel free night certificates
Beware the Ides of March. Hotel loyalty VP's must have been reading Shakespeare over the holidays, as we've seen major changes devaluations for Marriott, Hilton and Hyatt, as well as a complete revamp of...
Renaissance Newark Airport: Bottom Line Review
I had to spend an overnight at Newark Airport recently in between NYC and Atlanta trips. I'm not a big fan of airport hotels, so I just searched for what seemed like the best...
(Changes go live Tuesday: Book now) Hyatt announces 2022 award category changes. It’s...
Update 3/22: Hyatt's Category 2022 category changes go live on Tuesday at 8:00am Central. Make your prospective bookings now!
Hyatt category changes for 2022 have been announced today and will take effect on March 22,...
Hyatt Centric Atlanta/Buckhead: Bottom Line Review
On a recent trip to Atlanta, I was able to stay at the new Hyatt Centric Buckhead. Opened in December of 2021, it's Hyatt's newest property in Atlanta and features two restaurant concepts from...
(Update: Changes Delayed) IHG Rewards Updating Loyalty Program; Initial Changes Announced
Update 3/18: One Mile at a Time is reporting that IHG has distributed an internal memo saying that the scheduled award program changes will now be delayed until at least late-April. At this point,...
Plastiq Now Charging 2.85% Fee For Debit Card Payments
Bad news for anyone who's been using Plastiq to make payments using debit cards - they've increased the fee that you'll pay.
We started seeing reports of this yesterday and it was hoped that it...
Caesars Rewards Downgrading Members From Diamond To Gold
The bad news about Caesars Rewards status matching hasn't ended.
Nick reported the other day about how Caesars had added terms to their website stating that status matching from other programs where you'd status matched...
