Qatar Airways Changes: Qmiles Adios, Hello Avios
The great loyalty shake-up of March 2022 continues. Qatar Airways has announced today that as of late March 2022, it'll stop offering Qmiles as part of its loyalty program and will instead join the...
Marriott Lowest Rate Calendar: Just in time for dynamic pricing
It's the calm before the storm as we all wait for Marriott to drop their award chart and begin dynamic pricing next month. It's one of several changes in the points and miles scene...
(Update: Might be fixed?) Wyndham Business Card reporting as a personal card to credit...
UPDATE 2/18: A couple of readers who originally let us know that the Wyndham Business Earner Card was showing up on their personal credit report wrote back to let us know that it has since...
Dosh suspending some accounts for gift card purchases
Doctor of Credit reported this morning that some Dosh app users have had their accounts suspended for making many gift card purchases. This is really unfortunate and isn't a particularly customer-friendly way for Dosh...
Chase Extending Additional Aeroplan Bonus For Those Who Pre-Registered To 3/31/22
When Chase announced last year that they'd be launching an Air Canada Aeroplan credit card, they opened pre-registration for the card a few months beforehand.
They advised that pre-registering would unlock an additional bonus once...
Banco Popular Closing All Avianca LifeMiles Credit Cards On 3/31/22
Banco Popular has sent letters to Avianca credit cardholders to advise them that their partnership with LifeMiles has ended and as a result they'll be closing all Avianca credit cards from March 31, 2022.
The...
Marriott Now Lets You Buy Points During Booking Process
Marriott launched a new sale on its points today, offering a bonus of up to 50% which means you can buy points from 0.83cpp. In addition to that, they've rolled out a new feature...
Simon Mall struggling with delivery delays on gift cards (up to two weeks or...
Simon Mall recently sent out an e-mail apologizing to customers for extended shipping delays on Visa Gift Cards. The letter blamed a combination of a COVID outbreak at a processing center as well as...
Tip: When Emirates says you have insufficient miles, use the app
In this great piece from Milenomics about booking JetBlue Mint with Emirates miles, Robert notes a problem that we had encountered with Emirates last fall: while miles transferred from US credit card transferable currency...
Miraval Berkshires to add Wyndhurst Manor in April
Miraval Berkshires is one of three sought-after, all-inclusive Miraval "wellness retreat" properties in the US (read Greg's recent review of Miraval Arizona here). Hyatt recently announced that it's expanding the footprint of this property...
Turkish now has a checkout button for Star Alliance award tickets (but does it...
Turkish Miles & Smiles has one of the most incredible sweet spots in award travel: it costs just 7,500 miles one-way in economy class for a domestic Star Alliance flight (like anywhere in the...
American Express Launches Membership Rewards-Earning Debit Card, But It’s Weird
American Express has launched a new Rewards Checking account that comes with the ability to earn Membership Rewards via debit card spend. That might initially sound exciting, but in reality it feels like a...
(Update: awards on Alaska metal devalued as well) Alaska Mileage Plan: AA awards to...
Update: Loyalty Lobby reports that Alaska has now posted notice of increased top-end prices for awards on Alaska metal as well. The increases affect flights that are longer than 1400 miles and will be...
DoorDash DashPass Free On Chase Sapphire Cards, $5 Monthly Credit Added For Sapphire Reserve
Chase has announced that they'll be continuing to give Sapphire cardholders a free DoorDash DashPass membership, while also adding a $5 monthly credit for DoorDash on Sapphire Reserve cards.
Free DashPass Benefit
The free DashPass membership...
