Uh-oh. Amex is clawing back some airline incidental credits
2020 is the year of the rat, but sadly American Express is trying to also make it the year of the RAT.
Amex's Rewards Abuse Team (RAT) is starting to send out notifications to cardholders...
Combine Hotels.com gift cards online again
Hotels.com gift cards can once again be combined online. I'm not sure exactly when this returned, but that's an awesome development as it means that you can take advantage of various smaller gift card deals...
Wow! Alaska joins Oneworld in mid-2021, expands partnership with AA
In a surprise move that I don't think anybody saw coming, as reported by The Points Guy this morning, Alaska Airlines and American Airlines are scrapping plans to reduce their partnership and rather expanding...
Hyatt Category changes 2020: A mixed bag
Hyatt category changes for 2020 have been announced today and will take effect on March 22, 2020. In total, 117 properties increase in price and 100 decrease in price. That sounds pretty mild (especially in...
Delta Status Boosts now posting mid-cycle
Delta Platinum and Delta Reserve Status Boosts are now being granted mid-cycle. As a reminder, Delta Reserve cardholders earn 15,000 Medallion Qualifying Miles (MQMs) towards elite status with each $30K of spend, up to...
Possible problems w/ Staples Mastercard Gift Cards
Late last month, Staples offered fee-free $100 Mastercard Gift Cards online for a few hours before the deal sold out (we reported it here). I have not yet had any issues (I used one...
Chase: no more self-referrals
Chase has added terms to some referral links indicating that you are not eligible for a referral bonus if you use your own referral URL to apply for another card. While the language doesn't...
Marriott Bonvoy Makes Another Negative Change, This Time To Its “No Blackout Dates” Policy
At the end of last year, Greg, Nick and I made predictions for what we thought 2020 would bring in the world of credit cards and loyalty programs for hotels and airlines. One of...
Amex adds Delta status boost tracker
Here's a nice little surprise from Amex. Delta Reserve and Delta Platinum cardholders will now see a Status Boost Tracker when they log in to American Express. Each of these cards offers MQDs (Medallion...
Wyndham Rewards Adjusting Category Levels Of Some Properties (300 Up & 500 Down)
Almost a year ago, Wyndham Rewards changed how you redeem their points for reward nights. Prior to that, every one of their properties cost 15,000 points per night regardless of whether you were staying...
(ISSUES SEEMINGLY NOW RESOLVED) Beware: Uber Suspending Accounts For Loading With Gift Cards
Update 1/28/19: Based on Jon's comment below, affected accounts are now seeing the following message:
Thank you for reaching out to support. Within the last 24 hours, an operational error resulted in a temporary loss...
Marriott expands BRG to Design Hotels
This morning, Stephen posted about his recent successes with Marriott's best rate guarantee program. There's some good news on that front: Design Hotels, one of the myriad of Marriott brands, is once again eligible...
Alliant to cap cash back at $10K spend / month
Alliant now indicates on its website that beginning on March 14, you will only earn cash back on up to $10,000 in purchases per billing cycle on the Alliant Cashback Visa Signature card.
Cash back on the...
Chase kills Ritz Visa Infinite airfare benefit without notice
The Chase Ritz-Carlton Visa Infinite airfare benefit is no longer available. While it seemed the writing could be on the wall when the CNB announced that the Crystal Visa Infinite was losing this benefit,...
