AA eliminates close-in award ticketing fees
American Airlines has today eliminated the $75 close-in booking fee for booking an award ticket within 21 days of travel. That appears to be great news, though we recently saw United do the same only...
Easy AA miles w/ new bank account through Bask Bank
View from the Wing reports on a new, easy, and potentially fairly lucrative offer to earn miles with a savings account from Bask Bank. While many long-time readers will remember BankDirect, this is actually...
Hilton Makes Three Positive Changes To Earning Honors Points
Hilton has made three changes to their loyalty program and all of them are positive. Most guests won't be affected by these changes, but those that are will appreciate the extra points that they'll...
Don’t forget: Select Marriott choice benefits before 1/15
As a reminder, you have until January 15, 2020 to make your selections for 50-night and 75-night Marriott choice benefits. At the very beginning of the year, 75-night choice benefits were not working for several...
Q1 2020 Activation Links For Freedom, Discover, Cash+, Dividend & ABOC
Update 12/26/19: ABOC's quarterly categories have finally been announced, so we've updated the post below.
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As of today, most of the credit cards with rotating quarterly categories have opened registration for Q1 2020.
We've provided details...
Radisson now has 3 properties in Manhattan
Earlier this year, we reported about how Radisson Rewards no longer had any properties in Manhattan, with the Radisson at JFK airport being the only Radisson property still in New York City at the...
(YMMV) Earn 2-3% Bonus On Discover Cards
There are reports that some Discover cardholders are being targeted for spending bonuses worth an extra 2-3%.
Some of the bonuses being offered are:
2% bonus for the next 12 months on up to $7,500...
IHG Now Allowing Passwords Rather Than PINs
It's taken many, many years, but IHG Rewards Club has finally enhanced security so that you can log in with a password rather than a PIN.
A password is apparently required when customers register for...
Where did Portal Alerts go?
Frequent Miler's Portal Alerts are no more. We used to publish alerts every morning. Each Portal Alert contained a list of merchants in which the best portal rates had increased or decreased from the...
Marriott Ending 10 Elite Nights For 1st Meeting Each Year
And the hits keep coming. In the past, Marriott offered 10 elite night credits for every meeting you booked, offering a relatively cheap and easy way to earn status if you wouldn't meet the...
Plastiq no longer accepting prepaid debit cards in 2020
Plastiq sent out an email yesterday advising that they will no longer accept personal prepaid debit cards (including both reloadable cards as well as gift cards) as of January 1, 2020. These types of...
[Update: Shutdown emails received] American Airlines shutting down some accounts for churning
Update 12/16/19: A round of emails has gone out today letting people know that they have officially been shut down. The email indicates that their American Airlines AAdvantage account (and any others under their...
[Update: Resolved] Major problems reported w/ Mastercard gift cards
Update 12/16/19: Doctor of Credit reports that funds are being returned to Mastercards gift cards affected with the line item noting "Missing MasterCard Settlement Credit’", though it's unclear whether this has only happened for...
Virgin Atlantic Clubhouse at SFO joining Priority Pass (limited hours)
The Virgin Atlantic Clubhouse at San Francisco International Airport will be accessible with Priority Pass during limited hours beginning on Tuesday, December 16, 2019.
The Virgin Atlantic Clubhouse will admit Priority Pass holders between 6am and 2:15pm...
