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Hilton extending status until 2022, pausing point expiration, flexible bookings

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Hilton Honors has announced their plans to extend member status and pause points expiration and the news is very good: all members whose status was...
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Best Western suspends use of points toward gift cards or merchandise

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Best Western has posted an announcement on its site indicating that they have suspended the redemption of points for gift cards or merchandise due to...
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Some Hawaii properties closing and cancelling reservations

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Reader usernamedchuck reached out to let us know that his upcoming stay next month at the Club Wyndham Bali Hai Villas in Kauai was...
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Marriott downgrades status, maybe no soft landings after all

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Marriott has updated member status for 2019 activity and many of those members whose 2019 activity did not meet status requirements are finding that...
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(Update: Filing extended to 7/15) IRS extends payment deadline 90 days

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Update 3/23/20: In case you missed it, the IRS has also extended the deadline to file. You now have until July 15, 2020 to...
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Delta extends certificates and credits

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Delta Airlines has announced that they are extending $200 Delta travel vouchers and Companion Certificates. While the extension isn't terribly long -- only until...
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Stuck abroad or know someone who is? Points Pros offers help

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One Mile at a Time's award booking service, PointsPros, is offering assistance to help those stuck abroad who need to get home. To be clear,...
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Southwest extending travel funds to June 2021

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Southwest has finally announced how they are handling expiring travel funds in light of the COVID-19 pandemic and it is as good as could...
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Apple card offers skipped payment

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Apple card users are being offered the opportunity to skip the March payment without incurring any interest or fees, enabling those who opt in to...
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United’s latest schedule change policy: no refund for 12 months

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This news broke over the weekend, but in catching up on what I missed yesterday I thought it was worth reporting this for those...
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Hilton extending free night certificates to August 31, 2021

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Hilton has announced that they are extending free night certificates in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. They have sent out the following email to members...
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$1K gift cards out of stock at some Simon Malls

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We have received a few reports from readers about a few Simon Malls being out of stock of $1K Visa Gift Cards. I posted...
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(Update: Now includes more dates) JetBlue: no cancellation fees for flights through 4/30 (or...

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Update 3/11/20: JetBlue has expanded their change/cancellation fee waiver policy. Currently, all change and cancel fees for travel through 4/30/20 are waived, regardless of...
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(Update: Now Valid On Flights Booked Before March 1) American Airlines Waiving Change Fees...

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Update 3/10/2020: In addition to Delta and United, American Airlines has announced that they're extending their waived change fees to include flights that were...

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