Hyatt Offering 10k Points When Cancelling Non-Refundable Bookings Made Before March 8
Hyatt has once again shown why they have such a highly regarded loyalty program. They announced last night that they'll be awarding 10,000 World...
United Makes Awful Change To Their Policy On Schedule Changes
United was the last of the main US airlines to announce that they'd waive change fees for flights booked during March, but they're sadly...
Possible FlexPerks devaluation: Only $0.01 per point via real-time mobile rewards?
There are multiple data points at Flyertalk and there is some discussion at reddit about a possible devaluation of FlexPerks Rewards. Since 2018, FlexPerks redemptions made via...
Avianca adds basic economy fares to/from North America
Avianca has today (3/4/20) begun selling basic economy style fares on flights to and from the United States. They are marketing their flights in "sizes"...
Alaska matches JetBlue: no change or cancellation fees (temporarily)
Update 3/13/20: Alaska has now expanded this policy quite a bit as follows (See our Coronavirus cancellation policies complete guide for more):
Link to waiver...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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)...
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)....
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...
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...
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...
