Marriott Bonvoy: Book Cat 7 Off-Peak with 50K Certs
Here's a sliver of a silver lining for Bonvoy fans...
Now that Marriott has implemented their Peak and Off-Peak award pricing, those with 50K free...
Q4 2019 Activation Links For Freedom, Discover, Cash+, Dividend & ABOC
As of today, all the credit cards with rotating quarterly categories have opened registration for Q4 2019.
We've provided details below of each card's categories...
Chase Freedom Q4 2019 Categories Announced: PayPal, Chase Pay & Department Stores
Chase has announced the 5% categories for Q4 2019 and it's a good selection - PayPal, Chase Pay & department stores will all earn...
Hotels.com Makes A Lame Move, Adds $5 Fee When Redeeming Free Nights
Hotels.com has announced that they'll be introducing a $5 fee when redeeming free nights earned through their Welcome Rewards program. While it's good that...
Chase Adds Emirates Skywards As Transfer Partner
One of the best features of Chase Ultimate Rewards is the ability to transfer points to airlines and hotel programs. That list has expanded...
Citi (apparently) loses transfer partner Garuda Indonesia
In reading blog posts from around the Internet for our week in review around the web post (which publishes later tonight), I came across...
Negative Hilton status match changes: No instant Diamond, more nights required
Hilton has today announced changes to its status match program. Unfortunately, the news is not good: effective today, Hilton no longer offers a direct match...
Another gift card resale site down? Gift Card Mart outage persists
Miles to Memories is reporting on what sounds like has been an extended outage at gift card resale site Gift Card Mart. A message...
(EXPIRED) Price protection for flights: Google to offer pilot program
Google Travel has announced a new feature that they will be piloting for flights booked from August 13, 2019 to September 2, 2019 for "select...
Amex Adding Terms Excluding Gift Card Purchases To Some Cards
American Express has started adding terms to some credit and charge cards excluding gift card purchases. While those terms aren't being enforced right now,...
Simon says: New (improved) procedure for $10K+ purchases
Simon Malls are in the midst of a promo enabling Manufactured Spenders to purchase Visa Gift Cards with a load value of up to...
Spent app dead, request cashout now {before Aug 15th)
It was reported a few days ago that the Spent app has shut down. While this is "old news", I thought it was worth...
Aeroplan changes: lower fees, fewer options
Aeroplan has announced a few changes today. Some of them are positive and take effect immediately (lower fees and greater flexibility) while others are...
Amex clawing back self-referral points
Last year, Amex totally overhauled how referrals work, enabling cardholders to refer someone to almost any Amex card and receive referral credit (which varies...
