Economy Web Specials From American Airlines: OW Flights From 5,000 Miles
American Airlines has launched a new style of award tickets called Economy Web Specials. These discounted awards start at 5,000 AAdvantage miles, potentially offering good value so long as availability holds up.
The first batch...
Chase Offers Returning, Will Be Rolled Out To All Cards In November
Doctor of Credit reported today that Chase has issued a memo to its bankers advising that their Chase Offers scheme is being relaunched and will return in November.
Here's an image of the memo that...
Marriott Updates MegaBonus Promotion: One Positive Change, One Negative
Marriott announced their latest MegaBonus promotion a month ago, but they've recently made a couple of changes to the promotion. One change is positive and can earn you thousands more bonus points, but the...
Re-link Hyatt to MGM Gold now
Back in late February, many readers may have matched their MGM Gold status to Hyatt Explorist status. MGM status runs through September 30th, so your Gold status likely dropped to Sapphire this week. If you...
Tip: Search Delta round trip for international deals
In a recent week in review around the web, I highlighted a post from The Lazy Traveler's Handbook about Delta award flights that seemed important enough to warranty a separate quick tip here: if...
Sears might fold: spend your rewards sooner rather than never
It has been reported by multiple news outlets that Sears will likely declare bankruptcy, possibly as soon as this week. We don't yet know exactly what that will mean for gift cards and Shop...
Arrival Premier is dead at 6 months
As was reported by View from the Wing, Barclays has completely pulled the Arrival Premier World Elite Mastercard for new applications. The card apparently never caught on and Barclays decided to cut their losses....
Current Gold cardholders (prior to 10/4) keep 2X Gas and $195 into 2019
As we reported earlier, the card formerly known as Premier Rewards Gold now has a new name and new benefits:
The card has been renamed to “American Express Gold Card“
New benefits:
4X at...
Toys R Us might be reborn…will they carry Gift of College?
Earlier, we reported about how Gift of College cards are available in some Barnes & Noble stores, but lamented the fact that they are only be available in $200 denominations. Toys R Us used...
Gift of College cards at Barnes & Noble, but not a deal
It has been reported in other places today that Gift of College gift cards are currently available in some Barnes & Noble stores. While that might sound like exciting news on the surface, Barnes...
Discover Deals being discontinued
Reader John reached out this afternoon to let us know that when he logged into his Discover account and went to Discover Deals today, he saw a message that Discover is retiring the program as...
Hilton Improves Best Rate Guarantee Policy, Claims Can Now Be Pre-Approved
Hilton has announced some changes to their Best Rate Guarantee (which they now call Price Match Guarantee) and at first glance, the changes appear to be improvements.
Here's a list of changes notified by HonorsRepresentative...
Excursionist perk pricing dead? Not pricing correctlty and being “fixed”
Last week, we posted on how you can leverage the United Excursionist Perk for strong value. Using the Excursionist Perk, you should be able to book a free one-way flight when you book a...
Priority Pass adds P.F. Chang’s at LAX
Priority Pass keeps adding new restaurants to the program, giving travelers a credit for food and drink at the airport. The latest additiong is P.F. Chang's at Los Angeles Airport (LAX) in the Tom Bradley International...
