New big spend bonus: more free annual nights with Radisson Visa cards
Club Carlson announced today that they have re-branded to become Radisson Rewards. There were some negative changes in terms of points earnings for mid-tier members (more on that below), but one interesting change came to...
American Express Ending The OPEN Savings Program
American Express have started advising their business credit cardholders that the OPEN Savings Program will be ending on June 1, 2018.
The OPEN Savings Program offered business credit cardholders a choice of either a 5%...
Mandarin Oriental Launches New Loyalty Program
Mandarin Oriental has recently launched a new loyalty program called Fans Of MO. It's free to join and potentially offers some great benefits to enhance your stay.
You can sign up for Fans Of MO...
Activate Now: Discover 5% Cashback Bonus For Q2
It's less than a month until the second quarter, so you're now able to activate the 5% cashback bonus if you have a Discover It credit card.
The Deal
Earn 5% cashback bonus at Grocery...
Mercedes-Benz Platinum discontinued; get 60K while you can
As reported by US Credit Card Guide, the Mercedes-Benz American Express cards (including the Mercedes-Benz branded flavor of the Platinum Card) will be discontinued in January 2019 and replaced with different cards. Applications are still available at the...
Hyatt cracks down on second guest approach to sharing status
This morning I posted options for getting top tier Hyatt elite benefits without having status. The best of these options is for a top-tier friend to book your stay as a Guest of Honor...
Update: Chase says breach is fixed
This morning, we posted about a possible security breach at Chase bank (See: Potential Chase security breach: Don’t log in?). Chase has since confirmed the breach. According to their news release to Bloomberg, the breach was...
Potential Chase security breach: Don’t log in?
Late last night / early this morning, Fly & Dine and Doctor of Credit as well as many people on Twitter have reported what could be a major security breach at Chase: people report logging into their Chase...
Marriott Best Rate Guarantee Now Offers 5,000 Points Or 25% Off
The Marriott Best Rate Guarantee (aka their Look No Further Guarantee) used to only offer 25% off the matching rate. They've now introduced an additional option - 5,000 Marriott Rewards Points.
To take advantage of...
Another hit: No more Amazon GCs with Gamestop GCs
After a rough day in MS news yesterday (See: Alliant paying 0% cash back at Giftcards.com, No more 5x at MPX, and Another one down: No more 5x at Gift Card Mart), the hits...
Another one down: No more 5x at Gift Card Mart
And the hits just keep on coming: We have received two reports here on the blog -- from reader Max in our Laboratory and reader Sophie on the post What's left for 5x Ink? indicating...
No more 5x at MPX
In yet another piece of bad news for points and miles enthusiasts, reports online are indicating that purchases through the United Mileage Plus X (MPX) shopping app are no longer earning 5x on the Amex Platinum...
Alliant paying 0% cash back at Giftcards.com
Miles Per Day reports that the Alliant Cashback Visa card is no longer paying 3% cash back for purchases from Giftcards.com -- instead paying 0% on Giftcards.com purchases. Reports from Flyertalk indicate that a letter was sent out...
Earn Up To 50,000 Points With Marriott Rewards Reward A Friend
During a recent stay at a Residence Inn, I found a flyer offering bonus Marriott Rewards points for referring friends.
I'd initially assumed it was for referring them to the Chase Marriott Rewards credit card,...
