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,...
JFK restaurant now taking Priority Pass
Over the past year or so, Priority Pass has added partnerships with a number of airport restaurants, where you can now get a dining credit of ~$28-$30 at a number of participating restaurants (amount of credit depends...
Earn 1,000 IHG Rewards Club Points When Booking Activities
IHG Rewards Club has teamed up with Viator and is offering 1,000 points whenever you book activities directly with them.
The IHG activities portal can be found here. Simply do a search for a destination,...
Huge Devaluation – Marriott Announces 2018 Category Changes
Following on from SPG's 2018 category changes, Marriott have announced theirs and it's a shocker. More than four times as many properties are moving up a category than are moving down.
You can find the...
SPG Announces 2018 Category Changes: 145 Increases, 131 Decreases
SPG have announced their category changes for 2018 and it's a mixed bag, with 145 properties moving up one or more categories and 131 properties moving down.
Lucky reported that there's a net decrease, but...
Old Blue no more
As reported by Doctor of Credit, we have seen the demise of the application page for the Old Blue Cash Card from American Express. As a reminder, this card offered 5% back on up to $50,000 in...
Hyatt Award Nights Not Posting? Here’s What To Do.
At the end of 2017, World of Hyatt announced that award stays from January 1, 2018 would count towards status. These don't seem to always be crediting correctly, so here's what to do if...
New Qantas SFO-MEL Route – Plenty Of Award Space
It can be hard finding award flights to Australia, but Qantas's new direct route has lots of availability.
Their San Francisco to Melbourne route is now bookable and flights begin on September 1, 2018.
The best...
R.I.P. – Amex Offers Sync With Facebook & Twitter Has Died
It used to be possible to use Amex Offers Sync with Twitter and Facebook to automate the addition of offers to your cards.
If you'd relied on that method to save you time, there's some...
Chase Freedom w/ Chase Pay: 10% Back On Up To $300 At Best Buy
Edit 1: The landing page for this offer is now listing this promotion as 10% back on up to $300, so it appears to have been reduced from $400.
Edit 2: This offer is now...
Chase online payment deadline extended to 11:59pm Eastern
Chase has sent out an email advising cardholders that they have updated their system to extend the same-day online payment deadline to 11:59pm Eastern Time.
Previously, the cutoff time for online/mobile app same-day payments was 8pm...
Negative change to IHG Best Rate Guarantee
IHG has changed the terms of their Best Rate Guarantee -- and it's bad news.
No more free night with IHG BRG
IHG has long had a pretty generous Best Rate Guarantee -- if you find a better rate...
