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New big spend bonus: more free annual nights with Radisson Visa cards

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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...
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American Express Ending The OPEN Savings Program

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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...
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Mandarin Oriental Launches New Loyalty Program

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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...
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Activate Now: Discover 5% Cashback Bonus For Q2

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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...
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Mercedes-Benz Platinum discontinued; get 60K while you can

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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...
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Hyatt cracks down on second guest approach to sharing status

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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...
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Update: Chase says breach is fixed

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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...
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Potential Chase security breach: Don’t log in?

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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...
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Marriott Best Rate Guarantee Now Offers 5,000 Points Or 25% Off

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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...
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Another hit: No more Amazon GCs with Gamestop GCs

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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...
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Another one down: No more 5x at Gift Card Mart

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And the hits just keep on coming: We have received two reports here on the blog -- from reader Max in our Laboratory and reader...
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No more 5x at MPX

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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)...
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Alliant paying 0% cash back at Giftcards.com

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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....
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Earn Up To 50,000 Points With Marriott Rewards Reward A Friend

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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...

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