Marriott Points Advance Policy Change: No Longer Available If You Have Sufficient Points
Marriott has made a change to its Points Advance policy without giving any notice. It's now only possible to make a Points Advance reservation...
Daily Getaways 2019: First 3 Weeks Of Offers Announced
Daily Getaways is returning this year and will run from May 6 to June 7. They've provided a preview of the first three weeks...
Devaluation looms: British Airways announces changes from May 30, 2019
British Airways has sent an email announcing changes to Avios redemptions on partner airlines. These changes will affect most partner bookings -- including those with...
Plastiq 1.5% fee was a glitch
We reported earlier today that Plastiq was running an unadvertised special where they charged only 1.5% for Mastercard payments rather than the usual 2.5%...
Priority Pass restaurant restriction: one visit per 24 hours
This past weekend, I flew through Ronald Regan (DCA) airport in Washington, DC with a long 6-hour layover. I'd previously read that Priority Pass...
$300 Visa Gift Cards Now Back In Stock At Staples.com
Update 4/17/19: Visa gift cards are back in stock and can be added to your cart successfully. They seem to have been going in...
Meijer stores carrying $500 Mastercard gift cards
Midwest supercenter chain Meijer is now carrying variable-load $20-$500 Mastercard gift cards. I believe these are now available in all stores, whereas they had...
Hyatt Has Improved Its Best Rate Guarantee Scheme
Hyatt has announced immediate changes to its Best Rate Guarantee scheme and, unlike some hotel loyalty scheme "enhancements", this one appears to be a...
BOA Platinum Honors: (now only until 5/1/19) Different treatment for Cash Rewards vs Cash...
UPDATE 4/10/2019: Bank of America has updated the terms of the Business Advantage Relationship Rewards program. Now, like with personal cards, the relationship bonus...
Update: VGCs Are Back. Visa & Mastercard Gift Cards Out Of Stock On Staples.com...
Update 4/9/19: $300 denominations are back now as well.
Update 4/7/19: Visa gift cards are back, although the $300 denominations are still out of stock...
Wyndham Rewards Changing To 3 Tiers *tomorrow* (7.5k, 15k & 30k) & Other Changes
Update #2: Unfortunately, it looks like it may already be too late. Upon trying to log in to the site as of 10:48pm Eastern...
Korean SkyPass to no longer allow stopovers
Korean SkyPass used to be a Chase Transfer Partner, though that relationship ended last year. One of the strengths of the program has been...
(EXPIRED) Capital One Venture/Hotels.com 10% Partnership Ending On January 31, 2020
Update #2: This news was eventually confirmed. The partnership with Hotels.com is ending on 1/31/20.
Update: Gary from View From The Wing has contacted Capital One...
Singapore devaluing Star Alliance chart, incl biz class to Hawaii
Singapore Airlines has announced a devaluation to the KrisFlyer award chart for Star Alliance partner awards effective for bookings made from April 16, 2019...
