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Marriott change: status via credit card spending will be calendar-year moving forward

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Chase has sent a letter to Marriott and Ritz-Carlton credit card holders advising us of a minor change coming to the wat status is...
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(Update From Hilton) Here’s Hilton’s Auto-Upgrade Policy Order & Eligible Brands

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Update 11/9/21: We've received communication from Hilton regarding how they'll be implementing the advance upgrades (my bolding): With space-available upgrades being one of our program’s...
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Delta Downgrades Upgrades (but there’s good news too)

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Delta has announced huge changes to their upgrade certificates beginning Feb 1, 2022.  The biggest and saddest change is that we will no longer...
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My bite-sized thoughts about everything new in points & miles (Nov 2021)

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In the past month or so there have been huge changes related to points, miles, and loyalty.  Each week, Nick throws in his 2...
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American Airlines revamps program: Earn elite status through credit card and flight spend

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American Airlines has announced some major changes coming to the AAdvantage loyalty program in 2022: elite status is being simplified (some will find this...
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(EXPIRED) Earn Alaska elite-qualifying miles with credit card spend

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A reader just forwarded an email about a promotion I had missed: Alaska Airlines is offering credit card holders 2,500 Elite Qualifying Miles for each...
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(EXPIRED) Double Hyatt elite credit at Andaz for cardholders

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World of Hyatt and World of Hyatt Business credit card holders can register for a promotion that came out this week to get double elite...
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Hilton offering 72hr advance upgrades for elites & shared digital keys

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Hilton has introduced two new innovations that should be small (perhaps very small) positives. First, they have launched the ability to share your room's Digital...
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Playing with the house’s money: Casino matching in South Florida

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If you are headed to the Fort Lauderdale / Miami area and you enjoy a good status match-go-round or you just like “free” money,...
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Easier airline elite status in 2021: Summary by Airline

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Welcome New York Times Readers! This site (Frequent Miler) covers insider tips for earning and spending points & miles, as well as the best...
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National and Enterprise rental car programs extend elite status and free days

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National Car Rental and Enterprise Rent-A-Car have both announced a full year's extension of rental car elite status and Free Days, extending elite status set...
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(EXPIRED) JetBlue Mosaic status with $15K spend from 10/1 to 12/31!

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If you have a JetBlue Plus card and want top-tier Mosaic status, get ready to flex that card. Dan's Deals has picked up on...
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Manufacturing Hyatt status with the new business card

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In my opinion, Hyatt's new business card is disappointing.  It costs more than twice as much as Hyatt's consumer card but delivers less value. ...
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Match your Radisson Americas elite status to Radisson Hotels International

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I expect that many readers have Radisson Americas Gold status thanks to having a Radisson Rewards Premier Visa.  Now that Radisson has split up...

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