(EXPIRED) Hyatt & American Airlines Offering Reciprocal Fast Tracks To Elite Status
Last year, Hyatt and American Airlines announced that they'd be launching a partnership that would allow reciprocal earning, status challenges and more. That partnership went live a couple of months later in May, while...
5 paths to extreme luxury with Hyatt
Hyatt is a tiny hotel chain when compared to the giants like Wyndham, Choice, Marriott, IHG, and Hilton. But for those seeking luxury accommodations, Hyatt seems to have more than its fair share, especially...
(EXPIRED) Alaska status fast track for Amazon companies
Alaska Mileage Plan is offering a status fast track for employees of Amazon and Amazon-owned companies. The timing on this is poor since many companies are banning employee travel at the moment, but if you...
Delta Status Boosts now posting mid-cycle
Delta Platinum and Delta Reserve Status Boosts are now being granted mid-cycle. As a reminder, Delta Reserve cardholders earn 15,000 Medallion Qualifying Miles (MQMs) towards elite status with each $30K of spend, up to...
(EXPIRED) United offering 2020 status match challenge for elite status until 2021 or 2022
United Mileage Plus is currently offering a new status match challenge for 2020. The wording on the promo page indicates that this challenge opportunity is expected to stick around throughout 2020, so whether to...
Manufacturing Delta status: spend big now or later?
On January 30th 2020, Delta credit cards issued by Amex changed drastically. As a result, we had a small window of time to make the most of our cards under the old rules. If...
(EXPIRED) Update 1/20: Get National Executive Elite status through Feb 2022 (YMMV) w/ Amex
Update 1/2/20: This deal is back again for all American Express cardholders. It is well worth doing this now and potentially matching to Hertz President's Circle (though I personally prefer renting through National). Note two...
[Time to hop on board] From zero to hero on the status-match-go-round
If you followed this post last year and matched from some other hotel status to Wyndham Diamond to Caesars Diamond, it's time to match back from Caesars Diamond to Wyndham Diamond. While I matched...
Searching for cheap status with oneworld airlines
Yesterday, Greg wrote about manufacturing Hyatt Globalist status. Later in the day, I saw a fare sale with a super cheap domestic fare: just $59 round trip from Baltimore to Charlotte on American Airlines....
Manufacturing Hyatt Globalist Status
In my opinion, Hyatt offers the best top-tier elite perks of any hotel chain. Hyatt also arguably offers the best redemption options of any major chain thanks to having a reasonably priced award chart...
Some Hyatt elites getting AA Executive Platinum
Earlier today, One Mile at a Time reported on the fact that some Flyertalk members with Hyatt Globalist status have been reporting being targeted to receive American Airlines Executive Platinum status. That's awesome for...
Easy Delta elite status boost
Airline elite status is great to have if you can get it easily. With elite status you can get free checked bags, free premium seat selection, reduced change fees, chances for first class upgrades,...
Book Marriott meeting online for $100, get 10 elite nights
As we approach the end of the year, some of us are looking at our elite status situation and realizing that we haven't yet met our goals. If you were hoping to reach high...
Manufacturing Delta elite status in 2020 and beyond
Reconsidering my Delta elite future
For many years now, I've manufactured high level Delta elite status for myself and my wife using techniques to increase credit card spend and get most of it back. For...
