Earn Inner Circle Status in the combined IHG Kimpton program
Now that Kimpton Rewards is merging with IHG Rewards, there will be great new options for redeeming IHG points and IHG free night certificates. That's the good news. The bad news is that achieving Kimpton top tier status will be harder. Here's how to do it without...
How much is Delta Silver status worth?
Silver status is Delta's lowest elite tier. To get Silver status, you need to fly 25,000 miles in a calendar year or fly 30 separate segments. More accurately, you need to earn 25,000 MQMs...
United Club Card now comes with 50K points
Chase has increased the offer on the United Airlines MileagePlus Club Card -- while the previous offer only included a statement credit after first purchase, the card now comes with 50,000 United MileagePlus miles after...
Awesome Suite Upgrade award: Park Hyatt Mallorca
A few weeks ago, I made great use of one of my Hyatt Globalist Tier Suite Upgrade awards, bumping my reservation up to a Park Suite King at the Park Hyatt Mallorca in Spain. This suite...
Delta’s $250K MQD waiver rule. What will I do? What should you do?
Yesterday we learned that, as of January 1 2018, Delta has increased it's MQD waiver requirement for Diamond Status to $250,000 in credit card spend. I promised an analysis. Here it is...
MQD Waiver Background
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(EXPIRED) Great new 10K MQM + 40K miles business card offer
The offer on the personal version of the Delta Reserve card recently increased to an all-time high of 10,000 MQMs and 40,000 miles with $3,000 spend (See: Highest-ever bonus: 40K miles & 10K MQM)...
Should Nick mattress run for SPG Platinum?
Senior Frequent Miler author Nick Reyes recently received an email from SPG (Starwood Preferred Guest) with the subject heading "Open Up Your Special Offer." He was offered double elite-qualifying credit on all stays between...
St. Pancras Renaissance Junior Suite. Wow!
I recently stayed with my wife and son at the St. Pancras Renaissance London in a gorgeous Junior Suite. Suites are located in the elegant Chambers wing of the hotel, which is a huge...
Borrowing Hyatt top tier status: Experimenting with two approaches
My wife, son, and I recently returned from a four night stay at the Andaz Amsterdam Prinsengracht hotel. It was great. It's a great hotel in a fantastic location. We had to book two...
Is the end near for manufacturing Delta Diamond status?
For a number of years now, I've been using Delta credit cards to manufacture elite status for my wife and me. I used to to get my wife to top tier Diamond status...
Match to Mosaic
Last week, JetBlue announced a great promotion: if you have elite status on another airline, JetBlue will grant you a match to Mosaic status for the remainder of 2017. If you then earn 3,750 base...
Best use of Hyatt free night certs?
If you recently made a move to sign up for the Hyatt credit card before the "2 free night" version of the sign up bonus ended and you find yourself in possession of two free...
[Expired] Fast-track to A-list [Targeted?]
I received an interesting email today from Southwest Airlines with what I assume is a targeted offer for double points and fast-tracked A-List status. If you're looking for A-List status, keep an eye on your...
Bye bye Fairmont card. I hardly knew ya…
Chase has begun sending letters to Fairmont credit card holders stating that the Fairmont card will be replaced with a Chase Sapphire Preferred card on August 15th. My wife and I got the card...
