Success: Capital One Shopping cash back on a hotel booking, 10 months later
Many credit cards offer bonuses when booking hotels through the credit card portal, and some credit cards offer hotel credits. However, I don't highly...
Marriott Bonvoy Choice Benefits
If you have earned 50 elite qualifying nights with Marriott Bonvoy within a calendar year, then you are eligible to pick a "Choice Benefit"....
(Targeted?) Southwest cardholders: Earn 2x Companion Pass qualifying points at drugstores & gyms
Every quarter (or "quater" as the Southwest banner shown below says), Chase Southwest cardholders are targeted with a spending offer that awards bonus Companion...
(EXPIRED) Virgin Hotels award sale: Book select properties for 20K-27.5K points
Update 1/13/26: This award sale is valid on stays through February 28, 2026 for stays at the Virgin Hotels properties in Dallas, New York,...
(Targeted) Southwest cardholder promo giving 25% bonus points when spending $3K+
Some Chase Southwest cardholders are being targeted with a spending offer awarding 25% bonus points when spending $3,000 or more by the end of...
Complete Guide to Sonesta Travel Pass (2026)
Sonesta is a hotel program that tends to fly under the radar for most points-and-miles folks (including me). It’s been around since the 1930s,...
(EXPIRED) Capital One Shopping & Offers: Earn 12x or 25% – or more –...
Capital One Shopping and Capital One Offers are offering increased earning rates when booking stays today through Vrbo. I'm currently seeing rates of 12x...
Tim’s 2026 Elite Status Plans: Titanium! Diamond! Platinum! Oh My!
It can be discouraging to see the meters and charts that track our various elite statuses reset to empty as the clock strikes 12:00...
Open award availability to Buenos Aires, 50K each way in business class
If you happened to open an Alaska Summit card and you have already earned the 100K companion ticket offered after $60K in qualifying purchases,...
(EXPIRED) Rakuten offering 10x on Hotels.com, Expedia, Priceline, Marriott Homes & Villas, Best Western,...
Shopping portal Rakuten is today offering 10% back (which could alternatively be 10x Amex Membership Rewards points or 10x Bilt points per dollar spent) on hotel (and in some...
(EXPIRED) 15% transfer bonus from Capital One to Avianca LifeMiles
Capital One is once again offering a 15% transfer bonus when you transfer Capital One miles to Avianca LifeMiles. With this bonus, 1000 Capital...
A weekend in Birmingham, England: German Christmas market, Peaky Blinders experiences, canal cruise, &...
My in-laws came to visit us in the UK for a couple of weeks over Christmas and New Year. A month or two beforehand...
Hilton releases list of Premium Clubs open to Diamond Reserve members
At the end of 2025, Hilton Honors announced the creation of a new top-tier elite status: Diamond Reserve. One of the exclusive benefits of...
New United MileagePlus Status Match Challenge (includes Premier 1K)
United Airlines is offering a status match opportunity for 2026, allowing you to temporarily match your elite status from another airline to United. Then,...
