National is now enforcing 1 Discover cert per rental
My favorite use of Discover Cashback is now severely limited. Discover Cashback can be redeemed for cash or for discounted gift cards. With gift cards, in most cases the savings are small, or the...
AARP Rewards for Good – Any good?
Now that old and young alike have AARP memberships (thanks to their generous $400 discount on British Airways business and first class flights), you might be wondering about those points that show up at...
Free Gogo In-Flight Wifi: FlexPerks offers a terrific new perk for Visa cardholders
The US Bank FlexPerks card is one of my favorite secondary points programs card. The card offers 3X points for charities, 2X points for cell phone, and 2X for gas, grocery, or airline purchases...
Ignoring terms and flying cheap via 3 stacked promos: BA sale, AARP discount, and...
Last Thursday was an exciting day. I woke up early and noticed an announcement in my inbox about a two day British Airways fare sale on business class flights. I knew that this would...
AARP officially extends British Airways flight discount through March 31 2017
AARP has long offered a discount for certain flights booked through British Airways. The discounts are available on British Airways and British Airways codeshare services operated by American Airlines and on British Airways codeshare...
BA two day sale on round trip business class fares. Here’s how to pay...
British Airways is offering a two day sale on business class fares to London from select cities. Fares start at just $2015 round trip (but I’ll show you how to pay much less). Bookings...
Necker Island and the 30% transfer bonus dilemma
Oy. Amex is offering a 30% Membership Rewards transfer bonus to Virgin Atlantic this month, but the offer is targeted. I was targeted for the offer, but my wife was not.
Why does this matter? ...
Unbiased credit card rankings: enhancements and airline cards
A little over a week ago, I introduced unbiased credit card rankings, specifically for hotel credit card signup bonuses Since then, I’ve enhanced the methodology a bit and I’ve added unbiased airline credit card...
AA Chicago to LA only $40.10 one way!
As reported by Loyalty Traveler, American Airlines is currently offering dirt cheap fares between Chicago and Los Angeles. Fares can be found for only $40.10 one-way for a flight of 1744 miles. That comes...
Planning your next Amtrak adventure before its too late
Given the upcoming changes to Amtrak’s Guest Rewards program, I thought it would be fun to point out some sweet spots in their current award chart and give examples of a few potentially awesome...
A checklist for securing expedited security, hotel and car elite status, two $200 reimbursements,...
A bit of good news for Amex Platinum cardholders surfaced yesterday. First, it was widely reported that Amex Platinum holders are now eligible for free Hilton Gold status. Second, we learned that a glitch...
AA vs Delta Part 2: good upgrades, bad food, and in-flight ads
In part 1 of this series, I made it clear: my goal is not to compare the AA and Delta frequent flyer programs. On paper, at least, AA’s program has Delta beat by a...
More than double price for discounted AA first class? No ThankYou Citi. FlexPerks to...
In March of last year, Citibank increased the value of ThankYou Rewards points for Citi Prestige cardholders. When used to purchase American Airlines flights, each point is now worth 1.6 cents each instead of...
You might as well register: 30% more miles from United’s partners
United is running a potentially lucrative new promotion: From now until November 20th, if you earn miles from any of United’s partners, United will throw in either 10% or 30% bonus miles depending on...
