15% Cash Back at all Intercontinental brands (Holiday Inn, Crowne Plaza, etc.)
Valid through May 16th The cash back portal, eBates, is offering 15% cash back this week at over 250 stores. Intercontinental Hotel brands are...
Fort Lauderdale Rental Cars (and a Silvercar review)
Intro: Over the Christmas holidays I had my first opportunity to try out Silvercar – a high end rental car company – at the...
Manufacturing Delta Diamond, retrospective
A few years ago Delta introduced an excellent new choice benefit for top tier Diamond members: 4 Global Upgrade Certificates that can be applied...
Mercedes-Benz Platinum card 75,000 point offer
Valid through: 6/22/2016 American Express offers many different versions of their Platinum cards. They have their Business Platinum card, their consumer Platinum card, and...
Bet You Didn’t Know: Entering Priority Pass Lounges Without a Physical Membership Card
A few weeks ago my flight was delayed out of LAX, which of course meant I had extra time to engage in my favorite...
9 awesome credit card perks you might not know about
Many credit cards have terrific perks that make them worth keeping despite their annual fees. A couple of examples that come to mind are...
About those hacked Hyatt gift cards…
A few days ago I wrote about my $1,000 Hyatt gift card that was empty when I tried to use it (and how the...
$1,000 Hyatt gift card hacked… Twice.
At the end of our fantastic stay at the Hyatt Carmel Highlands, I stopped at the front desk to check out. We had booked...
Buying flights: Extreme Stacking savings and rewards
When you decide to pay for a fight rather than redeeming miles, it’s possible to increase rewards by stacking deals:
Discount gift cards (sometimes)
Credit card...
Delta business class to Europe this summer: Great award availability AND on sale
About an hour ago we published a Quick Deal about a Delta business class award sale: Delta Business Class Award Sale to Europe: Up...
Convert 80,000 Marriott points into 100,000 Alaska miles (1.3% guaranteed)
In case there was any doubt, let me be clear from the start: 99% of this post is wishful thinking…
Given that Chase is currently...
[Update: Wyndham rates are back to 15K] Confirmed Wyndham bug. Book sub 15K rates...
Update: Wyndham Wyzard has confirmed that this is a bug and that they're working to fix it so hurry and get your under 15K...
The next TravelCon is coming…
TravelCon is/was a one-day event for frequent travelers to learn and discuss advanced topics. Despite its name, TravelCon has focused heavily on manufactured spend...
