This week’s picks from around the Internet see Australia making a double appearance with both a new Star Alliance credit card and a hotel price trick. Also learn how to find the extra rewards you might have earned with Bank of America and a cool new way to get to Australia. Read on for more details.
See your Bank of America “More Rewards Day” Extra 2% Cash Back Online
If you made purchases on a Bank of America card on 11/5/22 for the extra +2x/2% offer, you might think you got cheated. Almost all of my transactions from 11/5 look like they are dated 11/7 in my account activity. However, Travel with Grant shows you how to go into your rewards section and find the extra 2x. In that rewards section, my purchases show a transaction date of 11/5 and a posted date of 11/7 — and sure enough, I got the extra 2x points / 2% back, it’s just not intuitive as to where to find it.
New: Air Canada Aeroplan & Bamboo Airways Partnership
Air Canada Aeroplan just keeps on growing the value of its program. One Mile at a Time covers a new partnership with Bamboo Airways. I love how Air Canada teased this one. I spent some time trying to figure out their riddle and I definitely didn’t get to Bamboo Airways. Truthfully, I’m not familiar with Con Dao, but now I want to be. And the chance to get to Vietnam one-stop through Frankfurt also sounds great — particularly when you consider that you can add a stopover to a one-way Aeroplan award for 5,000 miles.
Star Alliance Launching Credit Card In Australia
Months ago, when it was announced that Star Alliance would introduce a credit card with the ability to redeem via all of the Star Alliance airlines, it sounded like it might be interesting. Unfortunately, it isn’t interesting to those in the US since this card is being launched in Australia and the earnings don’t compare well to US credit cards. None of that is a surprise in hindsight for all of the reasons that One Mile at a Time highlights. Still, it’s interesting to see some creativity in the space.
Citi Costco Card Removes Extended Warranty Benefit
Citi seems intent on removing any additional value from any of its credit cards, but I’m still surprised to see them remove the extended warranty on the Costco card. If you buy something at Costco, you’ll of course still be able to count on good customer service from Costco I’m sure, but don’t count on credit card extended warranty protection.
A trick to see the full price of hotels
The headline above links to a comment on Tim’s post about How to see the full cost of Airbnb bookings on the search results page. It turns out that a similar trick might work with other Online Travel Agencies if you use a VPN and set your location to Australia. Leave it to the Aussies to have the common sense to make hotels show you the price of the product in search results.
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