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Credit Cards
How to find credit card Benefit Guides online
Anytime you get a new credit card, you'll find that it comes with a small booklet usually titled "Guide to Benefits" with tiny print....
Quick Reads
(Update) New Bilt cards exclude tax payments (but not eBay & Facebook Marketplace anymore)
Update 1/28/26: There's been a positive change regarding excluded transactions. A reader spotted that Bilt has now removed the exclusion for eBay and Facebook...
Credit Card Spend
Kroger: Earn 4x fuel points on 3rd party gift cards; fixed-value Visa & Mastercard gift cards
Kroger is again running a promotion that awards 4x fuel points on third-party gift cards, whether purchased online or in-store, as well as on...
Latest Blog Posts
Credit Cards
How to find credit card Benefit Guides online
Anytime you get a new credit card, you'll find that it comes with a small booklet usually titled "Guide to Benefits" with tiny print....
Quick Reads
(Update) New Bilt cards exclude tax payments (but not eBay & Facebook Marketplace anymore)
Update 1/28/26: There's been a positive change regarding excluded transactions. A reader spotted that Bilt has now removed the exclusion for eBay and Facebook...
Credit Card Spend
Kroger: Earn 4x fuel points on 3rd party gift cards; fixed-value Visa & Mastercard gift cards
Kroger is again running a promotion that awards 4x fuel points on third-party gift cards, whether purchased online or in-store, as well as on...
Big News
Elite Status
Earn IHG Diamond status with only 8 nights (targeted status challenge)
At the end of 2025, IHG targeted some members of its loyalty program with an opportunity to buy enough elite qualifying points to get...
Featured Article
London Hilton on Park Lane in a Deluxe Park Lane Suite: Bottom Line Review
My wife's parents came to the UK to spend Christmas and New Year with us. A few weeks before they arrived we decided to...
Lodging
Buy Wyndham Rewards points for as low as 0.72 cents per point
Wyndham Rewards is once again running a sale on their points, this time offering an up to 80% bonus which drops the price as...
Quick Tips
Some Bilt cards don’t have the features Bilt said they did
Bilt's rollout of its 2.0 credit cards has gone about as smoothly as a five mile drive over continuous rumble strips which Tim succinctly...
Lodging
Buy Hilton Points For 0.5 Cents Each
Hilton has returned with a new sale offering members an up to 100% bonus when purchasing Hilton Honors points. That means you can buy...
Elite Status
Earn IHG Diamond status with only 8 nights (targeted status challenge)
At the end of 2025, IHG targeted some members of its loyalty program with an opportunity to buy enough elite qualifying points to get...
Featured Article
London Hilton on Park Lane in a Deluxe Park Lane Suite: Bottom Line Review
My wife's parents came to the UK to spend Christmas and New Year with us. A few weeks before they arrived we decided to...
Lodging
Buy Wyndham Rewards points for as low as 0.72 cents per point
Wyndham Rewards is once again running a sale on their points, this time offering an up to 80% bonus which drops the price as...
Quick Tips
Some Bilt cards don’t have the features Bilt said they did
Bilt's rollout of its 2.0 credit cards has gone about as smoothly as a five mile drive over continuous rumble strips which Tim succinctly...
Lodging
Buy Hilton Points For 0.5 Cents Each
Hilton has returned with a new sale offering members an up to 100% bonus when purchasing Hilton Honors points. That means you can buy...
Lodging
Preferred Hotels promo: Earn double points on 2+ night stays in March & April
Preferred Hotels & Resorts is offering double I Prefer points when registering for their latest promotion which is valid for stays of two or...
Lodging
How to earn rewards on Airbnb stays: Delta SkyMiles, BA Avios, Qantas points, or ANA miles
Just like how Uber has partnerships with numerous different travel loyalty programs from around the world, Airbnb has something similar.
Before booking any Airbnb stays,...
Flights
Newegg: Buy $500 Southwest gift cards for $450 with promo code SSF2494 (Ends 1/28)
Newegg is running another sale on Southwest gift cards, this time selling $500 denominations for $450 when using promo code SSF2494.
The Deal
Buy $500...
Featured Article
A first look at Autopilot: Automatically reprice flights when the price drops
I have long been a "gardener" of my travel reservations. That is to say that I regularly check flights and hotels that I have...
Lodging
Earn 250 Preferred Hotels points free by voting for favorite hotel (extend life of points)
Preferred Hotels is offering 250 free I Prefer points when voting for your favorite property of theirs by the end of this month.
The Deal
...
Featured Article
Bilt Cash: Couponization to the Max | Coffee Break Ep90 | 1-27-26
With Bilt 2.0, Bilt introduced a complicated new rewards currency called "Bilt Cash". We're going to try to dissect that today.
CB: Bilt Cash: Couponization...
Lodging
Best Western promo: Earn 2,600 bonus points per stay
Best Western is running a new promotion that's awarding 2,600 bonus points per stay through May 10. You only have until February 1 to...
