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Points and Miles
American Express transfer ratio to Cathay Pacific will reduce to 5:4 (last call at 1:1)
Update: Just a quick reminder that Amex Membership Rewards' transfer ratio to Asia Miles will decrease to 5:4 on Sunday, 3/1. If you have any...
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 fixed-value...
Bank Account Bonuses
Easy $400 Bonus with a new Wells Fargo Checking Account
Wells Fargo has extended its regular offer for new checking account customers. The offer is available in-branch or online and gives a $400 bonus...
Latest Blog Posts
Points and Miles
American Express transfer ratio to Cathay Pacific will reduce to 5:4 (last call at 1:1)
Update: Just a quick reminder that Amex Membership Rewards' transfer ratio to Asia Miles will decrease to 5:4 on Sunday, 3/1. If you have any...
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 fixed-value...
Bank Account Bonuses
Easy $400 Bonus with a new Wells Fargo Checking Account
Wells Fargo has extended its regular offer for new checking account customers. The offer is available in-branch or online and gives a $400 bonus...
Big News
Award Booking
Is it time to use all our Hyatt points? (on Nick’s mind)
For years, the points and miles community has dreaded that the day would come when World of Hyatt would go to a dynamic award...
Points and Miles
Air France/KLM Flying Blue simplifies and improves miles expiration
Air France/KLM Flying Blue has always had a bizarre, non-intuitive expiration policy. Miles expire after 24 months, and only certain types of activity can...
Flights
Amex pausing transfers to ANA Mileage Club: Is a devaluation coming?
Last May, every major transferable currency from Bilt to Capital One temporarily suspended transfers to Emirates Skywards. Although they all came back online, eventually...
Lodging
Best Western promo: Triple points on stays in the US, Canada, and the Caribbean
Best Western is launching a new Fall promotion that's quite a bit simpler than usual: earn double base points on all stays in the...
Credit Cards
Chase Freedom Flex Credit Card Review (2026)
The Chase Freedom Flex is an excellent fee-free card that can rack up rewards quickly with its 3X and 5X spending categories. Even though...
Award Booking
Is it time to use all our Hyatt points? (on Nick’s mind)
For years, the points and miles community has dreaded that the day would come when World of Hyatt would go to a dynamic award...
Points and Miles
Air France/KLM Flying Blue simplifies and improves miles expiration
Air France/KLM Flying Blue has always had a bizarre, non-intuitive expiration policy. Miles expire after 24 months, and only certain types of activity can...
Flights
Amex pausing transfers to ANA Mileage Club: Is a devaluation coming?
Last May, every major transferable currency from Bilt to Capital One temporarily suspended transfers to Emirates Skywards. Although they all came back online, eventually...
Lodging
Best Western promo: Triple points on stays in the US, Canada, and the Caribbean
Best Western is launching a new Fall promotion that's quite a bit simpler than usual: earn double base points on all stays in the...
Credit Cards
Chase Freedom Flex Credit Card Review (2026)
The Chase Freedom Flex is an excellent fee-free card that can rack up rewards quickly with its 3X and 5X spending categories. Even though...
Credit Card Bonuses
Hilton Amex Cards: Limited time welcome offers with free night certificates
High-end properties within the Hilton Honors portfolio have been skyrocketing in price over the last year. However, Hilton hasn't changed its free night certificates...
Flights
Delta Award Sale: Caribbean and Central America from 10,000 SkyMiles round-trip
Delta is running a flash sale that includes many airports in Central America and the Caribbean. Fares are cheapest and most plentiful from the...
Flights
Avianca Award Sale: flights to Central and South America starting at ~2,600 miles one-way
Avianca LifeMiles runs regular award sales on its own flights, and it launched its latest this week. Like many of LifeMiles' sales, there isn't...
Bank Account Bonuses
Easy $300 checking bonus with Capital One 360
Capital One 360 is again offering a $300 bonus when you open a new checking account and receive two direct deposits of $500 or...
Credit Card Spend
My revised Bilt 2 plan (Bilt 2, Take 2)
When Bilt 2.0 details were first released, I posted my plans for maximizing earnings with the Bilt Palladium card (see: My take on Bilt...
Featured Article
Breaking news: Hyatt takes us to the heartbreak hotel | Podcast | 2-25-26
Hyatt announced some changes that will come into effect before the end of May. This will include a brand new award chart that splits...
Quick Deals
VanillaGift: Get waived purchase fees with promo code VGWOMEN (Ends 3/8/26)
VanillaGift is once again offering waived purchase fees when buying Visa gift cards. This time it's valid on the International Women's Day design when...
