Marriott's Le Meridien Maldives Resort & Spa opened September 1st 2021. Just 10 days later, Nick and I visited the resort for a brief 3 night stay. It was fantastic! We didn't experience any...
While I'm writing this post, Nick and I are on the final leg of our whirlwind GUC adventure. As a reminder, "GUC" rhymes with "buck," and stands for "Global Upgrade Certificate". These certificates can...
Nothing says "welcome home" like the tiny dutch houses they give out on KLM business class flights. With these houses earning Nick 15K points and KLM itself earning him 20K points, Nick's blown the...
Over the past week, Greg and I have had a blast on our Passing the GUC trip and done some awesome activities. I stacked the booking of those activities to get the best deals...
I plan to write a more comprehensive review soon, but first there's this: In my opinion (based on about 24 hours of experience), Le Meridien Maldives Resort & Spa is awesome. Thanks to our...
In this week's "Ask Us Anything, Live", readers had questions all over the map. One reader wondered how Greg uses his Amex Business Platinum Dell credits, and another reader asks if Chase Sapphire Reserve...
Air France has released a bunch of business class award space between Los Angeles and Pape'ete, Tahiti (gateway to French Polynesian islands like Moorea and Bora-Bora). Greg received an alert from SeatSpy and things are...
Last year, we saw a 5x grocery store spending bonus offer on both of the no-annual fee cards that earn Ultimate Rewards and once again this year that same offer is back, with both...
A villa on top of clear blue ocean water off an idyllic island is a dream-like destination that would seemingly satisfy almost anyone's tropical daydream. While most will wake up from that dream and...
This week, Capital One took its turn to bat and it stepped to the plate with the swagger of someone ready to swing for the fences. They easily hit for extra bases with the...
Ritz Carlton Dove Mountain is a small full-service resort nestled in the mountains northwest of Tucson, Arizona. I booked our stay with a 7-night Marriott category 6 travel package certificate, bought years ago when...
Chase has today increased the bonuses on their Sapphire cards, with both the Chase Sapphire Preferred and Chase Sapphire Reserve offering elevated bonuses that make this a good time to go after whichever best suits...
The Chase Southwest Rapid Rewards credit cards are back with bonuses on the personal cards that are good for points plus a promotional companion pass that is valid through 2/28/22. We previously saw a similar...
Update 2/6/21: As ktc noted in the comments below, only the business card is offering 100,000 bonus points now.
Update 2/3/21: These 100k offers were due to end on January 31, but they're still going...