Disney announces the death of the Galactic Starcruiser, Texas is finished with Marriott and has Hyatt in its sights, a points and miles blog (?) buys a stake in a credit card and Uber...
This week's United Mileage Plus devaluation was significant. In fact, it was significant enough that they have walked it back to some extent, with partner awards that were pricing at 102,400 miles a few...
When one door closes, another one opens. Apparently the same thing applies to transfer bonuses because the Chase Ultimate Rewards transfer bonus to Air France/KLM Flying Blue ended yesterday, only to be replaced by...
We periodically get emails from readers lamenting the uselessness of set of frequent flyer miles or another. Oftentimes, it isn't that the currency in question is useless, but rather that it is not useful...
It's a good week for anyone needing/wanting to do online shopping. Not only is Rakuten offering 15x at many retailers and the Southwest portal giving up to 1,000 bonus Rapid Rewards points, three more...
I'm a huge nerd when it comes to credit cards. I collect them the way that others collect baseball cards or sneakers. To me, the ideal cards for my collection are those that offer...
Overview
The Citi Double Cash card is a no-annual-fee powerhouse that offers two points per dollar for all purchases. Points can be simply cashed out so as to make this card a 2% cash back...
Flying Blue sweet spots have been more difficult to define than those in other programs ever since Air France and KLM ditched the Flying Blue award chart in favor of variable award pricing. However,...
X1 Card Overview
The X1 Card is unusual in that approval and credit limits come mostly from an inspection of your bank account rather than your credit report. The card earns a minimum of 2x...
Southwest wants you to clean up that mess, Cathay goes full Soup Nazi, the most expensive Airbnb guests ever and Hilton's bizarre refund policy for non-refundable stays. All that and more in this week's...
Update: Spirit has announced that this program will end on Sunday, April 23rd at 11:59 Pacific. Last call for those who are interested.
Spirit Airlines has launched a new, paid status match program in partnership...
Update 4/20/23: Doctor of Credit readers have unearthed several direct 90K links to both the Ink Cash and the Ink Business Unlimited. These have been coming and going over the last couple of weeks,...
The Citi Strata Premier℠ Card offers a slew of great 3x category bonuses (e.g. earn 3x at grocery stores, gas stations, and more) and it offers the ability to transfer to airline partners and...
Which loyalty programs are on the upswing and which are on a downward trend? At any given time, the answer to that question could be influenced by award chart changes, availability trends, new program...