The new true (temporary) value of Southwest points, diminished by COVID-19 and CARES
A couple of years ago, Greg wrote a post called The new true value of Southwest points. How to get up to 1.9 cents...
(EXPIRED) Giant, Martin’s & Stop & Shop: Earn 2x Points On Mastercard Gift Cards...
Giant, Martin's and Stop & Shop grocery stores are going to be offering 2x points when buying Mastercard gift cards from May 29 to...
Emirates Slashes Award Fees – Now Worth A Second Look
Emirates has slashed the taxes and fees charged on award bookings by ~90%. In the past, their $1,000+ fees on award flights killed any...
Hilton’s funny math: save points by extending a stay
I'm about the closest thing you'll find to a Hilton fanboy in the blogosphere, but Hilton's award pricing vexes and perplexes me at times....
(Updated) American’s poor “waived award redeposit” policy
Note: We've received a number of success reports of recent cancellations with waived fees despite the way the terms are written and quoted below. It...
United one-time lounge passes extended for 3 months
This morning in response to our updated COVID-19 cancellation and elite status policies post, a reader asked if we had heard any news about...
Choice Privileges bumping status up +1 for 2020 (extend w/ 5 nights)
In this morning's newly updated guide to COVID-19 cancellation policies, we added the various elite status extensions and 2020 shortcuts added for each program....
Updated: Coronavirus / COVID-19 cancellation policies and status extensions: Cruises, Flights, Hotels, and more
As COVID-19 policies have continued to change and adapt, we have overhauled and updated this guide to COVID-19 policies of US airlines and major...
(EXPIRED) Update: 1K miles with $200 Best Buy purchase (via SimplyMiles) (offers don’t stack)
Update: Stephen Pepper reports that these offers will not stack. The system apparently awards whichever offer you sync first. I'd recommend only syncing one at a...
(EXPIRED) 1K AA miles with $12 AARP membership (via Simply Miles)
The American Airlines AAdvantage SimplyMiles program has quite a few new offers out, including one good for 1,000 miles when you join AARP. Keep in mind...
30% or 40% off at Amazon with 1 Membership Rewards point! [Targeted]
Update 5/25/20: Doctor of Credit reports that this promotion is targeted by Amazon account rather than by Amex account, which means that you could...
(EXPIRED) $10 back on $50+ at Pinterest Business via new Amex Offer [Targeted]
Those looking to advertise a business via Pinterest should check their Amex business card accounts for a new targeted offer good for $10 back...
(EXPIRED) 5% back at Food Lion via new Chase Offer (up to $3 back)...
There is a new targeted Chase Offer out good for 5% back at Food Lion, up to $3 back. While that isn't a huge...
Spending airline fee credits during COVID lockdowns
In my post "COVID Credit Card Enhancements Ultimate Guide," I detailed all of the enhancements credit card issuers have made to their travel cards...
