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Cutting our collections, comparing free night certificates, and expediting new cards [Week in Review]
At a get-together last Saturday, a friend mentioned that she had recently opened a new Marriott Bonvoy Boundless® Credit Card. She was initially excited...
Podcast
Discarding our card collections | Frequent Miler on the Air Ep342 | 1-23-26
In today's episode, we'll talk about a trick for getting great value with Delta miles, which has returned, how flying Emirates first with points...
Credit Cards
Bilt Cash: The great coupon emporium
Last week's free airspace was dominated by Bilt’s launch of its revamped portfolio of credit cards, or what it's calling Bilt 2.0. We've spilled...
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Uncategorized
Cutting our collections, comparing free night certificates, and expediting new cards [Week in Review]
At a get-together last Saturday, a friend mentioned that she had recently opened a new Marriott Bonvoy Boundless® Credit Card. She was initially excited...
Podcast
Discarding our card collections | Frequent Miler on the Air Ep342 | 1-23-26
In today's episode, we'll talk about a trick for getting great value with Delta miles, which has returned, how flying Emirates first with points...
Credit Cards
Bilt Cash: The great coupon emporium
Last week's free airspace was dominated by Bilt’s launch of its revamped portfolio of credit cards, or what it's calling Bilt 2.0. We've spilled...
Big News
Credit Card Bonuses
No Lifetime Language 125K point offer for Amex Business Gold (Targeted)
American Express is targeting some cardholders with an offer on the Business Gold card, awarding 125,000 bonus points when spending $15,000 in the first...
Credit Cards
Air France KLM World Elite Visa Signature Review (2026)
Air France KLM Flying Blue has the potential to be a very useful program, as you can fly one-way between Europe and the US...
Flights
American AAdvantage miles can now be used to book Aer Lingus awards
Aer Lingus is a bit of a strange airline. It's part of the Avios group of currencies, but it is the only major airline...
Award Booking
Find Preferred Hotels bookable with points (updated interactive map)
Many Preferred Hotels, but not all, can be booked with points. Of those, some can be booked using Preferred Hotels' own I Prefer points,...
Flights
Alaska / Atmos again allowing multi-city companion fare bookings
Alaska's companion fare has been at least partially untanked.
The airline offers a "famous" companion fare with both the Atmos Ascent and Business credit cards,...
Credit Card Bonuses
No Lifetime Language 125K point offer for Amex Business Gold (Targeted)
American Express is targeting some cardholders with an offer on the Business Gold card, awarding 125,000 bonus points when spending $15,000 in the first...
Credit Cards
Air France KLM World Elite Visa Signature Review (2026)
Air France KLM Flying Blue has the potential to be a very useful program, as you can fly one-way between Europe and the US...
Flights
American AAdvantage miles can now be used to book Aer Lingus awards
Aer Lingus is a bit of a strange airline. It's part of the Avios group of currencies, but it is the only major airline...
Award Booking
Find Preferred Hotels bookable with points (updated interactive map)
Many Preferred Hotels, but not all, can be booked with points. Of those, some can be booked using Preferred Hotels' own I Prefer points,...
Flights
Alaska / Atmos again allowing multi-city companion fare bookings
Alaska's companion fare has been at least partially untanked.
The airline offers a "famous" companion fare with both the Atmos Ascent and Business credit cards,...
Flights
Qantas takes a hammer to Emirates first class redemptions
Emirates has been on a tear lately, waging war against the points and miles riff-raff. Over the past few months, it banned kids under...
Credit Cards
An Amex meltdown: Downgrading or cancelling some premium cards (on Nick’s mind)
The precious metal (credit card) market is hitting a boiling point, and I think it is time to exit some of my positions.
For years,...
Credit Cards
Current Amex Offers
This post is designed to show current Amex Offers. If you have any Amex cards, even authorized user cards, then you're eligible to sign...
Flights
Avianca Award Sale: flights to Central and South America starting at 2,000 miles one-way
Avianca LifeMiles runs regular award sales on its own flights, and they launched their newest one this week. Like many of LifeMiles' sales, there...
Credit Card Bonuses
IHG Premier card: Increased 175K welcome offer (matches best ever)
Today, Chase increased the welcome offer on the IHG Premier card to a whopping 175,000 IHG points, matching the best we've seen in total...
Credit Card Bonuses
Chase Sapphire Reserve for Business®: Lowered points, but less required spend
As expected, Chase has lowered the welcome offer for the Sapphire Reserve for Business® card. However, requiring 33% less in minimum spend.
The old...
Credit Card Bonuses
Marriott Bonvoy Business Card: 3x50K free night certificates with new offer
The American Express Marriott Business Card has brought back an old offer: instead of points, the card awards three free night certificates after spending...
