So this is what we’ve got to live with now. Marriott Bonvoy, the much-loved, but no longer with us, Starwood Preferred Guest program entered Marriott Rewards. The baby that was born of those two became the new program. Along with a little side-action from The Ritz-Carlton Rewards. Before we get going, …
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Really short topic today, so let’s get right to it. The latest offer from Chase and Southwest. For a limited time, Southwest is offering it’s spectacular Companion Pass after meeting the minimum spend requirement on all personal credit cards. That is the Southwest Premier, Plus and Priority. One card to …
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Today we’re talking about Capital One Venture Rewards transfer partners. That’s right, Capital One is teeing up to go toe-to-to with Chase, Amex and Citi by offering their own transferable award currency, Venture Rewards. I shouldn’t really be announcing this like its news, because it’s not last week when the …
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What is going on with the the Citi Prestige Card? For the last several months, it has fallen off many’s radar as Citi stopped accepting new applications. Those who had it, kept it, those who didn’t forgot about it. However, we’ve got some new rumors, let’s run over them. Where …
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This month’s valuation pegs each JetBlue TrueBlue mile at just .7¢ each. Not Great. That’s about half what we’d see from legacy carriers United and American and about 25% less than Delta and their Skypeso program. It also represents a 12% decrease in value since I last ran the numbers …
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We’ve got another big change from American Express to talk about. The new American Express Business Gold Card. Before I get going, I need to give a hat tip to Doctor of Credit as the source of these rumors, and I stress they are still rumors, but he’s always been …
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Update: Offer is still available via Cardmatch as of 05/17/2018 I consider American Express Membership Rewards the most valuable transferable award currency currently available. Consequently, the recent re-emergence of the Amex Platinum 100K point signup bonus is cause for celebration. Regrettably, this is not a publicly available offer. Fortunately, the Cardmatch Tool …
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Some sad news for Southwest LUVers. Starting today, April 5th, 2018, new accounts will only be eligible for a signup bonus on one Chase Southwest Rapid Rewards credit card. This is of course, devastating for anyone looking to earn the Companion Pass via new account offers. Previously, the process was …
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Recently, I was introduced to a dandy little piece of tech. Initially brought to my attention via a spammy looking email from American, was a Chrome plugin simply named the AAdvantage eShopping Button. At first, thinking it was a bit gimmicky, I dismissed it. However, upon a bit of internal …
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Spirit airlines, a company that likely looks up to United for customer service inspo, has outdone themselves. According to Florida resident Belen Aldecosea, she was forced into the unenviable position of either missing a medial appointment or commit hamstercide and kill her emotional support animal, Pebbles. To her credit, it does …
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