Question for everyone. How many Skytraxx 5-star airlines currently exist? There’s not many. 11 actually. Today we’re talking about one of the lesser known ones, at least stateside, Hainan. It joins the dusty ranks of Etihad, shares the skies with over-the-top Singapore and hangs out with the always spicy Cathay …
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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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It’s a new year. That means it’s time to re-evaluate the award travel party. For me, that’s talking about the best travel credit card of 2019. In 2018, we saw the dethroning of the Chase Sapphire Reserve, Priority Pass get even shittier, the relaunch of some old school favorites, like …
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Today, we’re comparing the Hilton Honors Aspire from American Express and the SPG Luxury Card from the same. Today’s post is special because it was actually reader suggested. Somebody sent me a message specifically asking for a video starring these two cards. I feel like in anyone’s YouTube career, there …
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This time last year I would have never guessed that this time this year I’d be comparing a card earning Capital One Venture Rewards points on an apples to apples basis with a card earning Ultimate Rewards. Yet here I am doing just that. Today, we’re comparing the Chase Sapphire …
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I generally try on keep on top of the points and miles news. If there’s anything breaking, like a big credit card launch or revamp, I’ll jump on that. Other times, like what spawned today’s topic, I just kind of jot ideas down and then get to them. I keep …
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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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Points Reckoning