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FILTER RESULTS ►2 Free Tickets Deal Is Back for Chase Southwest Visa Cards
From time-to-time Chase offers a 50,000 point bonus (good for 2 tickets) on their 4 Southwest Airlines credit cards. It’s been gone for a bit, but it’s now back. I don’t have time (some of us have jobs!) to type … Read more » Related...Show More Summary
Chase Ultimate Rewards Adds a New Airline Points Transfer Partner
Chase has added Virgin Atlantic Flying Club as an airline points transfer partner. (HT: Ronald A.) That means if you have a Chase Sapphire Preferred, Chase Ink Bold, or Chase Ink Plus card you can transfer your points 1:1 (in 1000 point increments) to Virgin Atlantic. Points usually transfer instantly. Virgin Atlantic is added to [...]Show More Summary
American Express, Where Carrying A Balance With An 18% APR Is A Perk
Forget airline miles, cash back, rewards points, or any of that rubbish. American Express wants you to remember that the best way to take full advantage of your card is to carry a balance. Over the weekend, the above e-mail popped up in the inboxes of a few Consumerist readers, all of whom seem to be confounded as to why … [More]
Profiting from the Different Types of Ink that Chase Offers
I’ve written frequently about the Ink Bold and Ink Plus small business cards from Chase — they’re great because they earn Ultimate Rewards points which transfer to several airline and hotel programs, because they have no foreign currency transaction fees and earn double points on hotels and gas. But mostly they’re rock stars because they [...]Show More Summary
Choosing Your Credit Card: Do Airline Or Bank Cards Yield Better Deals For Travelers?
Who doesn't love free flights? We sure do. ShopSmart magazine, a Consumer Reports publication, has tracked the best credit cards and methods to accrue points towards free flights in its latest issue, and some of these tips are extremely...Show More Summary
Platinum prison: Cards that won’t get you anywhere you want
Points earn and burn equations can be varied by the airline issuing them without notice or explanation, and if you think the purpose of the program is to reward you, sorry, you're a fool.
What Miles & Points are Worth: Hotel Points
Introduction Credit Card Points Airline Miles Hotel Points While airline miles have maintained their value pretty well the past year, hotel points have taken a real beating in the first quarter of this year. If you’re not aware of all the devaluations that have been going on I suggest reading this post, where I provide [...]Show More Summary
What Miles & Points are Worth: Airline Miles
Introduction Credit Card Points Airline Miles Hotel Points Welcome to what will undoubtedly be the most controversial part of this series. There’s nothing quite as fun as valuing airline miles on the internet, because I’m about to be called an idiot by people that value their miles somewhere between 0.5 and 12.5 cents each. So [...]Show More Summary
What Miles & Points are Worth: Credit Card Points
Introduction Credit Card Points Airline Miles Hotel Points With the introduction out of the way, here are my valuations of Membership Rewards, Ultimate Rewards, and Starwood Preferred Guest points. Yes, I realize Starwood points aren’t typically thought of as one of the major fluid credit card points currencies, though I still put them into this [...]Show More Summary
What Miles & Points are Worth: Introduction
Introduction Credit Card Points Airline Miles Hotel Points Last May I wrote a four part series on the value of miles and points, which many found useful. I was planning on writing a follow up at the one year mark, though I’ve received dozens of requests for an update given how drastically the miles & [...]Show More Summary
Citibank “Two Browser Trick” Dead (or on Life Support)
Reader Mike points me to the ongoing Flyertalk discussion of Citibank’s American Airlines co-branded credit card offers. While I haven’t tried this myself as it hasn’t been 18 months since signing up for my last American Airlines credit card (conventional wisdom is that’s about how long you need to wait between applications to get the [...]
Targeted: Bank of America Hawaiian Airlines Card Offers 2X Points on Everything
My wife received the email below offering her 2X points on everything she buys on her Bank of America Hawaiian Airlines card between now and March 31st. Being that it’s Bank of America, it’s limited to a sad 2,500 points, … Read mor...
American Express Platinum airline fee credit data point: successful reimbursement of American Airlines gift cards
Last week I wrote about how a new calendar year meant a new year of fee reimbursements on the American Express Platinum card. Given that the annual fee on the card is $450 and you can squeeze two $200 airline fee credits out of the first year’s annual fee, it essentially lowers the annual fee [...]
Wallaby May be Your Wallet’s Best Friend This Holiday
Wallaby is launching on Android today, enabling shoppers to maximize points, airline miles, and cash back simply by showing which cards to use and when.
Wallaby is all about giving you the credit card smarts to optimize each holiday purchase. Show More Summary
Wallaby’s Android App Tells You Which Credit Card To Use To Get The Best Rewards
Wallaby, a startup which had been originally working to develop a universal credit card that optimizes consumers' credit card points, rewards, airline miles and more, recently launched a more simplified version of that concept via an iPhone application. Show More Summary
Southwest Rapid Rewards Premier Credit Card Promotion: 50,000 Points for $2000 Spend in 3 Months
Southwest is easily one of my favorite airlines and so far even that allegiance hasn’t pushed me to sign up for their credit card. This latest offer might change my mind though because this latest promotional offer for the Southwest Rapid Rewards Premier Credit Card is worth nearly $800 in Wanna Get Away Fares (that’s [...]Show More Summary
And the Best Airline Ad Is…
A few short stories from today: - British Airways has once again increased its sign up bonus for the British Airways Visa card. It’s now 50,000 miles after the first $1,000; another 25,000 points after $10,000 in spend in the … Read more »
Two Southwest 50,000 Point Bonuses– and a Strategy for $3340 in Free Travel
Key Links: Southwest Airlines® Rapid Rewards® Premier Credit Card Southwest Airlines® Rapid Rewards® Premier Business Card I’m not a huge fan of Southwest Airlines, regular readers certainly know that. There’s nothing wrong with the airline, of course. It’s just that I’m a pretty regular frequent flyer, I love my elite status, so I kind of [...]
New 50,000 Point Signup Bonus for Citi Executive American AAdvantage MasterCard
There’s a new, better offer for the Citi American Airlines Executive Card which offers 40,000 miles after $3000 in spend within 3 months and another 10,000 miles after $10,000 spend within 12 months. Hat tip for the offer goes to Million Mile Secrets, though I’ve seen others write about this new offer without attribution. Now, [...]
Which loyalty programs process points purchases directly
Almost every time I post about a promotion for purchasing points/miles, I get a question about whether it qualifies as an airline/hotel purchase as far as credit card use is concerned. This is because usually hotels and airlines offer bonus points on their co-branded credit cards when you make purchases with them. For example, Starwood [...]
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