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Flying Blue Promo Rewards August 2024
Air France KLM Flying Blue has several routes from the US to various destinations in its monthly Promo Rewards for August 2024. Qualifying routes and promotional pricing are as follows:. Detroit (DTW) to/from Europe: Save 25% on Air France economy (starting at 15,000 miles) Toronto (YYZ) to/from Europe: Save 25%...
Discover Card Rewards offering 15% off on Apple gift cards
Discover Card holders hoarding cash back rewards may want to log in and check for a discount on Apple gift cards. Doctor of Credit reports that Discover is offering 15% off on Apple Gift Cards, which means that a $100 Apple Gift Card should cost you $85 in Discover cash back.
Chase adds DoorDash benefits on several cards
Chase has expanded DoorDash benefits on several cards. As of August 2024, some cardholders will get several monthly discounts as well as DoorDash membership for varying amounts of time depending on your card. The Deal. Chase has expanded DoorDash benefits as follows:. Chase Sapphire, Sapphire Preferred, and Sapphire Reserve cardholders...
Which hotel credit card is the most rewarding for spending?
Co-branded credit cards, and hotel cards specifically, are often frowned upon as a place to put regular spend, especially in comparison to bank cards with transferable currencies and sexy bonus categories. That said, hotel cards can be both rewarding and fun in the right circumstances. The reason is that they...
Choice Privileges Experiences back with college football packages
Last year, Choice Privileges released some really compelling experiences packages – first for college sports and later for some other types of events. They are back again for college football season 2024, with packages for quite a number of college football games. Unfortunately, these are now running auction-style, so it may be difficult to snag the type of deal you once could, but you might still score a reasonable deal if your preferred game doesn’t fetch many bids.
US News’ best US travel programs, Spirit adds first class and glamping with Hyatt (Saturday Selection)
Spirit Airlines becomes a normie and adds fare bundles and first class, Hyatt brings “glamping” into the fold and US News releases its annual ranking of the best travel rewards programs. All that and more in this week’s Saturday Selection, our weekly round-up of interesting tidbits from around the interwebs (links to the original articles are embedded in the titles).
Citi AA Executive Card devaluation: Avis/Budget credits to require prepaid bookings
This must be the season for secret devaluations. AA & Citi seemingly didn’t want to be left out of the Bilt devaluation fun, so they quietly devalued the Citi AAdvantage Executive Card’s annual $120 Avis/Budget credit. Those who applied for the card after 7/15/24 can earn the $120 annual credits only through pre-paid rentals. Those who applied before 7/15/24 can continue to earn the credits through either pre-paid or post-paid rentals through the end of 2025, then only through prepaid reservations after that. What about those who applied exactly on 7/15/24? I have no idea.
The math on free night certificates, Bilt’s Rent Day doomsday changes, when to transfer speculatively and more [Week in Review]
When a credit card offers a free night certificate, how do you determine how much it’s worth? Which hotel program is the most rewarding for your paid stays? How can you maximize value with Hilton cards? Answers to those questions, information about big Bilt changes, and a lot more in this Frequent Miler Week in Review.
Podcast: Growing Points via Transfer Bonuses | Frequent Miler on the Air Ep266 | 8-2-24
(01:17) – Conflicting reports on the ability to transfer IHG points for FREE. (01:24) – Find How to gift free hotel nights – Ep265 here. (10:10) – Read more about the Amex Business Gold card here. (10:54) – Read more about the Amex Platinum card here...
Wells Fargo One Key™ Mastercard Review (2024)
Wells Fargo has made a ton of news this last year with the release of the Autograph Journey card and the accompanying launch of the Wells Fargo Rewards transferable currency program. Wells has now effectively sworn off adding any more co-branded cards in the wake of Bilt’s lackluster revenue generation, presumably wanting to focus on its own transferable cards. However, there was one more co-branded deal in the hopper: One Key.
20% transfer bonus from Capital One Miles to Qantas
Capital One is currently offering a 20% transfer bonus when you transfer Capital One miles to Qantas Frequent Flyer (as an aside, I get a kick out of that fact that transferring from a bank to an airline program in this case means converting “miles” to “points”).
Bilt Rewards will exempt tax payments from Rent Day bonus
It seems like Bilt might have scored a second own-goal in a little over a week when it comes to how it communicates with its members (#watchingthoseolympics). Last week, Bilt Rewards ruffled some feathers with a “lightly announced” and very significant devaluation to its monthly Rent Day promotion. Currently, Bilt allows members to earn 10,000 bonus points on the first of every month, but on October 1st that will go down to a maximum of 1,000 bonus points.
Ways I “self-insure” my trips (with strategic booking and credit card choices)
Several times a year, we field reader questions about travel insurance. Unfortunately, I don’t have a lot of insight into travel insurance because I never buy it. That’s not to say that you shouldn’t buy travel insurance. I put that in bold to make sure you didn’t miss it; this post is not meant to discourage you from buying travel insurance if you decide that it makes sense for you. Many people buy travel insurance and I’m sure you won’t have to wait long for a comment to come in about why someone was grateful they had it. This post isn’t to tell you not to buy travel insurance. If I were going to consider buying travel insurance, it would be to cover against medical emergencies. I’m not concerned with buying travel insurance to cover “travel” emergencies. Instead, I self-insure against those with habits I’ve picked up from this miles and points hobby.
How to stack deals to get an almost free Costco membership (targeted)
Here in the US, we love our Costco…and with the company’s massive foray into the world of gold sales, at prices that are often significantly lower than many dealers, folks are loving Costco even more now. Regardless of whether you’re in the market for a first time Costco...
20% transfer bonus from Amex Membership Rewards to HawaiianMiles
Amex is offering a 20% transfer bonus from Membership Rewards to Hawaiian Airlines HawaiianMiles through August 31, 2024. There’s not much aloha in Hawaiian’s award pricing, but the bonus does mean you can get lie-flat business from the mainland for 33,333 Membership Rewards (MR) each way or economy from 16,667 MR each way (assuming that you can find saver availability).
IHG Chase Offer: Get 10% Back On $100+ in spend at any IHG property
There’s a new IHG Chase Offer available for people who’ve been targeted. It’s valid at properties worldwide and can be used on up to $570 in spend. Get 10% back when spending $100+ on an IHG stay with a targeted Chase Offer. $57 maximum cash back. Key...
30% transfer bonus from Amex Membership Rewards to Aer Lingus / British Airways / Iberia Avios
American Express Membership Rewards is offering a 30% bonus when you transfer points to Aer Lingus AerClub, British Airways Executive Club or Iberia Plus Avios. Keep in mind that Finnair and Qatar also share the Avios program, so you can transfer your Avios on to those programs after taking advantage of the bonus Amex is offering.
Chase Ultimate Rewards offering 70% transfer bonus to Marriott (best-ever?)
Today, Chase launched a 70% transfer bonus to Marriott Bonvoy, meaning you’ll get 1.7 Bonvoy points for every Ultimate Reward point that you transfer until August 14th. Chase runs transfer bonuses to Marriott Bonvoy a couple of times each year, but they’re usually in the 20%-50% range. As best I can recall this is the best Chase-Marriott transfer bonus we’ve ever seen…and it might just make it worth it for some folks to take advantage.
Podcast: Capital One SavorOne Cash Rewards Credit Card | Card Talk Ep1 | 8-1-24
(00:19) – What is the Capital One SavorOne Cash Rewards Card earning rate?. (00:50) – The Capital One SavorOne Cash Rewards Card has some temporary Uber benefits, through 11/14/24…. (01:35) – Best of all, you can move rewards to a miles-earning card like the Capital One Venture or...
What are hotel free night certificates worth?
Many hotel credit cards offer free night certificates as anniversary bonuses to incentivize you to keep a card, as “big spend bonuses” to entice you to spend more on the card or even as part of a welcome offer to make it more attractive to apply for the card in the first place.
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