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Shopping portal Rakuten is featuring increased rates for Dell purchases today, with 10% / 10x Membership Rewards points per dollar spent on laptops and desktops or 12% / 12x Membership Rewards points per dollar spent on Accessories, Servers, and Monitors. If you have a card with semi-annual Dell credits, today could be a good day to make use of any remaining credits for the first half of 2024. Alternatively, there are numerous card-linked offers available for Dell that could stack nicely with increased payouts.

Up to 12x Dell via Rakuten today (stack with card-linked offers & credits)

In April, when Mr & Mrs Smith properties went live within World of Hyatt, the details didn’t exactly impress us. There’s not much in the way of guaranteed benefits and the properties (overall) are a poor value when booked as awards. Now, there’s at least some incentive to...

World of Hyatt credit card now earns 4x at Mr & Mrs Smith properties

VanillaGift is back with another promotion waiving purchase fees on Vanilla Visa gift cards. This time you can use promo code VGDADS24 to save 100% on those fees. Get 100% off purchase fees when buying Vanilla Visa gift cards from VanillaGift.com and using promo code VGDADS24. Direct link to offer.

VanillaGift.com: Get 100% off purchase fees on Visa gift cards with promo code VGDADS24

Several shopping portals are offering increased rates for purchases at GiftCards.com that yield between 2 and 4 points per dollar spent. Better yet, American Airlines and Southwest Airlines both have site-wide shopping portal bonuses ending today and tomorrow that would stack nicely to make for a great return on spend.

2-4x at GiftCards.com, stack with airline portal promos

Robinhood Gold costs $5 per month and comes with a number of benefits, including (currently) 5% APY on uninvested cash, a 3% match on IRA contributions, and a handful of other benefits. A while back, Doctor of Credit reported a cool benefit I hadn’t realized: Gold members can access up to $1,000 a month via margin borrowing interest-free. I just noticed an update they did last month that some users can actually borrow up to $2,000 interest-free, and sure enough I see that capability in my own account. That might be of interest to some since one could at least theoretically pull that cash out and put it in a high-yield vehicle to come out ahead of the cost of Robinhood Gold.

Borrow up to $2K interest-free with Robinhood Gold (targeted / YMMV)

There is a new (perhaps targeted?) offer out for the Chase Ink Business Preferred that is good for 120,000 points after $8,000 in purchases in the first 3 months. Danny the Deal Guru has published a direct link to the offer, but we don’t know the origin of the link so we recommend proceeding with caution.

120K points with targeted new Chase Ink Preferred bonus [YMMV]

Air France and KLM released a new batch of Flying Blue Promo Rewards this past week. There’s a larger selection of eligible US cities this month, with half a dozen featuring discounted awards to/from Europe. The Deal. Book discounted economy award flights between the following cities and Europe with...

Flying Blue Promo Rewards for June – Boston, D.C., Houston, New York, Phoenix & Seattle

The Sonesta World Mastercard is out with a new offer that could be quite valuable for Sonesta fans: now earn 120,000 points after just $2,000 in purchases in the first 90 days, an additional 5,000 points after adding an authorized user within the first 90 days, and score an automatic upgrade to Sonesta Travel Pass Gold status upon approval (which is their “free breakfast” status). While Sonesta doesn’t draw much attention in the hotel space, this could nonetheless be a really good deal for someone interested in the program.

Now 125K points + Gold status with new Sonesta World Mastercard offer

Save 25% when booking Southwest award flights and using promo code SAVE25. Must book by June 17th and travel by November 20th, 2024. Book a Southwest® flight on Southwest.com or swabiz.com using your Rapid Rewards® points from June 14 through June 17, 2024 (the “Booking Period”) and receive 25 percent off when you fly between June 14-November 20, 2024 with travel blacked out July 6 and July 7 (the “Travel Period”).

Southwest Award Sale: Get 25% Off Points Bookings

The Wall Street Journal published a report over the weekend that there is friction in the relationship between Wells Fargo and Bilt. Both Wells Fargo and Bilt released statements confirming their commitment to their partnership. Did the details match the headline? What did the article actually say and what do we make of it? Find out on this week’s Coffee Break.

Podcast: Bilt is costing Wells Fargo dearly. Should you duck & run or double down? | Coffee Break Ep15 | 6-18-24

Hertz – 10.1%. There are some good cashback rates available here if you’re wanting to book any paid travel with the eligible companies. Be sure to also check Capital One Shopping as you might see even higher targeted rates there (e.g. I have an offer for up to 12% with Priceline).

TopCashback Travel Tuesday Flash Cash Back: Hilton 9%, Best Western 15.15%, Virgin Atlantic 3.03% & more

All three of the consumer Southwest Airlines Rapid Rewards credit cards are now offering increased welcome offers of 85,000 Rapid Rewards points after making $3K in purchases within the first 3 months. These offers are the best, in terms of total points, that we’ve seen in at least several years. If you’re looking for a card and/or trying to earn a companion pass, these are certainly worth considering.

Southwest Personal Cards: Limited-time 85,000 Point Offers

There are improved, limited-time welcome offers available on the Chase United Airlines Explorer Gateway, Quest and Club Infinite cards. The Club Infinite has the biggest offer with 90,000 miles earned after $5,000 in spend. If you value the United Club access that comes with it, that’s a decent deal. If not, the 70,000 mile offer on the United Quest card with $275 less in annual fee may be more appealing.

Chase United Airlines Cards: Increased welcome offers of up to 90K miles

Get a status match from Enterprise. A status match will be granted upon review and approval to members with valid elite status in any one of a variety of travel loyalty programs (i.e. hotel, airlines, car rental.) Matched status is valid through February 28 of the second calendar year following...

Enterprise status match giving status through February 2026 (match from hotel, airline & car rental programs)

The American Express Marriott Bonvoy Brilliant card has had a a bit of a topsy-turvy journey over the last few years, befitting its unusually wordy name. It began life known as the SPG Luxury card, the high end offering of the now-defunct Starwood Preferred Guest program and was launched at the same time that Marriott began its merger with the Starwood and Ritz Carlton reward programs.

Amex Marriott Bonvoy Brilliant Credit Card Review (2024)

Recently, Avianca LifeMiles has been adding significant fuel surcharges to various award tickets. These are additional fees that, up ’til now, Avianca hasn’t passed on to its customers. We’ve had numerous messages today from folks that noticed this, wondering if it was an unannounced change with how LifeMiles was pricing award ticket fees.

No, Avianca LifeMiles isn’t adding new fuel surcharges to its awards

In honor of World Refugee Day, Aeroplan is offering 7,500 miles per $100 donation to the charity Miles4Migrants. You can earn a maximum of 75,000 points through the promo, which would require a $1,000 donation. Without considering the value of the charitable aspect, this is effectively like buying Aeroplan points for 1.33 cents each, which is more or less in line with what you can get the points for outright.

Earn 7,500 Aeroplan points with a $100 Miles4Migrants donation

Terms below are for the ‘Earn 8,000 points every 4 nights’ promo:. To participate in the “8,000 Points Every 4 Nights” Promotion (the “Promotion”), an individual must have a valid IHG One Rewards member account and must be invited to register for the Promotion. Members can pre-register for this Promotion starting June 12, 2024 through June 19, 2024 (the “Pre-Registration Period”). Members will be able to stay and earn IHG One Rewards bonus points under this Promotion beginning June 20, 2024 and ending on August 31, 2024 (the “Promotion Period”). Members who did not register during the Pre-Registration Period may register for the Promotion during the Promotion Period. A member can only register once. By registering for the Promotion, a member is accepting these Terms & Conditions.

IHG targeted promos: 8k bonus points every 4 nights, 3k every 2 nights & more

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Choice Privileges isn’t a program that gets a ton of digital ink in the points and miles blogosphere. At FM, we’ve primarily been interested in it because of its partnership with Preferred Hotels and Resorts, something that Greg the Frequent Miler has taken advantage of several times. A...

Choice Privileges removes 35K cap from award redemptions

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Easy I Prefer Titanium status for new members with promo code

Loyalty Lobby covers a cool easy opportunity for hotel elite status: I Prefer, the loyalty program of Preferred Hotels & Resorts, is offering top-tier Titanium status...

Easy I Prefer Titanium status for new members with promo code

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