As of March 31st, 2014, US Airways has officially joined the One World airline alliance. The bad news is that US Airways is no longer part of the Star Alliance network. (However, you can still use your miles to book travel on several Star Alliance carriers as long as you don’t mix and match One […]
Chase Freedom 25,000 Points for up to a $335 Flight … to the Rescue
A few months ago I learned about a new benefit (via The Points Guy) of the Chase Freedom card. This week I was able to take advantage of that new benefit. As such, I decided that it was blog worthy. Chase Freedom: Redeem 25,000 Points for A Flight Worth Up To $335 Hidden within the […]
Finals Days to Save 12% on Southwest Points Bookings
On March 31st, 2014, Southwest points become about 12% less valuable. Book your travel before March 31st (and travel anytime thereafter), and you’ll pay 60 points for $1 of the cost of travel. However, book your flights after March 31st, and you’ll pay 70 points per $1 of the cost of travel. The important thing […]
Office Max Wants to Pay You to Stock up on Ultimate Rewards
Next week between March 2nd – March 8th, if you buy at least $250 worth of Visa gift cards, you’ll get $15 off. The offer is available in store, and applies to Visa debit cards. There is a limit of two rebates per customer. Assuming your Office Max store has the $200 Visa Gift […]
6 Credit Cards Worthy of the Annual Fee
Before this year, I hardly ever paid to keep a credit card. However, over the last year, I’ve been paying more and more annual fees. Each card on this list has an incentive that I decided was worth paying the annual fee. 1. American Express Platinum Three years ago, I would never have believed you […]
Two Important Updates Regarding the Barclay Arrival World MasterCard
Update: The minimum spend requirement for the Barclay Arrival card has already increased to $3,000 in the first 90 days. In the last few days, there’s been a couple of changes (unfortunately bad) to the Barclay Arrival World MasterCard. First, (and yes I know this is old news) but The Points Guy reported that the minimum […]
Learn Why My Miles are Jealous of My Cash Back Strategy
Recently, I’ve been giving a little extra attention to earning cash back instead of miles. This issue (cash back vs points) came up when a reader said he was glad to know (from this post) that he could get an extra 2 Ultimate Reward miles per dollar by shopping at Staples through the Ultimate Rewards […]
Ink Bold & Plus Tips: How to Buy Super Cheap Ultimate Rewards
Update: Plink no longer offers Staples as a wallet option to everything, but Plan B at the bottom of this post is DEAD. Over the last six weeks or so, I’ve been experimenting with a very profitable way to earn Ultimate Rewards. The math makes complete sense, but the big question for you will need […]
Huge Sign Up Bonus: 100,000 American Airlines Miles
Since my website has been down, I haven’t been able to update you guys on some great offers. I’m guessing most of you are already aware of this offer, but I do know some of you (mostly people I know personally) only read this blog for your travel related news. A couple weeks ago, The Points […]
Confirmed: Get a Second Ink Bold Bonus with the New Visa Version
In mid-December, I applied for five new credit cards. In that post, I mentioned that Ink Bold and Ink Plus are now being issued as Visa cards instead of MasterCard products. Chase typically only allows you to receive a sign up bonus once for a credit card product. Fortunately, whenever there is a change in […]