Citi Prestige 4th Night Free + Hyatt Prive Benefits No More Recently Hyatt introduced their Prive program where stays booked with a Prive designated travel agent could get added benefits to their stay including hotel credits and free breakfast. This was a great option for people like me that no … Read more
M life Rewards Mastercard Sign Up Bonus – Free Night at Mandalay Bay The M life Rewards Mastercard is laughably bad. The standard sign up bonus is 10,000 points that can be redeemed for $100 worth of charges at M life Properties. You are also automatically given Pearl Status. In … Read more
Why I am Considering an Alaska Lounge Membership I fly about 140,000 miles per year. On average that is about 70 flights. That means I am spending about a week each year in airports waiting for flights. Fortunately, I have lounge access at most airports through Priority Pass provided by … Read more
American Express is known for their network of airport lounges. From time to time Amex will also set up temporary lounges at or near events that they are sponsoring. Twice I have been to a floating lounge they set up in Seattle. I am currently in Sydney during the Vivid … Read more
Alaska Airlines Visa Companion Fare Today Alaska Airlines is announcing a new benefit to their Bank of America partner Visa card for customers signing up for the card in May and June. The Alaska Airlines Visa Companion Fare, which is usually $99 plus taxes, will be lowered to $0 plus taxes. … Read more
Gift cards are an essential tool for many people that are serious about travel. For some, it is a way to lower the cost of travel by purchasing discounted gift cards for hotels, restaurants, or airlines. As an example, I recently purchased a $200 Hyatt gift card to trigger an Amex … Read more
American Express Hawks Island 2016 Attention Seattle readers! American Express Hawks Island 2016 is coming on October 16. I attended last year and had a blast. This year it is going to be held on 10/16/16 prior to the Seattle Seahawks hosting the Atlanta Falcons at Century Link Field. The … Read more
Alaska Airlines Visa Flight Discount Bonus Offer of $50 It appears that Bank of American is targeting certain cardholders with an Alaska Airlines Visa flight discount bonus offer. Once you register at bankofamerica.com/easyrewards with your personalized offer code, you have the month of June to spend $250 on the targeted card … Read more
Yes, you read that right. Right now there is an offer that will net you 50,000 Alaska miles with credit card sign up. That is twice the standard Bank of America Alaska Visa card. Hello Amex SPG card! The American Express Starwood Preferred Guest card currently offers 35,000 SPG Points … Read more
Recently I’ve been thinking about the psychology of double dipping when it comes to the world of travel — including reselling, manufactured spend, miles/points and credit cards. I have no doubt that companies have studied this and purposefully use and exploit it to get us to spend more money. One … Read more
I recently posted about a way to get an iPad Mini 2 for $150. A brand new iPad Mini was recently released. For the next two weeks you can get an iPad Mini 4 for $269 and 1,345 Ultimate Rewards. Currently the iPad Mini 4 16GB is selling for about … Read more
Time for a quick post on how to get a $150 iPad Mini 2 today. EDIT: Looks like they are extending the sale for another week! Walmart is currently selling the iPad Mini 2 for $199. A good deal on its own, but you can price match to Staples in store … Read more
Many banks have their own travel rewards system. Amex has Membership Rewards. Chase has Ultimate Rewards. And Citi has ThankYou Points. The two elite Citi cards that earn TY points are Prestige and Premier cards. This is a head to head comparison of the Citi Prestige vs Premier MasterCards. You … Read more
I recently wrote about the Amex Hawks Island in this post. Today I was able to experience it myself. The Amex Hawks Island is (as of now) a one off experience; only today (October 18) before the Seahawks vs Carolina home game at Century Link Field. Anyone with an American Express … Read more
I recently signed up for an American Express Platinum card. One of the benefits is the Amex Platinum airline fee reimbursement of up to $200 each calendar year. This is especially helpful your first year of using the card as you actually get $400 reimbursements; one for each calendar year. … Read more
