I love double dipping. It’s fantastic when I earn two points currencies from a single activity. Most loyalty programs call this activity a crossover rewards. For example, when I stay take Uber rides I earn the 3X points from my Chase Sapphire Reserve card, but I also earn SPG Starpoints. When I stay at SPG…
Great news! Citi is currently offering an increased sign-up bonus for the Citi ThankYou Premier credit card. The offer is for 50,000 ThankYou points after spending $4,000 in the first 90 days following account opening. The new 50,000 ThankYou point sign-up bonus represents the highest publicly available offer I’ve seen in several months. Prior to…
A few months ago I received a targeted sign-up offer of 70,000 United MileagePlus miles for the United MileagePlus Explorer card from Chase. In the past I avoided opening a United credit card for two reasons. First, I try to avoid co-branded credit cards as I find the points too limiting. Secondly, I rarely fly…
If you haven’t heard already, the new and improved metal American Express Platinum card is absolutely incredible. American Express increased the annual fee to $550 a year, but after Uber credits and airline of choice credits ($200 each) the effective annual fee is just $150. That’s the same effective annual fee as the Chase Sapphire…
At this point you may realize that the Citi Prestige is was my favorite credit card of all time. When I first converted my Citi Executive AAdvantage card to the Citi Prestige I couldn’t have been more excited. With the new Citi Prestige card I retained Admirals Club access while earning flexible ThankYou points. The old…
Today marks the end of the increased credit card sign up offers from Citi on select AAdvantage cards. Specifically the Citi AAdvantage Platinum Select and CitiBusiness AAdvantage Platinum Select cards. Citi was offering 60,000 AAdvantage miles after spending just $3,000 within the first 90 days for both cards. Both cards come with a $95 annual…
Yesterday I received an interesting email from Chase. The email asked me to rate and review the Chase Sapphire Reserve card. I figured in addition to rating the card on their site I’d also do a quick review on here as well. I’ve had the card just under a year and am happy to say…
In an attempt to cut costs even further, many airlines are opting out of installing seat-back entertainment screens on short-haul aircraft. Seat-back screens may seem small, but they’re actually quite large and quite heavy. Many forget that seat-back screens also come with huge hard drives that are typically located under the seats. All of those…
It may seem odd, but Alaska Airlines and American Airlines have had a pretty close partnership. American Airlines elites get several benefits when traveling on Alaska Airlines and the same is true in reverse. In years past I loved the American and Alaska Airlines partnership. It gave me an opportunity to travel with Alaska Airlines…
This has been an amazing year for credit cards. In a time when most loyalty programs are taking away benefits, it seems credit cards only continue to improve. Well, not the Citi Prestige card, but that’s a different story. In all honesty, its overwhelming to look at just how many cards have improved significantly in…
