I logged into my wife’s account to redeem cashback on her Old Blue Cash card and noticed a pre-approved Amex Personal Platinum 60,000 offer listed in her Amex Offers & Benefits: AmEx Personal Platinum 60,000 Offer 60,000 Membership Rewards signup bonus $5,000 minimum spend requirement within 3 months $550 annual fee [not waived the first […]
Citi Prestige Concierge a Hyatt Prive/Ritz-Carlton STARS Travel Agent
Update (8/4/2018): According to datapoints on FlyerTalk, the Citi Prestige Concierge is no longer allowing 4th night free to stack with Hyatt Prive benefits. No word whether Ritz-Carlton STARS is similarly affected. I was poking around at my Park Hyatt St Kitts reservation trying to improve my position and noticed that the Citi Prestige Concierge is […]
Brandon Asks: Help me Decide How to use Membership Rewards points
This week’s Brandon Asks comes from Ray who asks: I’m fairly new to points and miles. I don’t travel a lot, but I want to travel more. I’ve been collecting Membership Rewards [MR] points for about a year. After the sign up bonus and a year of spending on my business I have about 85,000 Membership Reward […]
Best Credit Cards for Unbonused Spend [After the AmEx SPG Devalues]
AmEx SPG cards have long been one of the best credit cards for unbonused spend in the points & miles community. Although the card only earned one point per dollar (and still does through August 1, 2018) it was a good play for many because it earns Startpoints. Starpoints have historically been valuable because of […]
Keep these things in mind when booking a Marriott Hotel with Bank Points
Update: Marriott no longer honors elite status benefits when booking through on OTA, including bank points. See: No Notice: Marriott Stops Giving Elite Benefits For Online Travel Agency Reservations We’re just back from a stay at the Marriott Munich. This is the second trip in a row we’ve stayed at a Marriott proper in Europe […]
Shop Talk: Chasing Deep Discounts on Disney Travel & Missing the Big Picture
Welcome to another edition of Shop Talk where we discuss what’s going on in our personal points & miles space and highlight what we think is interesting in the broader space as well. This is the kind of “Shop Talk” many of you are engaged in on a daily basis, so feel free to discuss […]
PSA: Verify American Express Sign Up Bonuses (Before Spending)
Today’s post comes out of a comment I left a few months back on Robert’s Hilton Amex Double Dip post. For the past few years I’ve been making sure to verify American Express sign up bonuses as soon as I receive my cards. This sprung out of a horribly messed up application I had a […]