I recently applied for an Amex Personal Platinum through a “pre-approved” green star referral. Amex tends to have generous approval standards, so I was surprised when they instantly declined me. It seems I bumped into some Amex Platinum churning restrictions I was previously unaware of. I called Amex and they said it was because I […]
Earn 55,000 Fee-Free Dollars for Making $50,000 in Payments from a New Plastiq Business Account
I recently received the following referral offer on my Plastiq account: We’re running a new promotion that could earn you fee free spend on Plastiq for every business customer you refer. Here’s how it works: For every business contact you refer who signs up using this link, that spends $50k by the end of November […]
PSA: Managing Amex Benefits with Multiple Cards Can Be Wonky [here’s a workaround]
When you’ve got two or more of the same Amex card managed under a single online account, managing benefits like airline incidentals and activating Saks/Dell credits can be wonky. Amex absolutely allows us to have multiple versions of the same card. But it seems to stress a scenario their online system doesn’t handle well. What […]
How to Generate Heightened Amex Delta Business Referrals
If you go through the normal Amex referral channel, the signup bonuses for Delta Business cards are currently inferior to what you get if you apply directly through a public link. Instead of 70,000/80,000/80,000 for Gold/Platinum/Business you’ll only get 30,000/35,000/40,000 which defeats the purpose of referring. To generate heightened referrals for Amex Delta Business cards […]
Does VRBO Code as Travel on Chase? [not for me, but call and they might adjust it]
We’ve been pointing out for over a year now that the Chase Ultimate Rewards portal has a tendency to show Vacation Rentals that are available for booking on Expedia proper as “Sold Out” in the Chase poral. See: Chase UR Travel Portal Sold [Us] Out–New Expedia Powered Portal Issues This has diminished my ability to redeem […]
[Targeted?] CNB Visa 10,000 Point Bonus for Spending $5,000
CNB Visa 10,000 Bonus for Spending $5,000 City National Bank Crystal Visa Infinite cardholders should check their USPS mail for this targeted (?) offer: Earn 10,000 bonus points for up to $5,000 in spend between October 15, 2019 and January 15, 2020. If targeted the offer should be applied to your account automatically. This is […]
[Targeted] Send Amex Referrals with No Lifetime Language
In a return of an offer that ran earlier this year, Amex is giving existing cardmembers the ability to refer friends for cards with signup bonuses that lack Amex’s usual lifetime language exclusions. This is useful for earning the signup bonus on Amex cards because they generally disqualify you if you “have or have had” […]
Bonvoyed: Even More Marriott Extra Person Fees
Back in March I described how Marriott Bonvoy was adding extra person fees to award bookings. At the time I was seeing these fees on awards, and paid stays with the same number of guests did not include extra person fees. However, I’m now seeing extra person fees applied on paid stays in addition to […]
An Important Note About Patreon Podcast Subscriptions
Note: Robert and I covered the following on an episode of the Patron-Only podcast last month. We’re reporting it here for anyone who might have missed it there, and for general consumption as well. One of the most major shifts around here on Milenomics has been the introduction last year of the Podcasts. Not only has […]
My Experience Canceling Hong Kong Award Travel
We were recently planning to visit Hong Kong for a couple nights on our way to Phuket, Thailand. I initially hoped the political protests in Hong Kong would be unlikely to disrupt our short visit. But as our trip drew closer I could compare scheduled protests with our plans, and it become clear we’d be […]