Ends May 11th: $30 or 3,000 MR Points to Refer a Friend to Rakuten...
Rakuten (formerly Ebates) is an online cash back portal. You have the choice to earn your cash back as straight cash or to earn them as American Express Membership Rewards points.
Rakuten (formerly Ebates) Refer-A-Friend...
Credit Cards With Travel Credits You Can’t Use: Downgrade Options
Long before I started MilesTalk, I was in the camp of "I'd never pay an annual fee for a credit card." I couldn't understand why anyone would, given that the card companies make so...
Do Food Delivery Services Code as Dining for Credit Card Bonus Categories?
A couple of weeks ago, I wrote this article: Hungry? Use Those Food Delivery Credits While Staying Home!
That focused on the dining credits that come with a few different credit cards for DoorDash (Chase...
Up to 30 Marriott Bonvoy Elite Nights Per Year: New Credit Card Benefit
History: SPG Credit Cards
Back when the Starwood Preferred Guest credit cards were the staple of every points enthusiast's wallet, you were able to earn 2 elite stay credits and 5 elite night credits from...
[Expired] Last Hours: Up to 100,000 Delta SkyMiles
All of the offers below have now expired.
The entire suite of Delta credit cards from American Express were overhauled on January 30th, 2020. The bonuses expired April 1, 2020.
I'll highlight the bonus offers first...
Two Amazon Deals to Beat Boredom, 5%-8% off UberEats and DoorDash Deal Stacking
I discovered these deals on Amazon, which I can't say for sure are for everyone, but they are worth a look as we pass the time during the Covidpocolypse.
$10 Kindle Credit
I was looking at...
If You Need to Cash Out Some Points Right Now, That’s OK
This should sound obvious. But I know that, in the online communities of frequent flyers, it's sacrilege. I've been on record myself saying that cashing out points of miles for anything other than travel, which...
Hungry? Use Those Food Delivery Credits While Staying Home!
There are three credit cards that come with built-in food delivery credits. Many people have those cards, yet never use the credits during normal times. This is your reminder that you have the credits,...
Two New Point Transfer Bonuses (With Analysis)
The last couple of days has brought two new transfer bonuses. Let's take a look:
American Express Membership Rewards --> Marriott Bonvoy: 30% bonus
With this transfer bonus, you'll get 1,300 Marriott Bonvoy points for each...
Top MilesTalk Posts of 2019
These posts were the most widely read and shared posts on MilesTalk in 2019. If you haven't read them yet, they're new to you! ;-)
10. What is a Mile or Point Worth?
The MilesTalk "miles...