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Bilt Celebrates 1st Birthday by Giving Away the Farm…. and Business Class Flights

Interrupting your MDW Monday is some news from Bilt Rewards on it's biggest "Rent Day" yet. Bilt's June Rent Day I said that it would be hard to top April's Bilt deal with Hyatt, giving a...
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How to Find Delta’s Partner Award Space (i.e. Booking Delta for Less)

Delta is not known for transparency in its SkyMiles program. By removing award charts several years ago the price became the price - meaning, whatever they say it is. And it's usually a lot.  For...
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New Southwest Card Bonus Includes 30% Off Promo Code and 60,000 Miles

The bonus offers for getting a new Southwest credit card have fluctuated often over the years, but this is the first one I've seen in quite some time that has a unique kicker aside...
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[ENDED] 80,000 Point Bonus on Chase Sapphire Preferred® Card

THIS OFFER HAS EXPIRED - LINKS HAVE BEEN REMOVED I absolutely cannot believe that there is already an ENDING SOON notice on the Chase website for the Sapphire Preferred 80,000 point offer. It only rolled...
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Capital One Venture X vs. Chase Sapphire Reserve vs Chase Sapphire Preferred

That's right - it's a three way face-off! Since the Capital One Venture X credit card launched, I've been asked a lot of questions that compare it to the Chase Sapphire lineup. It's not a...
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Amex Green Card: Highest Welcome Bonus Ever

TL;DR? The American Express® Green Card offers 3X on all travel and transit, a category not covered by Platinum or Gold, with the exception of airfare. It also has a huge Welcome Bonus on...
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United Completes Huge Mileage Devaluation

We've been talking for at least a week or two in the MilesTalk Facebook group about increased redemption costs on United, like 30k one ways to Europe now pricing at 40k. It was a...
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Marriott’s Nudist Resort

I don't write a lot of "fluff" pieces. Not my thing. But I couldn't help myself when I discovered today that there is actually a nudist resort bookable with Marriott Bonvoy points. The resort is the...

Free Tickets to Hong Kong on Wednesday

Sponsored by the Hong Kong government to spur tourism to get back up from currently low levels due to COVID, Wednesday will be your chance to get a free ticket to Hong Kong from...

When Should Bloggers NOT Share a Deal?

There's a fun (fun? maybe not fun?) debate going on right now on the Twitter between bloggers debating if Thrifty Traveler should have shared a specific deal that highlights the fact that you can...