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...
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...
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...
Chase Launches First Sapphire Lounge at Boston Logan Int’l Airport
Updated with pictures below!!
Chase Launches First Sapphire Lounge by The Club at Boston Logan International Airport (BOS)
On May 16, Chase Sapphire will officially open the doors of the first domestic location of a Chase...
HotelSlash is Live – Use This Code for a Lifetime Discount
I'd previously mentioned on the MilesTalk Facebook group that it would be a wise idea to signup for HotelSlash while it was in beta since that meant a free lifetime membership.
HotelSlash is Live and...
3 (Big!) Reasons I Don’t Use Travel Portals – With a Few Exceptions
Ah, the "portal" discussion. It's actually two fold. We are talking about all "OTAs," shorthand for Online Travel Agency (sidebar: if you ever booked through an OTA called HotelMagician.com in the late 2000's, that...
Flight Review: EVA Business Class JFK-TPE (Plus Taipei Night Market Food + Beitou Tips)
In a lot of ways, it felt very similar to other business class flights I've taken. It was a great (and LONG at 15:50 hrs) flight, yet not much stood out as a must fly...
MSC Reneging on Cruise via Rivers Casino in Philly
Here's a need to know....
In the master Status Match Merry Go Round™ thread, we added a section 10A about going to Philadelphia and matching to Live! Black from Hard Rock Rock Royalty (which also...
