CardRates Profile on MilesTalk – See, We Can All Be Friends :)

Sometimes (often? usually?) different sites that write about credit cards can be somewhat territorial. I always think there is plenty of pie for everyone and wish more influencers and websites would work to lift...
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Southwest Airlines to Drop “Open Seating”

Many Southwest diehards will mourn this change, but Southwest says 80% + passengers and potential passengers want it. I'm among them. I avoid Southwest like the plague for absolutely no other reason (well aside from...
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Amex Refreshes The Gold Card – White Gold Option; Annual Fee and Benefit Updates

The White Gold Card is discontinued as of Nov 7 2024 American Express Refreshes The Gold Card (New White Gold Card Option) American Express has been refreshing cards like crazy lately (and yes, raising the annual...
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Review: Topping Rose House in the Hamptons Using Hilton Points

This is a (very) updated version of my original review of Topping Rose House when it was bookable with Hyatt points as part of their SLH partnership. Of course, Hyatt and SLH broke up...
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JetBlue Mosaics Can Now See Move to Mint Before Booking (How Many Certificates)

Finally!! For JetBlue Mosaics (Level 3 and 4) with Move-to-Mint certificates, it's been a tremendous pain in the you know what to figure out how many certificates you need to upgrade on a given flight....

Paris Olympics Perks for Sapphire Reserve Cardholders

As we've seen over the past few years, Chase has made an effort to offer exclusive access to things for its Reserve cardmembers. Things like a lounge at EEEEEATSCON and the new Chase Sapphire...
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Earn up to 10,200 Points Per Bonvoy Credit Card You Have

Earn up to 10,200 Points Per Bonvoy Credit Card You Have With Marriott's "It's in the Cards" promotion, you'll get 200 points just for registering your card and another 10,000 bonus points if you spend...
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Catch Me on The Thought Card Podcast

I had such a great time chatting with podcaster Danielle Desir Corbett on her podcast called "The Thought Card" The theme was "Secrets To Flying Business Class on Points and Miles" - my favorite topic! We...
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[TODAY!] Amazon Prime Day July 16-17: Pay One Point Discounts!

You'll be inundated with articles about specific deals over the next two days about Prime Day which is on now Tuesday July 16 and runs through Wednesday the 17th. I just want to remind you...
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Join Me at Chicago Seminars this September

This is the 14th annual Chicago Seminars and believe it or not, it will be my very first one. It's a weekend long conference that touches on pretty much everything miles and points and is...