Category Archives: Miles and Points

American Express Gold Card 50,000 Points Link and a Personal Story

UPDATE 1.10.19: EXPIRED UPDATE 1.3.19: The 50,000 Amex Gold offer with up to $100 Dining Statement Credit is now set to expire on 1.9.19.  Each Friend Can Earn: 50,000 Membership Rewards® Points after they use their new Card to make $2,000 in purchases within the first 3 months of Card Membership. Plus, they can receive 20% backContinue Reading

Should You Apply for the New Barclays 64,000 Choice Privileges Points Offer? Part 1: Scandinavia

  The 64,000-point offer has expired. Folks have long believed that the Choice Privileges points and, by extension, Choice Privilege credit card are mostly good for Scandinavia. I have shared that belief for years until I’ve done my own more thorough research. After I did, I’ve found it not necessarily to be the case. HavingContinue Reading

Delta SkyMiles Deals Are Making the Program Relevant Again

  Delta is anything but boring. I believe I’ve written more about Delta since 2013 than any other airline. First, there was a SkyMiles award chart. That chart was infamously (and most of us believe intentionally) broken, not in theory, but in practice. In theory, you were able to take a free stopover on aContinue Reading

American Express 40% Transfer Bonus: Fly to Europe in Coach for 10,000 and in Business for 23,000 Points

  UPDATED: I’ve thoroughly revised/rewritten this post because of the new American Express 40% Transfer Bonus and other changes. American Express is offering a 40% transfer bonus to British Airways, Aer Lingus, and Iberia frequent flyer programs. I’ll refrain from covering the British Airways Avios because the BA Executive Club program has been covered adContinue Reading

The M&T Bank $300 Bonus Offer (No Direct Deposit Required)

  I don’t usually cover bank bonuses – that’s DoC’s purview, and he’s quite thorough about it. However, this $300 bonus from M&T Bank caught my attention for 2 reasons. 1. It’s free money 2. No direct deposit is required Now, I know not everyone shares my hatred for this particular hoop banks usually wantContinue Reading

My Mini Guide to Lençóis Maranhenses, the Most Unique Wonder of the World You’ve Never Heard About – Part 2: Costs and Logistics

“Anywhere in the world this place would be visited only for the dunes, even if there were no lagoons,” an angry gringo told me once. He had a point. Ricardo Freire, a Brazilian travel writer My Mini Guide to Lençóis Maranhenses, the Most Unique Wonder of the World You’ve Never Heard About: Part 1 SorryContinue Reading

Business Class to Australia / New Zealand for 120,000 Miles Round Trip!

  Awards in Business Class to Australia are not easy to come by, but United has great award space for flights to Australia in Business next spring and summer (our spring and summer, that is). That includes both Sydney and Melbourne. Business Class to Australia Below is availability for 2 passengers for flights to SydneyContinue Reading

How Many Ultra-Premium Cards Do You Have in Your Wallet?

  To be clear, I’m talking about the cards that cost $400-$550 a year. Over the years I’ve spent thousands of dollars on credit card annual fees. And I don’t regret it for a moment. Back when American Express had a short-term memory, I would reapply every year for American Express Platinum Personal and BusinessContinue Reading

My Mini Guide to Lençóis Maranhenses, the Most Unique Wonder of the World You’ve Never Heard About: Part 1

I’ve been fortunate enough to visit yet another Wonder of the World. Because if the Lençóis Maranhenses National Park in Northeastern Brazil is not a true wonder of the world, I don’t know what is. While you won’t find Lençóis Maranhenses on any major travel bucket list, it should be on yours. Whatever it isContinue Reading

Credit Card Bonuses: Latest News, Blues, and a Tightened Noose

  I’m in Brazil now. Rio → São Luís → Santo Amaro → Rio. The output will be limited for the next 10 days. Credit card bonuses: the news Both AMEX SPG cards, personal and business, now have new sign-up bonuses. The Personal card is 75,000 and the Business 100,000 Marriott points after spending $3,000Continue Reading

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