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Best in Miles, Points, Credit Cards, Travel and More: Around the Web Aug 29 — Sep 4 2021

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Here are some interesting points, miles, credit cards and other travel-related articles and posts from around the blogosphere.

Planes

Everyone and their mother has told you about the new 12 transfer bonuses from American Express. But only yours truly has offered an actionable post on the best bonuses you might actually want to use. Will you forgive me for touting my own horn here? Please! 🙂

Can’t Choose From 12 AmEx Transfer Bonuses? Here Are the Best 3! 

I don’t normally care about fare deals between certain pairs of cities, but this fare discovered by Dans Deals is an exceptional find, IMHO.

American: Fly Nonstop Standard Economy Between Miami And Los Angeles For Just $86-$96 Or 5.6K Points Round-Trip!

I have a couple of Chase 5/24 spots open still, so I’ve been considering two United cards, but in all seriousness, United has devalued its program so badly in recent years that I just don’t know what I’ll do with their miles. For what United wants for one-way travel I can book a round trip with ANA or Avianca, considering all transfer bonuses. Andrew Kunesh has written a thorough review of the latest devaluations, so I’m kind of glad to see that I’m not the only one who finds United’s MileagePlus almost irrelevant these days. I like to use it for Star partners research, though.

Pandemic-era devaluations: What’s happened to frequent flyer miles and what may come next

Hotels

The title says it all.

The Main Issue With The New Hilton Breakfast Program? Hotels Aren’t Following The Rules!

Danny the Deal Guru reports about a new Hilton Curio Collection hotel in Santorini slated to open in Spring 2022. The 38-room property will feature a terrace with a private pool or hot tub for every room. It’ll be interesting to see how many dates they’ll make available for award redemptions (I’ll safely go with none).

Hilton to Debut in Santorini with Luxury Beachfront Resort

Now from the horse’s mouth. And you thought Radisson split the company to serve you better, LOL.

Radisson CEO Divulges Why Company Had to Split in Two

Another interesting piece from Skift. I remember being surprised back in the 2000s when a hotel executive told me that room service is more often than not a loss leader in the industry. You mean a cold sandwich you deliver three hours later while charging me like it was a filet mignon doesn’t make you any money? Huh!

Why Grubhub Took Over Room Service at Resorts World Las Vegas

Here is another interesting story about the future of hotel space. Of course selling rooms “to work from” is nothing new, but this might be a new interesting trend with a corresponding new revenue stream (or not).

The new hospitality: On selling place not space.

Credit cards

Charles Schwab was supposed to reduce the AmEx cashout to 1.1 cent on Sep 1, but it hasn’t materialized. We’ll see if the 1.25 cents per point still stands on Monday.

Having FOMO On The Charles Schwab Cashout? It Is Still 1.25 Cents Per Point!

Another mammoth Frequent Miler’s piece covering every nook and cranny of Citi ThankYou.

How to use your Citi ThankYou point fortune

It’s a jungle out there, guys! Be careful. 🙂

Chase shuts down my wife a 3rd time

These Doctor of Credit posts can be helpful if you’re targeted.

Covid-19

This is definitely a move in the right direction. Hawaii is a tourist mecca for Americans. Maybe this will convince at least some folks to get their shots finally.

Honolulu to Introduce Vaccine Passports for Leisure Activities

I was surprised to find out that Gary supports using masks on planes. I had an impression that he believes planes are so safe that masks aren’t needed. In truth, I pretty much agree with his conclusion that using proper masks makes all the difference (vs. bandanas and other home solutions), and the study he links to in the post clearly confirms it.

And yet, some comments just made me shake my head in disbelief. As long as masks don’t protect 100% (and nothing in the world protect anyone 100%) no evidence is good enough for the anti-mask crowd. But even among all other comments this remark takes the cake.

I only wear a mask if I absolutely have to. And wear it as loose as possible. I’m over it and would never consider wearing one just to protect others. Not my problem.

Nice, huh?

How Well Do Masks Work When You Travel?

Other tidbits

Here is another tier-matching opportunity in Atlantic City. I’ve covered these tier-matches before and benefited from them nicely. For one thing, it’s a 2-hour drive away for us, and for all its decay and feel of abandonment, Atlantic City is one place where my wife and my mom love to go, LOL. This latest opportunity is a good one if it actually works.

Free Cruise and 2 Nights at Wynn LV? New Merry Go Round Add-On! (Atlantic City)

I used to love skiing. But I never learned how to do it right, so one unfortunate fall in the Hunters landed me with a badly twisted knee. I was immobilized for about 2 weeks, and after that I decided to call it quits. That was about 12 years ago, yet every now and then I see one of these skiing posts and … get tempted for a few minutes.

Ikon vs Epic Pass: What’s the Best Ski Pass for 2021-22?

Last week on TBB

Best of Web: Afghanistan Failure, Shadowy International Education Business, 30 Rules Truths Beliefs, Shipwrecked, Covid-19 Cases Heat Map

My favorites:

  • The Shadowy Business of International Education — a piece about greed, lies and higher education.
  • Shipwrecked: A Shocking Tale of Love, Loss, and Survival in the Deep Blue Sea — I agree, what a story!

Most Beautiful Beaches, Government Speculation, Covid Long Haulers, River Runner

What’s good? Pretty much everything. Here are the articles I liked the most.

  • The US War in Afghanistan 1999-2021 — an epic timeline, really!
  • Atlantic’s Long-Haulers Are Fighting for Their Future
  • Some Thoughts on My Experience Getting Covid
  • River Runner. Click to drop a raindrop anywhere in the contiguous United States and watch where it ends up. (I agree, very cool!)

And now just for fun

Why are people laughing in this video?

Hint: It’s not the comedian.

Featured photo: by Riho Kroll on Unsplash

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Best in Miles, Points, Credit Cards, Travel and More: Around the Web Aug 15 — Aug 21 2021 August 15, 2021

  Here are some interesting articles and posts from around the blogosphere. Planes The 25% Citi transfer bonus to Avianca LifeMiles has been extended until Aug 27. Here is a brief post from Doctor of Credit to remind us that this bonus is not an isolated case (historically speaking), LOL. The post below is aContinue Reading

Back to the Basics: Cheapest Miles to Europe in the Post-COVID-19 World

    UPDATED 12.21.2020 (see Cheapest miles to Europe in Economy, #2) Whether you’ve noticed or not, I’ve taken a hell of a sabbatical lately on my blog. I’ve been fortunate so far because while I’ve lost some writing gigs, they’ve been mostly replaced by others. But I haven’t traveled since February, and my heartContinue Reading

Back to the Basics Part 2: Cheapest Miles to South America in the Post-COVID-19 World

  My previous post on the best airline programs to fly to Europe: Back to the Basics: Cheapest Miles to Europe in the Post-COVID-19 World December 10, 2020 is a big day. Mark your calendar. On that day the CDC will decide the fate of the emergency authorization of the new Pfizer / BioNTech vaccine.Continue Reading

UPDATED 8.3.2019: (Book by Phone) Lie-Flat Seats on United in the U.S./North America for 12,500/15,000 Points

  IMPORTANT UPDATE: You can now redeem Turkish partners’ awards over the phone. This is yet another game changer because the Turkish award chart has some amazing and very unique sweet spots. HT Nick @Frequent Miler and VFTW. Recently Nick Reyes from Frequent Flyer shared an amazing find: some time ago, the Turkish Miles andContinue Reading

Miles and Points Strategy for Light Credit Card Users Who Love to Travel

  If you are a reluctant credit card user with a reasonably thick credit file, banks want you. Badly! It’s like that joke, remember?  How banks love giving loans to people who don’t need them. Same thing. Banks hope you will become loyal and spend lots of dough on their credit card so they canContinue Reading

30% Bonus for Citi ThankYou Points Transfer to JetBlue and What You Can Do With It

  From now until May 19, 2018, you can get a 30% bonus for transferring Citi ThankYou points to JetBlue. It means, 1,000 ThankYou Points = 1,040 TrueBlue points (HT ha_ka on Reddit). I’ve done a fair share of JetBlue writeups in the past. This is a fantastic deal if you’re interested in flights inContinue Reading

Fidel Castro Is Dead! Now Guess Which Airline Offers 33X Value for Flights to Cuba

Fidel Castro is dead A fiery revolutionary. A ruthless and cunning dictator. A gifted orator who put his nation on a meatless diet and convinced them that the only choice they had was socialism or death. A survivor of numerous assassination attempts, several U.S. presidents, his own cigars, and persistent rumors of his imminent deathContinue Reading

Singapore First Class Suites from the U.S. Are Available Again

  I checked JFK–SIN (via Frankfurt) availability for the next April and May and found at least 8 dates each month, with 2 seats available for most flights. Some other months are available too, but only 2-3 dates. I also checked LAX—SIN (via Tokyo) albeit cursory and found some sporadic availability, too. As a reminder,Continue Reading

Ultimate Credit Card Airline Transfer Programs Visuals — in Fake Subway Maps

  The other day I stumbled upon an excellent post from a fellow blogger about fake subway maps infographics (I wish, I saved the link when I got it off Twitter, but I didn’t, sorry). I don’t know which rock I’ve lived under for the last few years, but until I checked them out, I’d never thoughtContinue Reading

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