[Q4 Estimates Due Today] It Keeps Getting Better To Pay Your Taxes With A Credit Card, 2025 Is Now The Best Year Ever To...
Update 1/15/25: Q4 estimates are due today.
Despite Pay1040 advertising a 1.75% fee, the fee only applies to Visa and Mastercard consumer cards. Business cards,...
[3 Bonuses End This Week!] Ultimate Guide To Bank Points Transfers; Including All Current Bonuses And Transfer Times!
Current transfer bonuses include:
20% (or 30% for Air Canada cardholders) from Chase to Air Canada through 1/15. Read more here.
70% from Chase...
Master Chart: Here Are The Best Ways To Book Every American Or Alaska Award Flight Within The US And Canada!
Update: This chart has been updated with new rates after the Finnair devaluation.
Related posts:
Before You Book That Award Ticket, Be Sure To...
Master Chart Of Mileage Expiration, Transfer Options, And Transfer Times For 60 Loyalty Programs: Keep Points From Expiring And Bring Them Back To Life!
Update: DDF member Tzvi shares his experience and I ran the numbers on current fees to reactive AA miles that expired 20 months ago.
It's good...
Forget Hidden City Ticketing, Have You Tried Hidden Passenger Ticketing?
I've written a lot about hidden city ticketing (HCT) and Skiplagging over the years.
That's where instead of booking a flight such as Cleveland to...
[Final Day For 2024 Credit, Triple Dip For New Cardholders] Testing Out Using 2024 AMEX Airline Fee Credit Uses, How Will You Use Yours?
Update: Don't forget to use your airline fee credit by the end of the month! If you apply for a Business Platinum Card or...
Last Chance To Triple Dip On The AMEX Platinum Cards! Here Is How You Can Get $3,600 In Benefits For One Annual Fee!
Update: If you apply for these cards now, you can still take advantage of stacking 2024, 2025, and 2026 credits before your 2nd annual...
[Did The IRS Leak The 2025 Processing Rates?] It Keeps Getting Better To Pay Your Taxes With A Credit Card, 2024 Is Now The...
Update, 12/23/24: Did the IRS leak the processing fees for next year?
For a brief period of time, this IRS.gov page displayed the following:
The 1.75% rate...
[Reciprocal Elite Status Now Live!] WOW! DOT Approves Alaska-Hawaiian Merger, On Condition That Miles Combine At 1:1 Ratio!
Update, 12/22: You can now match your Alaska and Hawaiian elite status if you have status on either airline and combine elite qualifying miles...
[Reminder For Giving Tuesday And 5x Freedom Points!] Free Credit Card Processing For Charities Via PayPal Giving Fund
Update, 12/3/24: Just a reminder that today is Giving Tuesday.
You can once again earn 5 points per dollar for Paypal donations made on Chase...
New Data Point To Help You Turn A Denial Into An Approval, Don’t Give Up On Your Credit Card Application!
Update 11/12/24: We are getting reports from readers that if you were denied for the best ever 90,000 point Ink Business Unlimited® Credit Card...
2024 Ultimate Comparison On How To Supercharge Your Earnings By Creating Your Own Quinfecta Killer Combo!
“All about” posts take an in-depth look into various topics. See all of them here. Have a topic you want to read more about? Sound off in...
How To Get American Elite And Card Benefits When Redeeming Mileage Awards Via Partner Airlines
“All about” posts take an in-depth look into various topics. See all of them here. Have a topic you want to read more about? Sound off in the comments!
Related...
Before You Book That Award Ticket, Be Sure To Shop Around; How I Booked My Flight To NYC Last Week
Related post: Master Chart: Here Are The Best Ways To Book Every American Or Alaska Award Flight Within The US And Canada!
Earlier this week...
As The DOT Investigates Mileage Programs, United Makes Mostly Positive Award Chart Changes
United miles have been on a steady decline since 2013. That decline has accelerated in recent years as the airline copied Delta in removing...
United Excursionist Perk Booking Error? Try This Workaround To Up Your United Mileage Game!
I've written about United's Excursionist Perk many times. Along with free changes or cancellations until the time of departure, the perk adds a ton...
BRUTAL! The End Of Avios Bargains: Qatar Devalues AA/Alaska Award Chart By As Much As 64%!
It's devaluation season at mileage programs.
Qatar Airways has provided an absurdly good award chart for AA and Alaska flights ever since they joined the...
[Workaround To Book American Eagle Regional Flights] How To Book Qatar Avios Award Bargains
Update: I flew from Cleveland to Philadephia yesterday with my grandfather and a friend, checking off my 23rd active ballpark while watching the Guardians...
[Ends Tonight!] Transfer Citi ThankYou Points To Cathay Pacific And Get A 15% Bonus; Save Big On BA Fuel Surcharges And Expanded Award Space...
Update: This offer ends tonight!
Originally posted on 6/17:
Transfer Citi ThankYou Points To Cathay Pacific And Get A 15% Bonus
You can transfer increments of 1,000...
Mileage Bargains With Alaska’s Partner Award Charts
Alaska's New Partner Award Charts
Alaska's new awards charts are in effect and are a game changer for folks with Alaska miles.
With no major bank...
OUCH! British Airways Avios Massively Devalues Partner Award Pricing Without Warning For The 2nd Time In Half A Year, Here Is The New Hidden...
British Airways launched the Avios program in 2011 and it provided a great value for short-haul flights.
Unfortunately, awards have been devalued several times since...
Here Is How To Find And Book El Al Award Bargains
Last month, I wrote how much Virgin Atlantic charges for every El Al route.
Several readers were unable to find any award space, so I'll...
BRUTAL: Flying Blue And Virgin Atlantic Devalue Redemptions On Delta Business Class To Europe
The partner mileage workaround
The party is over for using Flying Blue or Virgin Atlantic points to fly Delta business class to Europe.
Previously a one-way...
Master List Of The Best Ways To Book El Al Award Flights Between North America And Tel Aviv!
Previous posts on award booking rates:
A Deep Dive Into Cleveland-NYC Award Pricing
Master List Of The Best Ways To Book Award Flights...
Here Is How Many Virgin Atlantic Points You’ll Need For Every El Al Route To And From Israel
You can now redeem Virgin Atlantic points for El Al flights.
Award rates aren't cheap, though with Alaska's partnership with El Al going away at...
Pesach PSA: Don’t Forget To Check Your Amazon Subscribe & Save Delivery Items And Date, Plus Subscribe & Save Workaround!
Update: Bumping this post as a reminder to cancel your subscribe and save items for orders made on Prime Day, unless of course you want to pay for $60 worth of dog food ;)
OUCH! United Is Blocking Most Award Space From Partner Airlines
Before United merged with Continental, they used Starnet Blocking to limit the program's liabilities by blocking members from booking some Star Alliance partner award...
[Available Again] WOW! United Launches Miles Pooling, But Beware Of The Caveats!
Update: The technical glitches with mileage pooling have been resolved and you can once again create a pool.
Originally posted on 3/21:
United Launches Miles Pooling!
A...
Master List Of The Best Ways To Book El Al Award Flights Between NYC And Tel Aviv!
Part 3 in a series on award booking rates:
A Deep Dive Into Cleveland-NYC Award Pricing
Master List Of The Best Ways To...
Will AMEX’s New Point.me Service Show You The Best Award Flight Options?
As of today, AMEX Membership Rewards cardholders can use AMEX.Point.me for free to help find the best AMEX points options for redeeming flights.
A Twitter/X...
By Popular Demand: Master List Of The Best Ways To Book Award Flights Between NYC And Miami/South Florida!
A month ago I wrote about various options for redeeming miles between Cleveland and NYC, a route that I frequent often, and one of...
AMEX Once Again Offering Free FICO Scores
Back in the day, AMEX used to offer free FICO scores to cardholders, but that ended around 2015 when they switched to providing a...
Before You Book That Award Ticket, Compare The Partner Booking Options! A Deep Dive Into Cleveland-NYC Award Pricing
I fly between Cleveland and NYC fairly often, and it's a brutal route for people that pay for tickets. Last minute flights can easily...
You Can Now Book El Al Awards With Delta Miles, But Should You?
El Al's Matmid frequent flyer program has never been particularly rewarding or competitive, though it was improved earlier this year, based on many suggestions...
[United Kills Off Backdoor Link For Legacy Award Calendar] Travel Tips: Workarounds To Bring Back That Good Old Legacy Award And Airfare Search Interface
Update: Sadly, the backdoor link to access United's excellent legacy award calendar as described below last year has finally been killed. We're now stuck...
American Replacing Generous Business Extra Program With Inferior AAdvantage Business Program
American currently offers small business rewards for flights with its Business Extra program, which I've written about several times in the past.
That program has...
2023 Ultimate Comparison Chart Of Chase Ultimate Rewards Cards; Supercharge Your Earnings By Creating Your Own Chase Quinfecta Killer Combo!
Update: DEAD! Don’t miss it if this becomes alive again. Sign up for deal notification alerts here!
Should You Book Emirates Award Travel With Air Canada, Emirates, JAL, Or Qantas Miles?
Update: DEAD! Don’t miss it if this becomes alive again. Sign up for deal notification alerts here!
The Conrad Maldives Has Wide Open Overwater Bungalow Award Availability All Year Round, Plus How Hotels Hide Award Space And How To Reveal It!
Many hotels from all of the major chains have become savvy at limiting standard award availability. That's because the hotels are reimbursed for award...
