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Hertz misleads customers (again), dealing with gift card fraud and when the Chase 24-month...

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Hertz in hot water for lying to their customers, one man's story of dealing with gift card fraud and how to figure out when the Chase 24-month clock for welcome offers resets. All that...
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Amex expands once in a lifetime family language, MGM gets hacked and airline jilts...

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Amex continues to expand once in a lifetime family language, massive data breaches at MGM and an airline jumps ship from Star Alliance to SkyTeam. All that and more in this week's Saturday Selection,...
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Delta’s not a premium airline, Hyatt goes Airbnb and what it’s like to all-you-can-fly...

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Hyatt launches a vacation rental program, a harrowing tale of actually using Frontier's all-you-can-fly pass and at least one frequent flyer thinks JetBlue might be as much of a premium airline as Delta. All...
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How to cancel Virgin Atlantic partner awards online

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Over the summer I had used my Virgin Atlantic points to book a Delta flight from Detroit to DC.  Delta would have charged 16,000 points.  Virgin charged only 7,500.  Later, our plans changed and...
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My first steps towards divorcing Delta’s elite program

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On Sunday, I signed up for the Alaska status match designed for disgruntled Delta elites.  That should give me Alaska MVP Gold 75K status for 90 days and then once I sign up for...
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New Credit Card Displays

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For the past several weeks, Carrie and I have been working behind the scenes to refresh our credit card displays and, as of yesterday evening, the new formatting is live! The card-display refresh had a...
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[Update: Uh-oh] Transfers from Amex to Aeroplan not going through quickly

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Update 9/21/23: Many readers have reported in the comments that they transferred to Aeroplan and transfers are not going through in a timely fashion. I had transferred to my own account on Monday and my...
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Delta’s new elite requirements: Blatant copies of United

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I knew that the general idea of Delta's new elite requirements seemed to follow United and AA's lead (see: Delta’s 2024 elite program - it ain’t pretty), but until I started crunching the numbers...
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A new Hyatt Premium Card, Delta makes everyone angry and skipping TSA Precheck for...

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Hyatt exploring a new premium card, trying out Chase's premium card rental insurance and did Delta go too far with their recent program changes? All that and more in this week's Saturday Selection, our...
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Turkish Star Alliance awards online once again! Book United to Hawaii for 7500 miles...

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In 2019, we broke the news on the Turkish Miles & Smiles sweet spot for domestic Star Alliance flights with the revelation that it was possible to book domestic flights on United, including to...
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Big changes coming to Delta SkyMiles, how to get free United flights and new...

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Big changes are coming next week to Delta SkyMiles, a rarely-discussed perk that can get you free flights on United and Citi's new cards are rumored (again) to be coming soon. All that and...
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1GB free international mobile data with U.S. Bank Altitude Connect card

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U.S. Bank has launched a new benefit on the Altitude Connect card: complimentary GigSky global mobile data (up to 1GB of data valid for 15 days from activation). While that's not a ton of...
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Simple tip: Get sortable search results with Air Canada by turning your phone

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File this one under really simply tips, but did you know that by turning your mobile device sideways (into a landscape view), you can get easily-sortable search results on AirCanada.com? I discovered this about...
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Hyatt Regency puts guests in hurricane danger, Visa and Mastercard to raise fees and...

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A Hyatt Regency in Florida lied to guests and put them in the path of a hurricane, Visa and Mastercard look to raise merchant fees and Google Flights debuts a new "best time to...

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