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    Credit Card Review: Delta SkyMiles Gold American Express Card

    by joeheg March 6, 2025
    by joeheg March 6, 2025

    Delta offers a range of co-branded credit cards in partnership with American Express, and the Gold Delta cards serve as the mid-tier option in the lineup. With an annual fee …

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  • Points & Miles

    What Do Award Booking Services Offer & Who Should Use Them?

    by joeheg February 9, 2025
    by joeheg February 9, 2025

    You’ve been racking up points for years, but when you try to book your dream business-class flight, nothing works. Frustrated? You’re not alone. When it comes to airline frequent flyer …

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  • Points & Miles

    What’s An Open-Jaw Flight & Why Should You Care?

    by joeheg January 14, 2025
    by joeheg January 14, 2025

    The simplest round-trip airfare consists of flying to one city and then flying back from the arriving airport to your origin airport. An example would be flying from New York …

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  • Points & Miles

    Are Black Friday Loyalty Point Sales Worth It?

    by joeheg November 29, 2024
    by joeheg November 29, 2024

    Black Friday is here, bringing a frenzy of sales from nearly every retailer imaginable. Once a one-day affair, Black Friday has evolved into a week-long (or longer) sales extravaganza, seamlessly …

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  • Points & Miles

    The Risk Of Booking Airline Awards With Partner Airlines

    by joeheg November 3, 2024
    by joeheg November 3, 2024

    Most people who redeem frequent flyer miles for an airline ticket initially do so to travel on the airline that sponsors the program. For example, SkyMiles members book a flight …

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  • Points & Miles

    Why Booking Through Portal With Miles is Better Than Transferring Points

    by joeheg November 2, 2024
    by joeheg November 2, 2024

    When searching for flights, you may come across amazing deals that are difficult to resist. For instance, when I planned our vacation to Iceland, I found a round-trip ticket from …

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  • Points & Miles

    Delta SkyMiles: The Ultimate Earn And Burn Currency

    by joeheg September 30, 2024
    by joeheg September 30, 2024

    Delta SkyMiles is the loyalty program people love to hate. It’s been an industry leader in making customer-unfriendly moves, such as changing award prices with no warning (and claiming that …

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  • Credit Cards

    Which International Airlines Offer US Credit Cards?

    by joeheg August 18, 2024
    by joeheg August 18, 2024

    Every once in a while, I’ll see a post about a credit card from an airline outside the United States. The card is from a bank in the U.S. and …

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    The Loopholes Delta & Alaska Use To Not Pay You For Late Bags

    by SharonKurheg August 8, 2023
    by SharonKurheg August 8, 2023

    Both Delta and Alaska have policies where, if you’ve flown on their respective airlines and your luggage isn’t at baggage claim within 20 minutes, they’ll give you something for the …

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  • Points & Miles

    Rules For Expiring Airline Miles In The Age Of Coronavirus

    by joeheg July 3, 2020
    by joeheg July 3, 2020

    It was challenging to remember the mileage expiration policies of airline miles before coronavirus. Every airline has announced a different date when they will once again say accounts are inactive …

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