points and miles

It was only about a month ago that Citi quietly closed applications for the Citi Rewards+® Card, and now they’ve announced a new addition to the ThankYou Points lineup to …

It’s easy to forget there was a time when you didn’t know how any of this worked — before you cared about elite status, 5x categories, or which programs had …

Like many other Citi Strata Premier cardholders, we recently got an email with some disappointing news. Starting August 24, 2025, the redemption value for cashing out ThankYou Points is being …

It’s been since September 2024 that the American Express EveryDay Preferred and EveryDay cards disappeared from the AMEX website. I wrote about it then because it was odd for AMEX …

Having your credit card account shut down with no warning is the kind of financial gut punch no one wants. Yet for a growing number of Capital One customers, that’s …

One of the biggest internal struggles in travel is that tug-of-war between wanting to pay the least amount possible… and realizing that spending a little more might make your life …

Loyalty programs, whether they belong to airlines, hotels, or credit card issuers, are highly sophisticated data and analytics operations. Before they offer any benefit, they’ve already calculated how much it’ll …

If you’re a World of Hyatt member who’s ever gifted a free night or suite upgrade to a friend or family member, there’s a new rule coming your way — …

The 100K offer for the Chase Sapphire Preferred card is still alive, but some of the ways to fully maximize it are disappearing. While it reportedly has more than a …

If you hadn’t heard, there’s a great sign-up offer going on for the Chase Sapphire Preferred. Since April 3, Chase has offered 100,000 bonus points for spending $5,000 in the …