Are you are planning a trip in which you will be using hotel points and changing hotels during your trip? If any of the hotels that you are planning to book are a Starwood, Marriott, Ritz or Hilton hotel, try to stay at one (all?) for at least 5 nights. Reason being, the loyalty programs, […]
Category: Mom’s Tips
Hilton HHonors Gave Me 1,000 Points Because e-Rewards May Not
Remember, I took advantage of an offer to receive 1,000 Hilton HHonors Bonus Points for completing two e-Rewards surveys within 90 days. Well, I easily completed two short surveys within the time period. One survey was ironically on credit cards and the other on jewelry. Today I got an email stating… “Hi, cindy We are […]
Award Travel Booking Services
You may be a person that has many points and miles and would like to use them to book free travel but don’t want to do the work yourself. (Even though you could use my site as a guide 🙂 ) There are services out there that will actually look for and book award travel […]
First Checked Bag Free On JetBlue
When you fly JetBlue your first checked bag flies for free. Each checked bag must not exceed 62″ (157.5cm) in overall dimensions (ie. length + width + height) and must not exceed 50 pounds (22.73 kilos). If you are checking more than one bag, there is a $50 fee for checking a second bag and […]
Southwest Airlines-Bags Fly Free
Did you know that Southwest Airlines does not charge for your first or second checked bag? While bag fees have become the norm amongst many other airlines, Southwest has not swayed. Even skis and golf bags fly free too!!! […]
Choose The Right Card For Dining Bonuses When Dining Internationally
We know that there are certain cards where you earn bonus points for restaurant spending. In fact, you can learn a lot about these cards here. However, be careful, if you are traveling overseas, some cards only offer bonus points when you use them at U.S restaurants. It seems as if American Express rewards you […]
Before You Cancel A Card, Make Sure You Will Not Forfeit Your Points
Most of the loyalty program credit cards don’t require you to keep your card to keep your rewards. For example, your Marriott Reward points remain in your account even if you cancel you Chase Marriott Rewards credit card. Your AAdvantage miles stay in your account even if you cancel you Citi AAdvantage credit card. However, […]
All Things Being Equal, Book Travel Through A Credit Card Site Instead Of Transferring Points To A Loyalty Program
Many of the major banks offer cards that give you access to travel booking sites. For example American Express, Chase and Citibank all have online Travel centers where you can use your points to pay for your travel. You can read the specifics on how to do that on each site, here. Don’t forget, these […]
Apply For Cards That Offer Sign-Up Bonuses
Be on the lookout for good credit card point bonus offers and take advantage of them. Many credit card companies offer big point bonuses when you meet certain minimum spend requirements in a given amount of time. In addition, within many of these offers, the annual fee is waived the first year. Recently, Rob and […]
I Knocked $75 Off My $95 Annual Fee On My CitiBusiness/AAdvantage Platinum Select World MasterCard
I just received the bill for the $95 annual fee on my CitiBusiness/AAdvantage Platinum Select World MasterCard. I did not want to pay this fee. After I satisfied the terms of my offer and got my 45,000 American AAdvantage bonus miles, I stopped using the card. I did not want to pay $95 for […]