The Points Mom

A 3 Night Stay At THE FOUR SEASONS! In Vancouver For 2/3 Free And A savings of $1,200

  Since I recently used most of my Starpoints for Hawaii for this coming December, and now Whistler, I did not have enough to book a Starwood hotel in Vancouver.  Could I have raised the Starwood points?  Yes, I could have transferred American Express Membership Rewards points into my Starwood account.  (Starwood is a transfer partner […]

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What Does The Bonus Category “Travel” Mean For The Chase Ultimate Rewards Cards

. You earn 2X and 3X Chase Ultimate Rewards points when you use your Chase Sapphire Preferred Card and Chase Sapphire Reserve Card respectively on travel purchases.  Well how does Chase define travel for this purpose?  The following is directly from the Chase  site…. “Merchants in the travel category include airlines, hotels, motels, timeshares, campgrounds, car rental agencies, […]

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Comparing Travel Redemption Options of the Major Banks

In this post, I am going to talk about redeeming points for travel.   This post will not focus on transferring points, but rather on, using points to pay for travel.  Also, as you will see below, some of these cards offer a point discount/bonus when redeeming and others offer a point rebate.  You can […]

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