On December 31, 2015, I had one day and $750 left to spend, where I would earn 10 Chase Ultimate Rewards points per $1 spent on the Chase Freedom’s card 4th quarter bonus categories, one of which was Amazon. Recall, you normally earn 5 points per dollar on up to $1,500 spent in bonus categories each […]
Category: Reward Program Updates
With Rain Comes Rainbows On Kauai
Greetings from Kauai. We landed here early in the day and we were at the hotel pool and beach by lunch time. Don’t forget, we are staying on Starwood points (squished in one room) at the St. Regis Princeville Resort. But we have our portable bed, so we made it work. And yes, the hotel is quite […]
Sometimes Get Better Sign-Up Bonus Offers In-Flight
Last night I was on my Hawaiian Airlines flight from Honolulu to Kona (remember, we traveled to Hawaii for free). While on the flight, I got an enticing offer that I just may take advantage of. It is an in-flight offer only- to get the Hawaiian Airlines World Elite […]
Take Some Time Out Of Your Stay And Go On A Resort Presentation
Sometimes when you are at a resort that also sells time shares, you may be offered to sit through a sales presentation in exchange for points. Rob and I have taken advantage of this many times, especially at Starwood Resorts. In fact, we suckers, have bought a few in the past. We own a prime […]
History, A Sub And A Very Intense Pineapple Maze Race On Oahu
Back in 1998, when Rob and I came to Hawaii for our honeymoon (on free Delta flights), we rushed out of Oahu for more exotic islands like Lanai and Kauai. But this trip, with the kids, we stayed for a few days as we had a ton to do on Oahu. We landed in Oahu […]
Barclays Arrival Cards May Not Be The Best Cards For Advance Planners
Recall that with the Barclays Arrival Cards, you can book and pay for travel with the card and then redeem your miles for a statement credit. You must choose a travel purchase within the last 120 days to get the redemption. Based on my own travel plans which I speak about below, I came to the […]
North Carolina-Delta Flights and Hyatt Hotel Paid For Using Chase Sapphire Preferred
I am currently in Cary, North Carolina. I came down for s swim meet with my daughter. Getting down here was quite inexpensive (the Delta flights were about $120 a piece and the Hyatt Place hotel about $80 per night), so I did not even attempt to try to use miles or points for this […]
Delta SkyMiles Medallion Benefits
Now that you know how to achieve Delta SkyMiles Medallion Status, what do you get with this status? Here are just some of the Silver, Gold, Platinum and Diamond Membership Benefits. To see the complete details of all of the benefits of each level, you can click here. […]
Sharing And Transferring HawaiianMiles
The Share Miles program rules applying to transfers of HawaiianMiles are grouped into two separate categories. Which set of rules applies, depends on whether the transferee is a Hawaiian Airlines credit card member or not. 1 Any HawaiianMiles member can Share Miles to a Hawaiian Airlines primary credit cardholder free of charge with no minimums or […]
Sharing And Transferring Barclays Miles
The Barclays rules state that “you have no property rights or other legal interest in miles. Miles have no cash value or value of any kind until they are fully redeemed. Miles may not be assigned, transferred or pledged.” Looks like transferring is not an option. […]