I’ve been blessed multiple times to unknowingly move to communities that had favorable environments for manufactured spend. Now, that’s not exactly a “coincidence,” since many of..

When the travel hacking blogosphere erupted in recent weeks with “rumors” that Chase might, maybe, eventually end the ability to combine points between fixed-value Ultimate Rewar..

Back in March when I first wrote about US Bank’s introduction of “Real-Time Rewards” to their Flexperks Travel Rewards and Altitude credit cards, reader Chris left a comment warn..

I was updating my Hotel Promotions page with the latest Hilton, Starwood, and Marriott promotions when I noticed some overlapping dates during which you should be able to qualify..

Last week, I saw via Frequent Miler that Chase was offering a new bonus for new Freedom Unlimited customers: 3 fixed-value Ultimate Rewards points per dollar spent on all purchases

Since blog subscribers already knew about the changes coming to Marriott’s elite status qualification in August, I want to highlight two additional takeaways from the details rel..

It’s been a wild month or two in the world of manufactured spend, with free groceries at Giant/Stop&Shop/Martins, more free or cheap gas promotions (depending on your region), an..

It’s been a long time since I’ve applied for a new credit card. So long, in fact, that I was astonished to log into the credit monitoring service I got

This is a quick example of what I’ve observed for a while – that since last year, AA award availability has improved from the pathetically lacking state of a few years ago.  It’s..

I’ve never successfully bought one of the US Travel Association’s “Daily Getaways,” but when they’re released I always poke my head over to see if anything jumps out at me