As of January 1, 2025, the Capital One Venture and Capital One Spark Miles cards will no longer receive two annual lounge passes that can be used at a Capital One Lounge or Plaza Premium Lounge. At that point, cardholders will be able to pay $45 per person to visit a Capital One Lounge. That's a $20 discount off the standard price.
Points Wire Note:
There's no way around it, this is a blow to the value of both cards. Given how crowded Capital One Lounges have become, I'm not surprised by the change. Capital One Venture X and Venture X Business cardholders will continue to have lounge access with the option to bring two guests at no cost.
For context, the Venture and Spark Miles both have $95 annual fees while the Venture X and Venture X Business have $395 annual fees. However, the latter two cards also come with annual $300 credits to Capital One Travel. This can easily make up the difference between the annual fees.
"Earn 10% back, up to $40 as a statement credit when you spend $100 or more directly at Air Canada, including taxes and after any discounts. Offer valid one time only. Offer expires 12/31/2023."
Points Wire Note: It's important to remember that this offer can only be used once. However, you can use this offer to get a discount on award ticket taxes/fees.
Amex is out with a targeted offer for Air Canada, If you spend $1,000+, you can get $150 back as a statement credit. Flights must originate in the U.S.
It's unlikely that you'll be able to use this to get a discount on award tickets taxes/fees since Air Canada doesn't make you pay carrier-imposed surcharges.
Ideally, you'll get this offer on the Amex Platinum so you can earn 5x when booking with Air Canada.
One Mile At A Time: "In May 2022, the Air Canada Aeroplan program introduced a creative long term transfer bonus in partnership with Chase. Initially this was only supposed to be valid through the end of 2023, but this has now been extended indefinitely, which is awesome news."
To get the 10% bonus, you must transfer 50,000+ Chase Ultimate Rewards points at once. You can earn up to 25,000 bonus points per year by transferring a total of 250,000 Chase points. Remember, you must transfer at least 50,000 points to get the 10% bonus.
The bonus Aeroplan points can take 72 hours to seven days to post.
Points Wire Note:
Stack this with the current 20% Chase transfer bonus to Aeroplan.
One Mile At A Time: "Historically, which qualification year credit card spending counted toward was based on when your credit card statement closed, rather than when you completed spending. Your last statement close date prior to the end of the program year would be the last to earn you Loyalty Points toward that year’s status."
"With the latest change, all credit card spending that posts to your account before the end of February will count toward the current elite qualification year, so credit card statement closing dates no longer factor into this."
Points Wire Note:
Most people who are earning points and miles via credit cards don't need to worry about earning airline status. However, those who travel for work regularly should make sure they remember this!
Amex continues to roll out more targeted offers on its co-branded hotel cards. In this round, they've released two targeted Amex Offers for Marriott Bonvoy Business cardholders. Keep an eye out for one of these offers:
Nice flag by Danny the Deal Guru.
The higher offer is a replica of the Amex Offer that was just released for the Hilton Business Card!
Don't forget, if you have the Marriott Bonvoy Brilliant Card, there's an Amex Offer for a Free Night Award worth up to 85,000 points.
Select Marriott Bonvoy Brilliant Amex cardholders can earn a Free Night Award worth up to 85,000 Marriott points. To earn the award, cardholders need to register then spend $4,000 by March 15, 2024. You can top off Free Night Awards with up to 15,000 Marriott points. That means you can use this award to help you book a room that requires 100,000 points.
If you have the Marriott Brilliant card, use this link to see if you have this targeted offer.
Nice find by Redditor TheSultan1.
I guess Marriott didn't want Hilton to have all the fun!
Select Marriott Bonvoy Brilliant Amex cardholders can earn a Free Night Award worth up to 85,000 Marriott points. To earn the award, cardholders need to register then spend $4,000 by March 15, 2024. You can top off Free Night Awards with up to 15,000 Marriott points. That means you can use this award to help you book a room that requires 100,000 points.
If you have the Marriott Brilliant card, use this link to see if you have this targeted offer.
Nice find by Redditor TheSultan1.
I guess Marriott didn't want Hilton to have all the fun!
Select Marriott Bonvoy Brilliant Amex cardholders can earn a Free Night Award worth up to 85,000 Marriott points. To earn the award, cardholders need to register then spend $4,000 by March 15, 2024. You can top off Free Night Awards with up to 15,000 Marriott points. That means you can use this award to help you book a room that requires 100,000 points.
If you have the Marriott Brilliant card, use this link to see if you have this targeted offer.
Nice find by Redditor TheSultan1.
I guess Marriott didn't want Hilton to have all the fun!
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There's a new Amex Offer for you to send $30+ to Venmo/PayPal users with your Amex Send Account and get $10 back. This offer expires March 4, 2024.
To use this offer, follow these steps.
1. Enroll in Send & Split. It's easy from the Amex app (more info here).
2. Add money to your Amex Send Account from your eligible Card (Tap the Card icon on the top left of the Amex App Home screen > Amex Send Account > ‘Add Money’).
3. Send $30+ to any Venmo/PayPal user.
Points Wire Note: CardPointers+ is an easy tool that can help make sure you don't miss an Amex Offer thanks to its Chrome extension that will automatically add all of your offers.
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