Our sister site, Straight To The Points, just sent out first class award space for two people on a bunch of dates next year, including the spring and summer.
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Award space will go quickly on this one!
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Get 10% when you spend $100+ with a maximum of $57 cash back. That means you can earn 10% back on $570 spent. This deal ends on December 31, 2023. You don't need to complete your stay by then, but you need to pay by then.
There are separate Chase Offers for Intercontinental, Kimpton, Crowne Plaza, Holiday Inn, and Holiday Inn Express.
Points Wire Note:
Stack this with IHG's Flash Sale and go through a cash back shopping portal for even more savings - details here.
Unfortunately, Amex ended this targeted transfer bonus promo early.
You can transfer Amex Membership Rewards points to Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer and get a 20% bonus through December 31, 2023.
Transfers from Amex to Singapore KrisFlyer can take up to 48 hours to process. If you've transferred Amex points to KrisFlyer previously, transfers often process a bit faster.
It seems this is a targeted offer. While I have it on my account, some readers have reported that they do not.
"Earn 5,000 Bonus Points per qualifying stay when you stay at least 3 qualifying nights at an Inclusive Collection brand between January 8 and March 3, 2024. A maximum of 10,000 Bonus Points may be earned under this promotion."
Staples is currently offering $100 Airbnb gift cards for $90. You can buy up to three Airbnb gift cards at the promo price. Email delivery can take up to 24 hours. While supplies last. Offer ends today.
Points Wire Note:
If you have a Chase Ink Cash, you can earn 5x at Staples. You can then use the gift cards on purchases that wouldn't otherwise earn bonus points - 5x is better than 1-2x!
One Mile At A Time: "Alaska Airlines has announced changes to qualifying for elite status in the Mileage Plan program for 2024. For the most part, I’d say these updates are quite positive. This follows the recently announced changes to Mileage Plan award redemptions, which will be implemented in March 2024."
Points Wire Note:
Positives: Simplified earning with elite qualifying miles (EQMs) without a minimum number of Alaska segments and the ability to earn up to 20,000 EQMs with spend on an Alaska credit card (personal or business). The new choice rewards look promising as well.
Negative: Reduced mileage earning bonuses for those with elite status starting in 2025.
New York Governor's Office: "Pursuant to the new law, credit card issuers have 45 days to provide notice to cardholders when any existing credit card account or rewards program is cancelled or closed or modified in a way that is less favorable to the consumer. This includes any change that eliminates or reduces the value of a consumer’s points, makes it harder to accumulate points, limits rewards availability, or otherwise diminishes the value of the rewards program. From the day the credit card issuer sends this notice, consumers have 90 days to redeem their accrued points or rewards in accordance with the program’s original terms and conditions. While consumers often cash in their rewards before closing their accounts, the law requires a grace period after any account is closed."
Delta SkyMiles is a notoriously bad program for aspirational award bookings. However, they occasionally have useful economy award rates with flash award sales. This award sale is for flights to/from Seattle and it ends on December 14, 2023 so you need to book quickly.
Loyalty Lobby: "Indonesia’s Tourism Minister has announced that the ministry is currently preparing an amendment to remove the Visa on Arrival requirement for 20 nationalities, returning to the previous Visa Waiver entry option."
Of the 20 countries, the United States would be one of them.
Get 10% back, up to $100, on a prepaid hotel bookings when you book via expedia.com/amex by April 12, 2024.
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