I’m a bit behind reporting on the recent changes to the Hilton program that broke yesterday. I saw the e-mail when it came out but a crazy schedule pulled me away from banging out a quick post on the info. And, I wasn’t a big fan…
For the miles and points junkie, it’s all about the deal. With any deal, bigger is always better, right? That’s our goal. Find the biggest deals. The game keeps changing which is what keeps it interesting. I recently stumbled upon a wrinkle in the…
There were plenty of replies for my beverage voucher giveaway, and even a few funny ones. I decided I would pick out a few of my favorite responses as winners and then randomly pick the rest. First, for my favorite responses: DrewBird wrote: I…
This Just In, 7 Points Per Dollar On Apple Purchases: Via View From the Wing, Staples is going to start carrying Apple products soon. I was in the middle of typing this post when I saw Gary’s post and this immediately became the #1…
This post won’t be riveting material for many of my readers, but I have been curious for quite some time what American Airlines’ CEO Tom Horton was getting for an exit package as a result of the merger with US Airways. I had been…
Link: US Airways World MasterCard I recently applied for the US Airways World MasterCard for the first time a few months ago. I had blogged about it in the past and realized I never bothered to apply for the card myself. I was fairly…
I listened in on the press conference that Tom Horton (American CEO) and Doug Parker (US Airways CEO) conducted this morning and picked up a few interesting nuggets. In no specific order: This was a theme that came up a number of times…
It looks like the merger will be announced officially in the morning. Wall Street Journal has some particulars on it. And, I think View From The Wing has done a great job of breaking down some of the various components of a merger. I…
A couple of weeks ago I wrote about some changes to the credit card offers being shown on American Airlines’ website. It wasn’t great news, the sign-up bonus on the MasterCard looked like it was dropping from 40,000 miles to 30,000 miles. Shortly thereafter,…
Another small data point on purchasing variable amount gift cards from Office Depot using your Ink Bold card to earn 5 points per dollar. There were a few comments on my original update post indicating that some stores still have cards and some stores…