This article is a way-out-of-sequence part of our Trip Report – Swiss Alps & the Tour de France. Introduction In an article we published earlier this afternoon, we reviewed our Amex Hilton 2-card upgrade-downgrade strategy and the remarkable haul of…
Introduction Amex has a terrific lineup of Hilton co-branded credit cards with some terrific sign-up/upgrade offers and benefits. Back in late May/early June, we posted two articles about using two of these cards – the premium Aspire card and the…
In Episode 9 of our Manufactured Spend Data Points (MS DPs) series, we reviewed our purchase of a $500 Visa Gift Card (VGC) that we purchased online from GiftCards.com (GC.com) on August 1. There, we promised that we’d also report…
Hilton has a small-but-useful promotion for new members – earn up to 7,500 bonus Hilton points after 2 stays. New members who sign up through the link on the dedicated landing page for this promotion will earn 2,500 bonus Hilton…
Summer 2019 has brought two pieces of negative news from the MGM/MLife properties in Las Vegas – reduced discounts on room rates for MLife elite members, and increased resort fees at MGM’s highest-end Vegas properties, the Aria, Bellagio and Vdara.…
Over the past several months, Marriott has been making a series of changes to its Bonvoy program, each new change representing a devaluation of Marriott points. As Marriott implemented those changes, we knew that yet another major devaluation was on…
Amex recently acquired the dining reservations service Resy (a competitor to OpenTable), and it’s trying to get your attention and business by running a nice promotion. Details of the Amex-Resy Promotion Starting on August 15 and running through September 30,…
In the wake of a lot of recent experiments and articles in our Manufactured Spend Data Points (MS DPs) series, we need to do some catching up at Middle Age Miles on other recent deals that can earn you more…
In Episode 9 of our Manufactured Spend Data Points (MS DPs) series, we’ll review our purchase of a $500 Visa Gift Card (VGC) that we purchased online from GiftCards.com on August 1. This was another experiment we’d been looking forward…
Introduction Dosh, Drop and Pei are all credit card-linked apps that allow you to earn cash back (or points) for your purchases at certain specified retail merchants. As part of our recent experiments involving manufactured spend (MS) through gift card…