Introduction Even when things are going smoothly, travel planning and making the best use of credit card & points-and-miles benefits can be a challenging task. Compound that with uncertainty, and the entire process can become overwhelming. As most Middle Age…
Introduction Without a doubt, the biggest news in the credit card and points-and-miles world this week has been Chase’s announcement of an increased annual fee for the Chase Sapphire Reserve (CSR) card, along with the addition of some ancillary benefits…
Introduction About 2 weeks ago, we saw an article on Frequent Miler about a “new business” promotion from Plastiq. Details were a little vague, but they seemed interesting to us. The gist of the deal was that, if we established…
Introduction and Background The World of Hyatt program offers several ways for members to obtain free night awards that are good at Category 1 through 4 hotels. Members can earn these Cat 1-4 free nights by: Staying 30 qualifying nights…
Introduction At Middle Age Miles, our mission is to help you live your dreams through travel and points. One of the ways we do this, of course, is to find valuable points-and-miles opportunities and tell you about them. Here’s a…
Introduction Our recent Manufactured Spend Data Points (MS DP) series proved to be very popular. As regular readers will recall, we started off as total rookies on the subject of MS with Visa Gift Cards (VGCs) and Mastercard Gift Cards…
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…
Introduction While I’ve been on vacation in Switzerland & France and catching up after that trip, I’ve given a lot of thought to the question posed by this case study – Should I execute on a 15-month plan to get…
Introduction Middle Age Miles is in the midst of Going for Globalist in 2019 with Hyatt. Globalist status requires 60 elite qualifying nights with Hyatt (55 if you’re renewing the status this year), and the opportunities to manufacture elite nights…
Introduction Last week, we published an article about Hilton Free Weekend Night Certificates earned through $15k spend in a calendar year on the mid-tier Amex Hilton Ascend card. Middle Age Miles: How Fast Does an Amex Hilton Ascend $15k Free…