Introduction Over the past couple of days, we’ve seen Amex and Chase come out with numerous bonus offers for spend at supermarkets. We wanted to line up all the bonuses and compare their points-earning rates, so we can analyze how…
Big-Spend Credit Card Bonuses & Benefits for 2020 – Yes, No or Maybe?
Introduction We’re a little later than we wanted to be in publishing this article for 2020, but once again we thought it would be useful to review some big-spend bonuses and benefits available on our credit cards and give you…
What’s In Our Wallet 2020? Part 3: Our “Spend Matrix” – How We Use Bonus Categories to Maximize Our Points-and-Miles Earning and Travel for Less
This article is Part 3 of our “What’s In Our Wallet 2020?” series. Here are links to Parts 1 and 2, and once published, we’ll add a link to the Epilogue. * Part 1 – What’s In Our Wallet 2020?…
What’s In Our Wallet 2020? Part 2: Why We Acquired and Hold Each Card
This article is Part 2 of our “What’s In Our Wallet 2020?” series. Here are link to Parts 1 & 3, and once published, we’ll add a link to the Epilogue. * Part 1 – What’s In Our Wallet 2020?…
Middle Age Miles News & Notes 10/4/19 – Chase World of Hyatt statement credit offer; Hilton-Lyft promo; Discovery hotel program double nights; Choice Privileges status match at Cambria
Here’s more News & Notes from Middle Age Miles as we near the end of the best gift-card buying week of the year, which has been keeping us quite busy! 1. Chase World of Hyatt card holders – $50 statement…
An Even Better Way to Manufacture Hyatt Elite Night Credits Without Leaving Your Couch
Massive Middle Age Miles hat tip to very astute reader Boris, who sent a comment over the weekend suggesting the strategy discussed in this article. Introduction and Background Sometimes in our efforts to get creative, we over-complicate things. Last week,…
How to Manufacture Hyatt Elite Night Credits for Minimal Cost – Without Leaving Your Couch!*
Introduction As regular readers of Middle Age Miles know, we’re working toward achieving Globalist elite status with the World of Hyatt program during 2019. (For more details on the benefits of Globalist status as well as our thought process and…
10% Rebate on Redeemed Points for Chase World of Hyatt Cardholders, July 1-Sept 2 (Registration Required)
World of Hyatt and Chase announced a new promotion this morning where Chase World of Hyatt credit card holders can earn a 10% rebate on all World of Hyatt points they redeem for stays or activities from July 1 through…
Credit Card Updates and Our Take – Amex Gold, Chase Southwest, Chase Hyatt, Citi Rewards+, B of A Cash Rewards
There’s been a lot of news in the credit card world over the past week or so, which has been the subject of many articles by other bloggers. As usual, much of the information that’s been written is good, but…
Big-Spend Credit Card Bonuses & Benefits for 2019 – Yes, No or Maybe?
With 2019 kicking off, I thought it would be useful to review the big-spend bonuses and benefits available on our credit cards and give you our thoughts on each of them. We’ll break them down into: Yes, Definitely; On the…