No doubt, the biggest news in the credit card/points-and-miles world this week has been the impending changes coming to the Chase Sapphire Reserve (CSR) card. We’ve been digesting that news and thinking through the CSR value proposition and strategies in…
Introduction When you are earning points and miles and considering possible redemptions, it is critically important to have a general understanding of the value of those points and miles. All points and miles are not created equal! Thus, back in September 2018…
Introduction and Background A few weeks ago in one of our News & Notes articles, we noted that Points.com was no longer available through the Top Cashback (TCB) shopping portal. This eliminated what we thought was the best portal option…
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…
This week we’ve been traveling to Seattle, so we’re a little behind on News & Notes for the past couple of days. Let’s do a quick catch-up of some interesting tidbits we’ve seen during the latter half of this week,…
Hyatt and MGM/MLife have introduced a great Fall 2019 promotion where you can earn double Hyatt points on stays at 12 MGM/MLife properties in Vegas. We’ll tell you about the promotion details, plus walk you through ways to get incredible…
Let’s jump right in to an interesting collection of Middle Age Miles “News & Notes” for today: 1. AAdvantage 25% Bonus on Some Hotel Point Transfers AAdvantage launched a new promo with a 25% bonus for converting hotel loyalty points…
Yesterday, in lieu of a scatter-shot “News & Notes” post, we published a summary article focused on the many Fall 2019 hotel chain points promotions: Middle Age Miles: Round-Up of Fall 2019 Hotel Chain Points Promotions – Accor, Best Western,…
We thought it would be worthwhile to compile the Fall 2019 points promotions from major hotel chains in one place, so readers can compare. We’ve previously covered the major promotions from Hilton and Hyatt, but there are a number of…
Summary of the Promotion As of yesterday (September 15), Hyatt’s Fall 2019 worldwide promotion is underway. Hyatt calls the promotion “Bonus Journeys” and you’ll earn triple points at Hyatt Place hotels; double points at all other Hyatt hotels (including SLH…