Good afternoon everyone, happy Thursday! I was working on my Buy Miles & Points Page and found 6 offers that end in the next week. Always check the math to make sure that buying miles & points makes sense for you. Do not buy miles & points speculatively unless you have a use in mind. With that said, here are 6 offers that end soon.
Up first, British Airways is offering up to a 40% bonus, depending on the number of British Airways Avios you purchase. This offer expires tomorrow – December 15.
Good morning everyone, I hope your week is going well. I’ve been a huge fan of Vacasa Vacation Rentals using Wyndham Rewards Points and have booked 6 Vacasa properties in California and Hawaii over the last few years. Back in October, Frequent Miler discovered that Vacasa now has a lower cap on reservations booked with WR Points. You can now only redeem WR Points if the price per bedroom per night is $350 or less, down from the previous $500 per bedroom per night. That is a major blow to the value you could get booking Vacasa Vacation Rentals.
Here is the current chart that shows the price in dollars and WR Points needed, based on the number of bedrooms and the average nightly price (including taxes and fees). If you have a Barclays Wyndham Rewards Earner Plus or Earner Business credit card, you get a 10% discount on the number of WR Points needed. Based on those numbers, the maximum cents per point (CPP) is 2.33 CPP for all members and 2.59 CPP for Earner Plus and Earner Business CC members.
# Bedrooms |
Avg Nightly Price Cap |
# WR Points |
10% Discount |
CPP Standard |
CPP Earner CC |
| 1 | $350 | 15,000 | 13,500 | 2.33 | 2.59 |
| 2 | $700 | 30,000 | 27,000 | 2.33 | 2.59 |
| 3 | $1,050 | 45,000 | 40,500 | 2.33 | 2.59 |
| 4 | $1,400 | 60,000 | 54,000 | 2.33 | 2.59 |
Good morning everyone, I hope your weekend is going well. On October 31, I called Bank of America about my Bank of America Business Advantage Unlimited Cash Rewards (UCR) Credit Card and told the rep I wanted to close the credit card because I wasn’t using it anymore. The rep offered me a $50 retention offer with no spend if I kept the credit card open and I said yes. Fast forward to December 7, I still had not seen the $50 retention offer, which I assumed would show up as a $50 statement credit. As part of my daily routine, I check my Bank of America app and did not see any credits show up on my UCR. When I called Bank of America to inquire about the status of my $50 retention offer, the rep put me on hold for a few minutes to read the notes and see what happened. When the rep returned, I was told that the $50 retention offer was put into my Cash Rewards. I never thought to check there. In this post, I will show you where to go to find the retention offer in the Cash Rewards and the various redemption options.
To get started, sign into your Bank of America account (either online or via the app), select your business credit card account, and then select the corporate account.
Good afternoon everyone. As I was going on my daily walk listing to my favorite miles and points podcast, I thought of a crazy idea. With the recently announced changes to the World of Hyatt Milestone Rewards Chart, and the addition of the Ultimate Free Night Award at 150 elite nights, I thought about Hyatt Globalist elite status. Since Hyatt Globalist elite status is achieved once you hit 60 elite nights, but the new Milestone Rewards chart goes up to 150 elite nights, it seems like there is a big hole for Hyatt to come up with a new top tier status that supersedes Globalist. As a reminder, the current elite status tiers are called:
With elite status tiers that start with the letters D, E, and G (I guess Hyatt decided to skip F words), maybe the new top tier would start with the letter H. I decided to ask my AI friend ChatGPT for help. Here is our conversation:
Grant: Hyatt elite status tiers are Discoverist, Explorist, and Globalist. What is the next status tier that starts with the letter H?
ChatGPT: Actually, the Hyatt elite status tiers don’t currently include a tier that starts with the letter H after Globalist. As of my last update, Globalist is the highest tier within the World of Hyatt program. There might be future changes or additions to their tier system, so it’s worth checking directly with Hyatt for any updates or new tiers that might have been introduced since then.
Good morning everyone, happy Friday! Last weekend, I was in Las Vegas with my family. I haven’t visited Las Vegas in probably 2 years, so it was nice to be back for a visit. I flew Avelo, the new low cost airline, from Sonoma / Santa Rosa Airport (STS) to Las Vegas (LAS) and then took an Uber to the Linq Hotel (the hotel with the Linq High Roller observation wheel). I used my Caesar’s Diamond elite status when booking the room so I got a good deal on the room and paid no resort fees due to my elite status. After checking in, I went to the Caesars Rewards desk and asked for a new rewards card (my old card expired January 2023). I then checked to see what promos I had available and there was a coupon for 2 free tickets to the Linq High Roller observation wheel and my $100 Celebration Dinner.
