Good morning everyone. Yesterday afternoon, I received a few emails from US Bank regarding a new feature called Geolocation Service. According to the email, “Geolocation Service verifies your mobile phone is in close proximity to your credit card, reducing the risk of card declines while traveling.” Here is the email I received from US Bank:
Good morning everyone, my American Express Platinum Charge Card statement just closed and I noticed that there were a lot of “important changes” from American Express. Most of the time these “important changes” are minor changes in wording to the cardmember agreement, but in the most recent statement, there are some relevant changes to how AMEX Membership Reward points are earned and redeemed. Here is a quick summary of all the changes:
All the aforementioned changes go into effect on January 1, 2017. It seems like American Express is really cracking down on churners and MSers, especially on AMEX Platinum Charge Cardholders. Here is page 1 of 5 showing the new changes:
UPDATE: I updated the blog post to distinguish between the 2 AMEX Offers. They cannot be stacked. Thank you FreeTravelGuys for pointing that out in the comments.
Good morning everyone, greetings from Las Vegas. I’m waiting for my scheduled Uber pickup (blog post coming), but in the meantime, I saw some chatter on Twitter about a new AMEX Offer for Home Depot: spend $75 and get a $15 statement credit. I got the offer on all 5 of my AMEX accounts. This offer is only valid for in-store purchases. Act fast since there might be a limited number of offers available.
Good morning everyone. Last week, I was talking to a friend about converting Virgin Atlantic miles into Hilton HHonors points (2:3 transfer ratio). If you are interested in the transfer process, here is a post I wrote about the process. My *wise* friend reminded me that Virgin Atlantic miles could be used for travel on Virgin America (an airlines I fly frequently from SFO). When I looked at the Virgin Atlantic award chart for travel on Virgin America, I only saw 14 routes to/from San Francisco. What about the other Virgin America routes to/from San Francisco?
Disclaimer: This post only focuses on Virgin America routes to/from SFO, but you can follow the same steps below to find routes from your home airport. I only researched Main Cabin (aka economy class) awards on Virgin America, not Main Cabin Select or First Class award prices. Lastly, Virgin Atlantic can only book Virgin America award flights if there is award space available, so YMMV.
Good afternoon everyone, I hope your weekend is going well. I just wanted to remind everyone coming to the OC Travel Hackers Meetup on Sunday afternoon at the Tustin District In-N-Out that the date and time are slightly different from my normal meetup time, so please take note. I’m looking forward to seeing a few familiar faces and meeting some new travel hackers in Orange County.
No need to RSVP to this post. If you have any questions, please leave a comment below. Have a great weekend everyone!
