Good afternoon everyone, happy Friday! I was working on my Buy Miles & Points Page and found 5 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 5 offers that end soon.
Up next, Choice Hotels is offering up to a 35% bonus, depending on the number of Choice Hotels Privileges Points you purchase. This offer expires on October 8.
Good afternoon everyone, happy Friday! I wrote a similar post in 2022 and thought I should publish a similar reminder post for 2023. One of my favorite sock drawer credit cards is the Citi Rewards+ Credit Card. This credit card has a pretty decent sign up bonus at the moment (20,000 Citi ThankYou Points after spending $1,500 in 3 months), but my favorite feature of this credit card is the 10% rebate on redeemed Citi ThankYou Points. You can receive up to 10,000 Citi ThankYou Points rebated each calendar year, you just need to redeem at least 100,000 Citi ThankYou Points in a calendar year.
So why am I reminding you about this today? The 10% rebate posts to your Citi ThankYou Points account when your statement closes. If your statement closes on or after January 1, that will count toward your 2024 calendar year 10,000 Citi ThankYou Point limit. Therefore, you probably only have 1 or 2 more statements between now and December 31, 2022. I will show you how to calculate how many rebated Citi ThankYou Points you have already received this year.
Good afternoon everyone. Earlier today, I received an email from Amazon with the subject line Important: Changes to Amazon Key In-Garage Delivery. If you are not familiar with Amazon Key, it is a feature that some garage door openers can be connected to your Amazon account and you can have Amazon packages delivered inside your garage. I’ve used this feature for the last year and a half and it works very well. I appreciate the peace of mind know that I don’t have to worry about porch pirates taking packages from my front door.
Unfortunately, that peace of mind will cost a little more, starting today. The email said:
“As of October 4th, In-Garage Delivery costs $1.99 per order. However, that fee will be waived whenever you use Amazon Day with Key Delivery. With free Amazon Day with Key Delivery, your in-garage deliveries are combined and delivered inside your garage on the same day every week, on the day of your choice. We call it “your Amazon Day.”
This email comes 1 week before Amazon’s upcoming Amazon Prime Big Deal Days on October 10-11. If you read between the lies lines of the email, this change will give you “more convenience, flexibility, and control over your Amazon packages.” Rubbish! This seems like a cost saving measure for Amazon with no added benefit to members.
Good afternoon everyone, I hope your week is going well. I was reviewing my recent American Express statements and spotted this small change: “Effective December 30, 2023, we are eliminating the option for Card Members to buy Membership Rewards points. The Membership Rewards Program Terms and Conditions will be updated to reflect this change.” Did you even know you could buy AMEX MR Points?? I didn’t know either. Here are some more details I learned about the change.
Good afternoon everyone, I hope your week is going well. I just noticed that the American Express Business Gold Card made some changes to their 4x AMEX Membership Rewards Points earning categories, added a $240 Flexible Business Credit ($20 / month at either FedEx, Grubhub, or at office supply stores), and is offering a $12.95 / month credit to offset the $12.95 / month Walmart+ Subscription. Let’s go through these changes so you can see if these new benefits are useful. You can see these benefits on the Benefits tab in your AMEX online account. Let’s look at the 4x categories first.
