New Chase Offers: Kimpton Hotels (20%), Audible (10%) & Kindle (20%)

Posted on January 7, 2020 by Grant. 2 Replies

Good morning everyone. I just checked my Chase app and spotted a few new Chase Offers. Check your Chase account to see if you had these offers or other new Chase Offers. I found all these offers on my Chase Sapphire Reserve Credit Card (this is the Chase credit card that I use the most, so I tend to get the most offers on this credit card).

Kimpton Hotels: 20% cash back (minimum $100, max out with $600 purchase)
Audible: 10% cash back (max out with $20 purchase)
Kindle: 20% cash back (max out with $10 purchase) – same offer as Bank of America’s BankAmeriDeal

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Ask Me Anything (AMA): Hotel Edition

Posted on January 7, 2020 by Grant. 13 Replies

Good morning everyone, I hope you had a great weekend. A few days ago, I wrote Ask Me Anything (AMA): Credit Card Edition. I had some great reader questions and I am doing the second AMA, this time on hotels. I like to describe myself as loyal to hotel loyalty programs, but not loyal to a specific hotel chain. Here is a screenshot from AwardWallet of the hotel loyalty programs I belong to and their elite status:

Here is a quick rundown of how I have these hotel elite statuses:

Best Western Diamond Select – status match from Hilton Diamond (status match link)
Caesars Rewards Diamond – status match from Wyndham Rewards (Middle Ade Miles blog post)
Choice Hotels Member – I think I have only spent 2-3 nights at Choice hotels in the last 2-3 years
Hilton Diamond – free thanks to my American Express Hilton Aspire Credit Card (my blog post)
World of Hyatt Discoverist – free thanks to my old Chase Hyatt Hotel Credit Card
IHG Rewards Spire Elite – I spent a few thousand dollars at IHG in 2019 (mainly at the InterContinental Moorea for my pre-honeymoon)
Marriott Bonvoy Platinum Elite – I had a few different Marriott / SPG credit card elite nights stack in 2019
MGM Resorts Pearl – status match from World of Hyatt Discoverist (Doctor of Credit’s post)
Radisson Rewards Gold / Silver – I have 3 different US Bank Radisson Rewards Credit Cards that come with Gold or Silver elite status
Wyndham Rewards Diamond – status matched from Caesars Rewards Diamond (Middle Ade Miles blog post)

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Ask Me Anything (AMA): Credit Card Edition

Posted on January 4, 2020 by Grant. 25 Replies

Good morning everyone, I hope your weekend is off to a great start. I love talking about credit cards and recently wrote I Paid $4,588 in Credit Card Annual Fees in 2019 & Was it Worth it? and Why Do We Keep 16 No Annual Fee Credit Cards? I also do a series called “Keep, Cancel, or Convert?” where I explain why a credit card is worth keeping or why it should be converted or closed.

Today, I want to answer your reader questions. If they are short and simple questions, I can answer them directly in the comments section. If they are longer and more complicated questions, I might write a blog post about that topic. So without further ado, what questions do you have about credit cards? Have a great weekend everyone!

View Southwest Airlines Travel Funds in your Account (Effective December 3, 2019)

Posted on January 3, 2020 by Grant. 4 Replies

Good afternoon everyone, I hope your Friday is going well. A few years ago, I wrote in my 2018 travel predictions that “Southwest Airlines will increase their Transfarency by automatically keeping track of travel funds in each account.” I wrote that post on January 14, 2018, and it looks like my prediction came true on December 3, 2019. If you log into your Southwest Airlines account, you should see a new section at the top of your My Account page that says “My Travel Funds.” Click the View Travel Funds button to view your travel funds.

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How to View or Hide AwardWallet Airline Credits, Dining Credits & Hotel Free Night Certificates

Posted on January 3, 2020 by Grant. 3 Replies

Good morning everyone, happy Friday! Yesterday, I received an interesting comment on my post: My 5 New Year’s Travel Resolutions for 2020. The commenter, MrDioji, asked: “How do you get Award Wallet to display airline and dining credits? Or do you manually add them?” He was referring to this screenshot of my American Express balances in my AwardWallet account. Instead of answering the question in the comments section, I thought it would be helpful to write a post about this topic to help other readers. In this post, I will show you how to view or hide airline credits, dining credits, hotel free night certificates, and many other pieces of information.

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