Tag Archives: Chase Ultimate Rewards Points

a logo with blue dots

Using Points.com to Exchange JetBlue TrueBlue Miles into Amtrak Guest Reward Points

Posted on by . 13 Replies

Good morning everyone.  In today’s super long/boring post, I will show you how to use Points.com to exchange miles/points from one loyalty program into another loyalty program.  Before I go on, let me explain that Points.com is somewhat similar to Award Wallet because you can add loyalty programs to your account and track their balances.  You may be familiar with Points.com if you have ever looked into buying airline miles or hotel points, since Points.com is the broker for most loyalty programs.  I am not going to talk about buying miles/points today.  Instead, I am going to talk about exchanging miles/points from one loyalty program into another loyalty program.  First things first, you need a free Points.com account and you will need to add your loaylty programs.  Here are a few of my accounts that are currently tracked by Points.com.

Continue reading →

a blue credit card with white text

Chase Freedom 10% Cash Back for Hotel & Rental Car Bookings (Actually a Good Deal!)

Posted on by . 5 Replies

Good morning everyone, happy Sunday!  First off, I wanted to thank everyone who showed up at my OC Travel Hackers meetup yesterday afternoon, it was great to see so many familiar faces and meet some new travel hackers in the area.  I will be back in Orange County in late August, so I will plan another meetup then.

If you have a Chase Freedom Credit Card (maybe the Chase Freedom Unlimited Credit Card is included too, I’m not sure), you might have received the below email from Chase about a hotel and rental car offer where you can earn 10% cash back on all hotel and rental car bookings made in July.  This offer might be targeted, so if you did not receive this email, I am not sure if you will earn the bonus.  Normally I would ignore this email since I can find great rental car deals on my own, but in this case, Chase actually had the best rental car prices I could find.

Chase Freedom Hotel Car Rental 10 Percent Email

Continue reading →

a logo with orange and grey letters

What do you do when Citi Thank You Points do not Transfer Instantly… or Ever?

Posted on by . 7 Replies

Good morning everyone, happy Father’s Day!  Before I go out for brunch with my family, I wanted to share a really bad experience I had transferring my Citi Thank You Points to my Air France / KLM Flying Blue account.  You may recall from a few weeks ago, I wrote about Transfer Times to KLM / Air France from Chase Ultimate Rewards, AMEX Membership Rewards, Citi Thank You Points & SPG Starpoints.  In that post, I said that Citi Thank You Points transferred to Air France / KLM instantly.  But what happens if your Citi Thank You Points do not transfer instantly… or ever?

6000 KLM Points Balance

Continue reading →

a blue credit card with white text

2 Months Down, 1 Month Left: Chase Freedom & Discover It Q2 5% Cash Back Category Progress

Posted on by . 8 Replies

Good morning everyone, I hope you all had a great weekend.  My Chase Freedom and Discover It credit card statements just closed and I wanted to take a quick look and see how I was doing on the quarterly cash back categories.  As a reminder, the Chase Freedom Credit Card earns 5% cash back on the first $1,500 spent at grocery stores and wholesale clubs from April 1 through June 30.

Chase Freedom Q2 Landing Page Continue reading →

a blue and red airplane with black text

PSA Reminder: Check Existing Southwest Airlines Reservations; I Rebooked & Saved $60

Posted on by . 23 Replies

Good evening everyone.  The inspiration for this post came from this Hopper alert for $130 roundtrip flights from San Francisco (SFO) to Orange Country (SNA).  Before I go on, do you like The Flight Deal, Fare Deal Alert, Secret Flying, etc.?  If so, you should check out ExitFares which aggregates all the airfare deal websites and sends you a daily email whenever they find deals for your specific airports.

I fly SFO-SNA several times a year and I usually book Southwest Airlines flights since they tend to be much cheaper than United Airlines.  But with the below airfare deal, I wanted to double check all my existing SFO-SNA reservations and see if I could save a few bucks.

Hopper Alert SFO-SNA

Continue reading →