Good morning everyone, I have 5 decent AMEX Offers available. Since I am in California, most of these offers are targeted to residents on the West Coast. The offers available below are Five Crowns, Bayside Restaurant, Bistango Restaurant, Janie and Jack, and Stay LA Hotel Offer.
(Hat Tip to Doctor of Credit’s post)
Good evening everyone, there is no doubt in my mind that I love Chase and Chase loves me. I have quite a few credit cards (both personal and business) with Chase. I always want the latest card design (remember the new Citi American Airlines Executive Credit Card? or the new Chase Ink Bold/Plus Business Cards?) and am a big fan of EMV (aka Chip and Signature) credit cards. After reading Will’s recent post about the Chase United Airlines MileagePlus Credit Card adding EMV chips to their card, I decided to call Chase.
(Hat Tip to my Hyatt insider)
Good morning everyone, Hyatt has announced 3 new perks for Diamond elite members, effective on March 1. To become a Hyatt Diamond elite member, you must complete 25 stays or 50 nights each calendar year. Here are the new perks:
This week, Hyatt added 2 new properties to the Hyatt family: Park Hyatt Sanya Sunny Bay Resort (category 5 in Hainan, China) and Hyatt City of Dreams Manila (category 2 in Manila, Philippines). According to the press release, the Park Hyatt Sanya is located on Hainan Island, “China’s southernmost province widely known as ‘the Hawaii of China.’ The hotel marks the fifth Park Hyatt hotel in China, as well as the 35th Park Hyatt hotel in the world.” The Park Hyatt Sanya looks beautiful and has a gorgeous beach-front view. Click here to view the home page.
Good afternoon everyone, here is part 2 of Random News for today (part 1 from earlier today). My Chase Ritz-Carlton Credit Card statement closed on January 4, so I have some information regarding annual fees and statement credits. There has been a lot of confusion regarding “reimbursable travel expenses” and this lengthy 90+ page FlyerTalk thread has all the details. Basically, if you buy airline gift cards, Chase knows about it now.
The $395 annual fee posted during the first billing period. I was able to purchase 2 $150 Southwest Airlines eGift Cards and get both purchases reimbursed by Chase. One reimbursement is posted as a courtesy credit and the second is posted as a statement credit. As far as I know, Chase will no longer reimburse any Southwest Airlines Gift Cards or eGift Cards. The transactions show up online as “SOUTHWES 5260***” and Chase is able to see the purchase as a gift card. I don’t know why I was able to get both charges reimbursed, it just depends which representative you get. Definitely YMMV situation.
I found it interesting that both Southwest Airlines gift cards earned 2x for airfare and also counted toward my $3,000 minimum spend. I am about $1,000 short of completing my minimum spend.
