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Bilt Will Process $100 Billion In Housing Payments This Year — The Card Is Just One Entry Point
Bilt says it expects to process more than $100 billion in housing payments this year. The real play is using housing relationships to power a broader payments, merchant, and loyalty network that can make the card just one piece of a much larger business.
Your Mileage May Vary
Why So Many Free Hotel Breakfasts Are Called “Continental”
You’ve probably seen “continental breakfast” offered at hotels countless times. But have you ever stopped to wonder what that actually means? When you choose which hotel you’re going to stay…
Miles To Memories
War On Happiness! Citi Devalues My Favorite Transfer Partner
In a war on happiness Citi is devaluing the Choice Hotels transfer rate and also reducing the transfer rates for Preferred Hotels.
Pontos pra Voar
Netflix aposta no turismo e lança guia de viagem com praias brasileiras
Com certeza você já foi influenciado por um filme a visitar um lugar específico ou, se ainda não visitou, já quis muito conhecer. Pensando justamente nisso, a Netflix está apostando no turismo lançando um guia das praias brasileiras. Essa é uma parceria com a Embratur. A ideia é transformar o...
Live and Let’s Fly
American’s Hub Problem Is A Credit Card Problem
Airlines make more from your credit card than your seat. That should change how we think about hubs, routes, and where carriers choose to grow. The Credit Card Is the Product Now We have made this point clear many times but it came up in the news just this week...
Paddle Your Own Kanoo
An Emirates Airbus A380 Superjumbo Was One of Two Planes Damaged During an Iranian Kamikaze Drone Attack at Dubai International Airport
An Emirates Airbus A380 superjumbo was one of two parked planes that were damaged during an Iranian kamikaze drone attack at Dubai International Airport (DXB) in the early days of the Iran War, it has been claimed. Sources cited by the Wall Street Journal say that, along with the iconic...
One Mile at a Time
Uzbekistan’s Qanot Sharq Launching Tashkent To New York Flights: COOL!
I suspect that most people might not share my excitement, but this might be the most intriguing new long haul service we’ve seen to the United States in a long time, purely in terms of how unknown the airline is to many people. And there’s little I love more than...
Pontos pra Voar
Garanta até 40% OFF na reserva de hotéis no Centro-Oeste brasileiro com diárias a partir de R$ 119
Aproveite o último dia da campanha do Mês do Consumidor Accor e garanta sua hospedagem no Centro-Oeste com até 40% OFF. Neste artigo, trouxemos opções de hotéis em Brasília, Goiânia, Campo Grande e Cuiabá com diárias a partir de R$ 119. Promoção ALL Accor Para esta campanha da Accor, o desconto...
Frequent Miler
Ouch: Citi decreasing transfer ratio to Choice Privileges and Preferred Hotels iPrefer on 4/19/26
One of the major advantages that Citi has enjoyed in recent years has been some standout hotel redemptions thanks to excellent transfer ratios to two niche programs: Choice Privileges and Preferred Hotels & Resorts iPrefer Rewards. Sadly, transfers to both are set to be devalued on April 19, 2026. If...
Points With a Crew
American Airlines Passengers Reject “Unreasonable” Boarding Rule That Is Supposed To Reduce Flight Disruptions
American Airlines has quietly introduced a new boarding rule that has some passengers questioning whether or not it's even ...
One Mile at a Time
I Had My First Flight With Starlink Wi-Fi… Talk About A Game Changer!
We just flew Air France business class from Miami (MIA) to Paris (CDG) to Geneva (GVA). While the most exciting thing about the experience was how well behaved our son was, there was another noteworthy aspect to the journey, which was a first-time experience for me.
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One Forgotten Barclays Card Still Has an Unusual Transfer Option
Most people think of Barclays as a bank that issues airline cards or simple fixed-value travel cards. But one forgotten Barclays product still does something you might not expect: it…
Miles To Memories
More PJs On American Airlines Flights, Bilt Launches Resy Competition & St. Maarten Entry Form Scam
In our Around the Web series we take a look at interesting articles on miles, points, travel and personal finance.
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Ministério do Turismo promove Festa Junina inédita na Argentina
Um evento inédito invadiu as ruas da capital portenha. Uma Festa Junina tomou conta de Buenos Aires com música, dança e quadrilhas perto do Obelisco, famoso monumento no centro da cdiade. A ação, organizada pelo Ministério do Turismo, pela Embratur e a Embaixada do Brasil na Argentina, teve como objetivo mostrar...
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Airports Keep Serving The One Food You Should Never Eat Before Boarding A Plane — Chili
There is one food airports should probably never be serving right before passengers board a plane, and somehow it keeps spreading: chili. Beans, sulfur, and changes in cabin pressure are already a bad combination at 30,000 feet, which makes airport chili counters and giant lounge bowls feel less like comfort...
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JetBlue Passenger Sues After Flight Attendants Gave Her Dry Ice For A Swollen Leg — It Burned Her Skin
A JetBlue passenger says flight attendants on a Paris - New York flight gave her dry ice to treat swelling in her leg, and that the extreme cold burned her skin badly enough to trigger a lawsuit.This is exactly the kind of onboard accident the Montreal Convention is designed to...