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Chase reduces redemption rates on hundreds of The Edit properties

The Edit by Chase Travel℠ is a luxury hotel booking program available to JP Morgan Reserve and Chase Sapphire Reserve® cardholders. When booking hotels through The Edit, cardholders enjoy a suite of valuable benefits and, in most cases, will also qualify for elite credit, rewards, and perks when staying at chain hotel...

One Mile at a Time

Trump Claims Buying Spirit Airlines Is Necessary For National Defense

We know that President Trump is working on a plan for the government to bail out Spirit Airlines. The airline hasn’t turned a profit in seven years, and is continuing to hemorrhage money. The idea is to give the airline a $500 million loan, and for that to eventually give...

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White House Plan To Bail Out Spirit Airlines Is Illegal

The White House is trying to justify a $500 million Spirit Airlines rescue by claiming the carrier is somehow essential to national defense, even though Spirit is a failing ultra-low-cost airline with no obvious military necessity.

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Cruising for free | Frequent Miler on the Air Ep355 | 4-23-26

In today’s episode, we’ll talk about Amex Platinum shutting down paths for earning Delta airline fee credits, Google Hotels adding price drop alerts, and all the many paths that still exist for free cruises in 2026. Main Event: Cruising for free Watch the full episode below, or listen on your...

One Mile at a Time

Emirates Working On En-Suite Bathrooms In First Class: Why I’m Skeptical

Emirates President Tim Clark is a bright guy, who really understands branding and passenger experience. So along those lines, he made some comments this week about what we could see from the carrier’s first class in the future, though I’m not taking these claims at face value.

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Hilton Chase Offer: Save 10% on purchases of $100+

There is a new Chase Offer out that offers 10% back when staying at Hilton brands in the US, capped at $65 in total cash back. Neither my wife nor I have it on any of our cards, so it may be geographically targeted. (h/t DDG) The Deal Earn 10%...

Miles To Memories

Vegas Is Getting Cruel, Another Wild NBA Arena, $138 Potato & Caesars Takes the SuperBook!

Is Vegas getting cruel, $138 potatoes, new Vanderpump Carpet, another new NBA arena & Caesars picks up a legend.

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United CEO Says He’s In Talks To Buy Assets From Another Airline

United CEO Scott Kirby says the airline is in talks to buy assets from another carrier, a remark that immediately raises the question of whether he means pieces of Spirit or JetBlue. United has been openly hunting for ways to strengthen weak spots in Florida and New York without waiting...

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Hyatt Place Provo Review

I recently returned from a trip to BYU in Utah - here is my Hyatt Place Provo hotel review, including info on wifi, food, rooms, amenities, cost and more

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‘All I Could See Were 50 Or So Men’: Woman Travels To Every Country In The World. For The First Time, She Fears For Her Life. Then She Realizes What’s Really Going On

"There were all these cars blocking the only exit."

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What are Virgin Atlantic points worth?

One of the great virtues of Virgin points is that they are easy to accumulate. Points transfer 1-to-1 from most major transferable programs, and transfer bonuses that make that ratio even better are common. That said, while Virgin has some incredible point pricing on many award flights, it’s also notorious for...

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ICE Put A Deportee On A Flight To Alaska Instead Of India, Then Blocked Him From Leaving The U.S. For 16 Days

ICE was escorting a man who had agreed to leave the U.S. onto a commercial flight from Seattle to New York so he could connect to India. The officers bypassed the boarding gate process, and walked him onto the Alaska Airlines flight at the next gate that was going to...

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Taste Test: Centennial Beef Wellington on American Airlines (Yuck)

American Airlines is celebrating 100 years of flying. As part of the festivities, the…

Miles To Memories

Capital One Quicksilver Switching to Discover Network, Adds 3% Bonus Categories

Capital One is informing existing cardholders that he card will soon move to the Discover network. There are also two new 3% categories.

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Earn 500 Bonus SkyMiles by Shopping

Effective through Monday, May 4, 2026 at 11:59:59 in the evening Eastern Daylight Time, you can earn 500 bonus SkyMiles by shopping — in addition to the standard SkyMiles earned — during the Mother’s Day Bonus Offer campaign at the Delta Air Lines SkyMiles shopping portal by spending a minimum...

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Amex Raised Platinum’s Fee, Customers Didn’t Cancel — Higher Annual Charges Coming Across Cards

American Express just showed that raising the Platinum annual fee does not drive cardmembers away, with retention holding steady even after the refresh and higher pricing. Even more important, existing cardmembers are spending more, net card fees are growing faster than other revenue lines, and Amex is proving that consumers...

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Avianca Expands US Network With New Routes and Increased Frequencies This Summer

Avianca is ramping up its US operations for Summer 2026. The airline has unveiled…

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Ouch! More Bad News from Hyatt as 112 Hotels Shift to Higher Category in May

Hyatt will change categories for 136 properties, with 112 hotels will shifting to a higher award category. This is in addition to award chart changes that make each category more expensive.

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Ouch: Hyatt Annual Award Increases Are Out and the Majority of Hotels Move Up

Hyatt is rolling out the annual update to the redemption costs for its World…

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World of Hyatt announces 2026 category changes. They’re not inspiring.

Not content to simply obliterate its award chart, World of Hyatt today announced its award category changes for 2026. The good news is that “only” 136 properties are affected. The bad news is that 112 of them are going up in price. The really bad news is that Hyatt’s new,...

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Hyatt Releases Its Annual Award Category Changes: I’m Over It

tl;dr – 136 properties are changing. Here are a few notable moves. Hyatt is planning some major changes…

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New Chase Offer for AT&T Wireless, Save $75 on Your Monthly Bill

There's an new targeted Chase Offer on select credit cards. Cardholders will receive a $75 credit wen making $100 or more AT&T Wireless payments.

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Etihad Grows To Double Daily In Chicago And Daily In Charlotte — It’s Not As Crazy As It Sounds

Etihad is expanding in two U.S. markets at a moment when Middle East demand looks shaky, adding a second daily Chicago flight and boosting Charlotte to daily service for the summer. On the surface that looks aggressive, but the real play is not local Abu Dhabi demand — it is...

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‘Had A Valid Ticket, Checked In, Everything’: Woman Books Flight With Discount European Airline. Then She Tries To Board

"This shouldn’t be normal.”

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Ethiopia is Building a $12 Billion Airport to Become a Global Leader in Connectivity

tl;dr – The country has big ambitions to win a share of the region’s connecting traffic. In January,…

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Kickstarter: MIDISHI M1 Automatic Shoe Washer And Dryer

The MIDISHI M1 is an automatic shoe washer and dryer trying to get you to stop washing your shoes by hand. Taking up a tiny amount of space, it's on Kickstarter, but only for a few more ...

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United Airlines CEO Says Internal Turf Wars Keep Airfares Too Low

According to United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby, airfares do not rise when they should. They rise when airlines are “forced” to act. In that, Kirby muses, is a lesson on how airlines can get away with raising fares. United CEO Says Airlines Foolishly Only Raise Fares In A Crisis United...

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I Didn’t Know Hilton Honors Allowed This Great Option

Hilton Honors has a feature that doesn’t get much attention—but it can make a big difference when you’re trying to book an award stay. If you’ve ever collected points across…