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Crowne Plaza “Bring Your Bestie” Package: Turn Business Trips Into Mini Getaways With a Companion
The Crowne Plaza Bring Your Bestie package allows you to turn business into a mini getaway for stays through Thursday, July 10, 2025 at select Crowne Plaza hotel properties within the United States...
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$100 inKind gift card for $69.99 at Costco.com
Costco is once again offering a $100 inKind gift card for $69.99. This could be a good deal if you have upcoming plans to dine at an inKind restaurant. You can also get 20% back on all food and beverage, though that doesn’t stack with gift cards. How to save...
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JetBlue Walked Away From American—Now American’s Handing Out Executive Platinum To Their Top Flyers
Now that JetBlue is a clear competitor, American is going after their best customers with a limited-time status match offer. Through June 30, American is more generous in the status they’ll offer to TrueBlue members. In fact, Mosaic 3 and 4 members can get Executive Platinum status.
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World of Hyatt adds new limit to award gifting
World of Hyatt is arguably the easiest, most generous program when it comes to sharing benefits with others. All awards earned through the Milestone Rewards program, including free nights, suite upgrades, Guest of Honor, and club access, can be transferred to other members with the click of a button. Complete...
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(Offer Reduced) Rakuten offering up to 30,000 points / $300 on top of up to 100K welcome offer
Update 5/8/25: Although it lasted longer than we were expecting, the 30K/$300 offer to apply for the Sapphire Preferred and Ink Business Unlimited cards has now been reduced to 10K/$100. The Freedom Unlimited is down to 7.5K/$75. ~~~ Shopping portal Rakuten is offering an incredible deal that may last today...
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Earn up to 10,000 bonus Aeroplan points on Air Canada flights to Naples, Italy
Air Canada has launched a new flight bonus to coincide with a sale on flights to Naples, Italy! Aeroplan members who register and book flights during this promotion will earn up to 10,000 bonus points. As with all Aeroplan flight bonuses this offer is only valid on new bookings made...
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Trump Administration’s Big Fix For Air Traffic Control Released: More Money Needed, But No Real Reform
There's no question we're dealing with a crumbling system. That's the fault of the FAA (how the system is managed) and Congress (poor funding models, no accountability). We're literally decades behind NavCanada, with nearly 40% of systems "unsustainable" according to the Government Accountability Office.
The DOT does a...
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Gondola: My go-to hotel award search tool has fixed their email problem
Gondola is a free tool designed to make it easy to find hotels that offer the best value for your points or for cash. In the short time I’ve spent with it, it has already become my go-to tool for hotel trip-planning. I love that it not only shows cents...
Monkey Miles
How I booked Singapore Suites for less than 60k points – the world’s best first class
The newest Singapore Suites have been on my bucket list for a long, long time. I flew the first iteration back in 2017 for my Mom’s Around the World trip, and couldn’t wai to fly the updated Suites. In fact, I was originally going to fly these in 2019, showed...
