Your Mileage May Vary
Your Credit Card Application Is Pending—Now What?
When it comes to applying for credit cards, I put us in the middle of the pack. My wife Sharon and I sign up for enough cards to provide points for most of our trips, but at least one of us is usually under 5/24. I try to do as much...
One Mile at a Time
Chase Sapphire Reserve Card Review: Big Annual Fee, Bigger Benefits
Link: Apply now for the Chase Sapphire Reserve® Card The Chase Sapphire Reserve® Card is one of the most popular premium credit cards on the market. A couple of months back, the card underwent a full refresh, whereby the annual fee was increased substantially, but the card also got a bunch...
Dots, Lines, & Destinations
DLD 549: Into the Atmos-phere
It is new. It is shiny. Of course Atmos dominated this week’s show. Fortunately, we also got some other bits in. Also in this episode: Atmos launch Vacation deals Seven bags loaded on EWR-HHH flight A 25for25 update For our Patreon subscribers we have bonus content, including: Will Spirit Survive (Non-)Window seat lawsuits Delta builds at AUS VRBO Bizarro Booking...
TravelUpdate
Earn 200,000 points! Chase Sapphire Reserve for Business Review
The much awaited Chase Sapphire Reserve refresh was met a lot of interest and skepticism at the same time. If you scour the internet, you’ll see a lot of pieces waxing eloquent about the card or panning the card as well. However, Chase also released a brand new product called...
Eye of the Flyer
Some Predictions and Early Thoughts About the Refreshed Platinum Card (What’s On Your List?)
Within a few weeks, we should know all the details about a major, iconic card’s much-publicized refresh. (Two of them, actually.) Many of us are eager to find out exactly how the The Platinum Card® from American Express will change. Some purported changes already leaked. Others are assumed based on Amex’s...
Frequent Miler
Got the new Sapphire Reserve card? Here’s what to do next…
The refreshed Chase Sapphire Reserve Card is packed with a complex array of benefits, discounts, and rebates. This post serves as a primer on maximizing the features of the consumer Sapphire Reserve Card. Earn more points Use your card to pay for flights and hotels The Sapphire Reserve card offers 4 points per dollar...
Points With a Crew
American Express® Gold Card Review – Benefits Galore!
KEY LINK: American Express® Gold Card – You may be eligible for as high as 100,000 Membership Rewards® Points after you spend $6,000 in eligible purchases on your new Card in your first 6 months of Card Membership. Welcome offers vary and you may not be eligible for an offer. Apply...
Josh Trips
My odd experiences applying for the Alaska Atmos Summit Card and AAdvantage Aviator Red World Elite Mastercard
I usually hover between having 10-12 credits cards, though over the last few months I’ve cancelled two cards (the American Express Hilton Honors Business Card and one of my two Chase Ink Business Preferred cards) and currently have 9 cards: American Express Business Platinum American Express Business Plus American Express Hilton Honors Aspire Capital...
Travel Points Playbook
Earn 340k, up to 360k Atmos Rewards Points with These Current Offers
Alaska Airlines created a lot of buzz last week with the launch of their new, combined loyalty program with Hawaiian Airlines, now called Atmos Rewards. While the program name “Atmos” leaves something to be desired, the new program itself, and in particular the new credit card offers, are quite...
View from the Wing
Citi Strata Elite Benefits Explained: Max Out And Double Them Your First Year
I’ve been looking forward not just to earning a big initial bonus, but to making the most out of all of the credits that come with the Citi Strata EliteSM Card (See rates and fees.) I’m a new cardholder so I’ve been diving into the specifics of the...
Monkey Miles
September Bilt Rent Day: Up to 100% Bonus to Virgin
Bilt Rewards Rent Day: September 2025 Paying your rent is always painful, so Bilt Rewards had the bright idea to make the first of the month a bit more fun and rewarding. So, a few years back, they launched a “RENT DAY” promo to reward Bilt Rewards members on the first...
One Mile at a Time
Bilt Rent Day Promotion September 2025: Up To 100% Virgin Transfer Bonus
Link: Apply now for the no annual fee Bilt Mastercard® The Bilt Mastercard® (review) is a valuable no annual fee card that I applied for and hold onto. This allows you to pay your rent by credit card and earn rewards, even if your landlord doesn’t ordinarily allow no-fee credit card payments. For us...
TravelUpdate
125,000 bonus points! Marriott Bonvoy Business Card Review
American Express is out with brand new offers on their co-branded Marriott Bonvoy credit cards. Over the last few days, I’ve written extensively about the consumer credit card offers. You can read full reviews about the offers and the cards in posts referenced below. American Express is also offering a...
Frequent Miler
The white-hot ultra premium credit card market is making me melt (on Nick’s mind)
The year 2025 will go down as the year of the ultra-premium credit card. I can’t recall a year where we’ve seen such a shake-up in the ultra-premium credit card space. In just the past two months, we’ve seen the lukewarm launch of the newly-couponized Sapphire Reserve cards, learned that...
Your Mileage May Vary
The Truth About Airport Lounges: When to Skip the Line
That moment when you’ve got an hour till boarding…and then you see this line. The Problem With Lounge Wait Times Lounge access has exploded—premium credit cards, elite perks, day passes, even some paid entries. But lounge space didn’t grow at the same pace. That’s why 30–40 minutes in line is now common...