Frequent Miler
Spirit Travel More credit card holders now get 2 free checked bags
Spirit Airlines has had a rough year. Having filed for bankruptcy twice in 2025, they’ve also announced that they’ll be cutting 25% of flights and furloughing pilots and flight attendants. Due to their dire need of getting butts in seats, they’ve announced a great new benefit for Spirit Travel More cardholders...
The Bulkhead Seat
Spirit Airlines Adds Two Free Checked Bags Benefit to Free Spirit Travel More Mastercard®
Spirit Airlines is adding a new checked baggage benefit to its Free Spirit Travel More Mastercard®. Starting today, primary cardholders can enjoy up to two free checked bags on every Spirit flight booked with their eligible card. This is one of the most valuable perks offered in the airline’s loyalty...
View from the Wing
Capital One Adds Three Transfer Partners — Qatar And JAL Lead The List
Capital One Venture, Venture X (which is the one I carry), Venture X business as well as VentureOne and Spark Miles let you transfer their miles to a variety of airline and hotel loyalty programs. They’ve just added (3) new transfer partners: Qatar Airways Privilege Club, Japan Airlines Mileage Bank, and...
One Mile at a Time
Amex Platinum Card Review: More Expensive & Valuable Than Ever Before
Link: Learn more about The Platinum Card® from American Express While premium cards are incredibly popular nowadays, this is really a market that Amex started, with The Platinum Card® from American Express. We’ve recently seen this card undergo a major refresh, whereby the annual fee was increased, but more perks were...
The Points of Life
Approved! Amex Business Platinum: 200k MRs, $895 Annual Fee
Can you imagine paying 2k for an iPhone? It is a reality coming to an Apple Store near you. Can you imagine paying an annual fee of $895? It is a reality I had to accept as the trade-off for being approved for the American Express Business Card. Why am...
TravelUpdate
5 reasons why the miles and points game getting tougher?
Earlier this year, I wrote about how this is going to be the year of premium credit cards. A lot of new issuers have stepped into the ring, launching premium offerings this year. Issuers like Chase and Amex have also refreshed their products. In a nutshell, customers have a lot...
Eye of the Flyer
Worried About Your Fine Hotels Credits Expiring Soon? What If You Already Spent Your $200?
A potentially big benefit for some travel rewards card users debuted last week — but some might be scrambling to use it when they probably don’t need to. Fine Hotels + Resorts Statement Credit: Up to $600 As part of its Platinum-palooza last week, American Express increased The Platinum Card® from American...
Monkey Miles
Transfer Citi Thank You to Turkish with 50% bonus
The coincides with a massive amount of award space that was just released by Turkish ( which is bookable on partner point programs as well ), but if you have Citi Thank You points sitting around that you were looking to use for a trip – this could be a...
Monkey Miles
30% transfer bonus Citi Thank You to Virgin Atlantic
30% transfer bonus Citi Thank You to Virgin Atlantic Transfer bonuses are the time to pull the trigger. Virgin Atlantic is a program many overlook because of the heavy surcharges, but it’s also one I’ve taken advantage of a lot over the past year. Virgin Atlantic award flights earn you Elite...
Frequent Miler
Late Fine Hotels & Resorts® and The Hotel Collection bookings triggering new credit instead of old
Amex refreshed the Platinum cards on September 18, 2025. The consumer Platinum card now comes with a twice-annual $300 credit for prepaid Fine Hotels & Resorts® or The Hotel Collection bookings (once between January and June and once between July and December). Before September 18, 2025, the Platinum card came...
Points With a Crew
Which Delta American Express card Is Best? (New Higher Offers)
KEY LINKS Delta SkyMiles® Gold American Express Card – Earn 80,000 bonus miles after you spend $3,000 in purchases on your new card in your first 6 months of card membership. $0 introductory annual fee for the first year, then $150 (see rates and fees ) Delta SkyMiles® Gold Business American Express Card...
Miles To Memories
Earn 50,000 Points with Mesa Homeowners Card
Earn 50,000 Points with Mesa Homeowners Card The Mesa Homeowners Card is offering a welcome bonus of 50,000 points. For those who are not familiar with the card, this is product with no annual fee which offers rewards on mortgage payments and other everyday expenses. There are also eight transfer partners...
View from the Wing
Points Blogger Turned Cardless Founder Has Raised $170 Million—With Qatar, Avianca, TAP And Soon Bilt Cards
Cardless – which offers Qatar, LATAM, TAP, Avianca, Coinbase and Simon Malls credit cards, and will be the new issuer for Bilt starting early next year – raised a $60 million Series C. If I lived in New York, Chicago, Dallas, Miami, Philadelphia or Los Angeles I’d be all over the...
TravelUpdate
250,000 points offer, new Amex Platinum Card benefits, welcome bonuses ending soon & more..
Last week, the relaunch of the Amex Platinum Card and the Business Platinum Card dominated most of the news cycle in the miles and points space. That and more as we recap stories from the week gone by. Is the ‘new’ Amex Platinum Card worth the $895 Annual Fee? So after all...
TravelUpdate
“Sorry Sir, no ‘mirror finish’ Amex Platinum Card for you!”
The Amex Platinum Card was refreshed and relaunched with much fanfare. Overall, American Express did a decent job of offering a little bit for everyone, especially in the travel, dining and entertainment categories. One of the new elements the American Express introduced post refresh was a brand new ‘mirror finish...