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25% Bonus When Tranfserring MR Points To Alitalia Miles (1:1.25)
Get 25% more Alitalia miles when you transfer Membership Rewards points through 10/31/16. The regular transfer rate is 1:1 so with this promo you’re able to get 1,250 Alitalia miles for every 1,000 MR points that you transfer. Minimum transfer is 1,000 Membership Rewards points. If you fly out of US, Business Class awards to Europe are just…
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No More Free Meals/Drinks On BA Shorthaul Flights
British Airways economy class passengers on short-haul flights will soon have to pay for sandwiches supplied by Marks & Spencer if they want a meal in mid-air. The airline has signed a deal with M&S that will see it replace free meals on flights of less than five hours, joining no-frills rivals such as Ryanair and easyJet…
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Frontier Airlines Joins TSA PreCheck Program
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) today announced the expansion of TSA Pre✓ to include eligible customers of Frontier Airlines effective immediately. It was already announced back in June that they would join, but the exact date wasn’t set. Today’s announcement makes a total of 19 carriers that participate in TSA Pre✓: Aeromexico, Air Canada, Alaska Airlines,…
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JetBlue Add Orlando (MCO) – LA (LAX) Route & Mint Service Between Fort Lauderdale (FLL) – San Francisco (SFO)
JetBlue today announced it is continuing to boost its transcontinental flight network with a new route and more Mint flights. First, the airline will add new nonstop flights between Orlando and Los Angeles. JetBlue will launch new nonstop service between Orlando International Airport (MCO) and Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) starting on January 5, 2017.…
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Best From The Rest Round Up – Week 38, 2016
Here’s a round up of posts, news, deals and other stuff that caught my attention in the last few days. I either don’t have the expertise, or was too lazy to write about them. Or maybe they’re just fun reads and not really travel/credit cards/deals related. I’ll add more posts to it during the day if I…
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You Can Now Transfer SPG Points to LifeMiles At 1:1.25
Starwood Preferred Guest and LifeMiles have announced a new partnership. LifeMiles is the frequent flyer program of Avianca and it is now a transfer partner of the SPG program. With this new partnership, you can convert your Starpoints into LifeMiles at a 1:1 ratio. But you also get a 5,000 bonus for every 20,000 points transferred,…
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Ebay Bucks Will No Longer Be Earned Or Used On Gift Card Purchases
This was somewhat expected after recent restrictions on eBay gift cards, but still a big blow. Ebay is now implementing restrictions on eBay Bucks. You won’t earn eBay Bucks on gift card purchases and you won;t be able to use eBay Bucks on gift card purchases. This will almost surely kill gift card reselling. Here’s…
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Kmart Is Closing 64 More Stores In 28 States
Kmart, owned by Sears Holdings, is closing 64 stores across 28 states. The stores that are closing will begin liquidation sales on September 22 and close by mid-December of this year as per Business Insider. The new wave of closures follows Sears’ decision to shut down nearly 80 stores — most of which were Kmart…
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Best From The Rest Round Up – Week 37, 2016
Here’s a round up of posts, news, deals and other stuff that caught my attention in the last few days. I either don’t have the expertise, or was too lazy to write about them. Or maybe they’re just fun reads and not really travel/credit cards/deals related. I’ll add more posts to it during the day if I…
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Citi Puts Cap On Shared ThankYou Points
ThankYou Points are one of the four major transferable points currencies and as such are pretty valuable to frequent travelers. One of the benefits of ThankYou points is that you can combine your own points from different account and you can also transfer them to other people. Citi has now added a limit to shared ThankYou…
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Amex Bot For Facebook Messenger Now Live For Card Members
Amex bot for Messenger is now live and available to U.S Consumer and OPEN Card Members. Amex unveiled their plans for the bot back in June and now it’s up and running. The Amex bot for Messenger has a number of great features that ensure that Card Members are taking advantage of their card perks.…
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A Boston Getaway That Earned Me 75,000 TruBlue Points
This past weekend I took a one day trip to Boston on JetBlue. During one of their sales, I grabbed two round trip tickets from JFK to BOS for just $192.40 total. I flew out on 8/28/ and came back to NYC on 8/29, just two days before the deadline for that Virgin America points…
