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What a month. We almost doubled our traffic from last year, and nearly whittled down our fingertips doing it. Here’s a look back at everything that’s happened this past month. I can’t say this enough, thank you for reading, commenting, supporting, and helping us grow. We love travel, finding great deals, and interacting with y’all. Couldn’t do it without and we are ever so grateful.
Here are 5 of our most Popular Posts of March:
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16 National Drinks you must try when you visit the country
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A trick I’m using to save 60k miles by adding a flight
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Affording Business Class is as easy as ABC. 3 simple tips
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How you can fly Business Class from Australia to Asia for ~$600
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Two years of AA Flagship Lounge and Admirals Club access with one trip
We published a lot this month. Here’s the full list.
March 1st- 7th
- Amex Delta 60k Gold and 70k Platinum offers
- American Express Platinum Mercedes Benz is being discontinued
- Heads Up: Citi Prestige devalues their Trip Delay insurance
- Amex Offers – Fancy clothes, BIG BONUS
- 16 National Drinks you must try when you visit the country
- Review: Cathay Pacific First Class 777-300ER Hong Kong to Chicago
- Rumor: Chase to create Premium Banking Product with 50k Bonus Points
- Taste: Amex’s little known dining program that gets you free stuff
- Amex Delta Gold 50k +$150 statement credit option
- Singapore delays changes to award ticket fees
- Amex Offers: Regent Cruise offer for 22.5k Bonus points
- Buy Alaska Airlines Miles with a 40% Bonus
- Fly roundtrip in business to South America for 85k miles
- Great Award Avail on AA Biz to South America
March 8th-14th
- Incredible Deal: $699 Roundtrip Business JFK to Lima, Peru
- Can you guess the desert hotel Emily Ratajkowski is staying at?
- Which Park Hyatt locations have club level?
- Targeted: Amex Spend Bonus…up to 25k bonus points
- Leaked! Chase Freedom 2nd Quarter Bonus announced
- 5 Mexican states listed as dangerous as Syria and Iraq
- Review: Cathay Dragon First Class A330 Shanghai to Hong Kong
- $40 Brazilian E-Visa is available and a game changer
- A trick I’m using to save 60k miles by adding a flight
- Buy Hilton Points and get up to 100% bonus!
- Google maps from a dog’s POV just happened in Japan
- IHG to buy Belmond rumor thwarted. Here’s 2 hotel groups I’d put money on
- For $3M you could own the Miami home of “The Points Guy”
- Southwest adds 5 new nonstop routes
- IHG purchases 51% stake in Regent hotels for $39M
- How you can fly Business Class from Australia to Asia for ~$600
March 15th -21st
- Activate your Chase Freedom Q2 bonus categories
- Review: Andaz Shanghai 2 Twin Room
- Affording Business Class is as easy as ABC. 3 simple tips
- 3 Tons of Gold falls out of a Russian plane
- Two years of AA Flagship Lounge and Admirals Club access with one trip
- Alaska furthers Virgin integration with First Class enhancements
- 2 Free months of Clear – the newest and fastest way through airport security
- RARE! Wide Open AA First Class award space to/from London – Some Biz too
- US lifts Playa Del Carmen, Mexico travel warning
- Alaska’s fleet: A guide to distinguishing which planes were once Virgin America
- Flash Sale: Buy IHG points with a 100% bonus
- Redeem Points 30% off Singapore Airlines New Business Class on select routes
- Berkshire Hathaway to buy Southwest?
- How to lower taxes and fees on British Airways award tickets.
- Limited Time: 20% off Award Booking Service
- Buy American Miles for 1.8 cents a point
- Rumor: Chase Ink Business Cash 50k coming soon
March 22nd – 31st
- Last Day: Half cent per IHG point.
- Goodbye “A Bug’s Life” hello Marvel Land. Disney updates theme parks
- What it’s like British Airways First Class in the nose of a 747-400
- The BEST uses of Marriott Vacation Club Points
- Citi Thank You 30% Transfer bonus to Jet Blue
- Use Ultimate Rewards to score sold out tickets to the PGA Championship with benefits
- Rumor is true: Chase Ink Cash is now 50k after $3k
- Great Space in AA’s best business class/first class from Hong Kong to LA
- New Priority Pass Restaurant in Cleveland – Bar Symon
- When are we getting updates on Alaska redemptions for FinnAir and Singapore?
- Alaska Airlines and Aer Lingus Partner Up. Earn/Redeem miles soon
- Best uses: How to fly roundtrip international business class for less than 100k Amex points
- Leaked details of new IHG premium Chase card
- Flash Sale! Buy United Miles for 2.25 cents until March 31st
- I got an Ink Cash but had to verify my business…here’s what I did.
- Save 5 cents a Gallon with Chase Sapphire and Shell Fuel Rewards
- AA expands routes to Latin America. How you can use this to get award space
- British Airways to go Revenue Based for earning and redemption
- Saudi Crown Prince books out the Plaza Hotel
- Targeted Hyatt Residence Club offer: $695 for 5 nights in Hawaii and 12k points.
- Accor Hotels offer: 3 nights for the price of 2 . Book by April 3rd
- 5 ways you can fly International First Class for 75k Amex Points or less
- China’s Tiangong 1 space station is crashing to earth. Here’s a cool simulation video
- Delta Curiously drops award pricing to Asia – 85k now in biz
- Tips to booking Alaska Airlines award flights like A PRO
- Finding value in Hyatt’s home-share partner, Oasis Collections
- How I use my TSA approved SLICE cutter to destroy sensitive personal information
- The 60k Amex Plat Mercedes card may end today – apply here
- Last Day: 20% off Award Booking Service
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Chase Sapphire Preferred® Card
Welcome Offer
Earn 60,000 bonus points after you spend $4,000 on purchases in the first 3 months from account opening.
Annual Fee
$95
Points Earned
Transferrable Chase Ultimate Rewards
- 5x on all travel purchased through Chase Travel℠
- 3x on dining, including eligible delivery services for takeout & dining out
- 3x on select streaming services
- 3x on online grocery purchases
- (excluding Target, Walmart and wholesale clubs)
- $50 Annual Chase Travel Hotel Credit via Chase Travel℠
- The begins immediately for new cardmembers and after your account anniversary for existing cardmembers
- 2x on all other travel
- 10% Anniversary Bonus
- Every year you keep the card, your total spend will yield a 10% points bonus. If you spend $10k in a year, you’ll get 1k bonus points
- Chase Sapphire Preferred continues to redeem at 1.25c in the Chase Travel℠ and the slew of other benefits remain in tact including Auto Rental Collision Damage Waiver ( primary ), purchase protections, etc.
- Points are transferrable to 14 Ultimate Rewards partners
- Redeem in Chase Travel℠ for 1.25 cents per point
- No foreign transaction fees
- Suite of Travel and Purchase Coverage
- Auto Rental Collision Damage Waiver is my favorite
- Get complimentary access to DashPass which unlocks $0 delivery fees and lower service fees for a minimum of one year when you activate by December 31, 2027.
- $95 Annual Fee
We keep an up to date spreadsheet that lists the best ever offers: You can find that spreadsheet here.
Historically 80k is a very, very good offer and hit in both 2022 and 2023. In 2021, we saw the offer hit an all time high of 100k. Who knows if that will ever come back.
Main Cast:
Cards that earn flexible points and should be used on the bulk of your purchases.
Supporting Cast:
Cards that earn fixed points in the currency of the airline/hotel and can not be transferred at attractive rates. These cards yield benefits that make it worth keeping, but not necessarily worth putting a lot of your everyday spend on.
The Chase Sapphire Preferred® is exceptional starter card and offers transferrable Ultimate Rewards, and pairs well with other Chase cards.
If you carry this card alongside Chase’s cashback cards like the Chase Freedom Flex® and Chase Freedom Unlimited® or the business versions: Ink Business Cash® , Ink Business Unlimited® you can combine the points into Preferred account and transfer into hotel and airline partners
Annual fee is quite low at $95 a year + you get a 10% anniversary bonus on points + $50 hotel credit in Chase travel.
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