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Deals delivered to your inbox
I’m a travel nut, and even though I read a ton of travel news, finding award space and deals takes a lot of time. These Travel Newsletters specialize in award space, airline, and hotel deals. Simply put: they do the work for you, or at the very least, give their readers a wonderful idea of what’s available should you be in the market. I’m subscribed to them all.
Straighttothepoints.co
You’ve probably read Spencer Howard’s work across various blogs, and if you have, then you already know how in depth his posts, reviews, and program breakdowns can be. The guy knows his stuff. But… Spencer writes a wonderful newsletter that alerts his loyal subscribers to business and first class award seats around the globe.
The only thing I think Spencer could do differently is charge an annual fee…it’s that good. Get in while it’s free
Luxury Flight Club
Looking for sick deals on luxury flights around the world? Then, you need to subscribe to the Luxury Flight Club. You can choose to between flights originating out of Europe or the US, and I get emails most every single day.
The email service is free, and LFC includes links to Google Flights with search ( which are unaffiliated ) or affiliate links to help support the newsletter. It’s a great service.
Extreme Hotel Deals
This newsletter/ subscription service will alert you to insane hotel deals around the world. I have no idea how they do it, but they somehow find deals and mistake rates at some of the finest properties around. If you don’t go premium, I’d still check the website and follow on twitter – great deals abound.
For premium, it’ll run you $79/year
Premium-Flights
In a similar vein to the Luxury Travel Club, Premium Flights find some outstanding deals around the globe in first and business class. I first started seeing them pop up on the premium-fares thread on Flyertalk and they’ve consistently produced some stellar deals.
If you sign up for alerts from them and LTC, you’ll be covering a lot of bases with minimal effort.
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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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