Miles, Points, and the Pursuit of Travel

[...] So, did anyone get in on the great fare to Grand Cayman last week? I contemplated it but have vowed to slow down our travel pace, especially with our [...]

[...] I’d lay out a few more details here. There is a round trip fare published from Newark to Grand Cayman for only $215, inclusive of all taxes and fees. This fare is valid from September to May 2015 [...]

[...] to me, but to others it might! I mentioned here a few great uses of 140,000 Ritz or Marriott Rewards, but if you combine these 140,000 Rewards with Rewards acquired through the Chase Marriott [...]

[...] we did… At least for a long weekend… Chase has come out with an updated offer on their Marriott Rewards credit card. The bonus is now 70,000 Marriott Rewards after spending $2000 in the first [...]

[...] normal bonus for this card is 25,000 so doubling the offer is pretty sweet. This card has an annual fee of $175 but it is waived for the first year of card membership. I have had this card before, [...]

[...] in the world upon spending $1,000 in the first 3 months after opening the credit card. The annual fee of $75 is waived for the first year of card membership. If each person signed up, you’d have [...]

[...] know it. By no means do you need to have a tax ID or an LLC to be qualified. There is a $95 annual fee associated with this card that is not waived. But the benefits far outweigh this fee. And for [...]

[...] members who do not have the card, and two United Club passes each year you have the card. The annual fee is $95 but is waived for the first year of card membership. As a reminder, a roundtrip ticket [...]

[...] Rewards to a household member in pursuit of a redemption only). If we then add 16,000 Ultimate Rewards to our Marriott Rewards account, we now have 160,000 Marriott Rewards – enough for 4 nights! [...]

[...] it’s offer for the Chase Ink Plus Business credit card and it’s a doozy. You get 70,000 Ultimate Rewards after spending $5,000 in the first three months after opening up the card. The normal offer [...]

[...] we may give it some more thought! If four nights isn’t enough, you can always transfer some Ultimate Rewards to your Hyatt account for a few more nights (if you’d like to know how to best obtain [...]

[...] American Express has temporarily increased the sign up bonus to 50,000 Membership Rewards for the Amex Business Gold Rewards card. This is only applicable for applications approved [...]

[...] applications approved by July 30, 2014 and you must spend $5,000 in the first three months of card membership to get the bonus. The normal bonus for this card is 25,000 so doubling the offer is pretty [...]

[...] after opening the credit card. The annual fee of $75 is waived for the first year of card membership. If each person signed up, you’d have four free nights. That’s four nights of [...]

[...] each year you have the card. The annual fee is $95 but is waived for the first year of card membership. As a reminder, a roundtrip ticket in coach anywhere in the continental US is 25,000 [...]

[...] in coach anywhere in the continental US is 25,000 miles so this card could get you two roundtrip tickets. A roundtrip ticket to the Caribbean or Hawaii in coach is 35,000 so this sign up bonus [...]

[...] miles. So, after meeting the spending requirement, this bonus would be good for three roundtrip tickets. We’ve used Ultimate Rewards for our family trip to Hawaii: And our trip to St. John, [...]

We’re getting back into the swing of things here in Maine after having a wonderful trip to Europe. While hot, the kids are back on track with sleep [...]

[...] great bonus considering what else is out there today. This card once came with a 75,000 Membership Rewards bonus, but in the past year or so, American Express has cut their bonuses considerably ( [...]