Travelogues

Reminder, today (October 31) is the last day to register for Hyatt's Status promo. Under the promo you are instantly upgraded to Explorist status for 90 days and with enough stays you can keep the status or upgrade to Globalist, through February 28, 2027. Here are the terms: - Stay 10 qualifying nights during your promotion period at any participating hotel to keep Explorist status through February 28, 2027. - Stay 20 qualifying nights during your promotion period at any participating hotel to earn Globalist status through February 28, 2027. Register in your Hyatt acount The promo is available to register in your account's offer tab if you are AAdvantage Gold®, Platinum®, Platinum Pro®, or Executive Platinum® member and have linked your AAdvantage® account to your World of Hyatt® account.

Cashback credit cards that offer 5% back in rotating  or permanent categories present solid returns on your return with no fee and are a must have. Find the current list of categories for popular 5% cash back card below to decide which card to pull out where. Current 5% categories

American Express has come out with another revamp of its flagship Platinum credit card. The annual fee has increased by $200 to a whopping $895. This comes on the heel of Chase Sapphire Reserve revamp, which saw its fee increase to $795. Guess, Amex could not stomach its premium card having a lower fee than competition. The card also comes with a new limited edition mirror design as shown below. New users can select the new design at the time of application, and old users can find the option to get the new design in their settings here . New American Express Mirror Design. Image courtesy American Express.                Increase in Benefits With the increase in the fee, also come an increase in its list of benefits to sell value to customers. Here is a list of old and new benefits for Amex Platinum. Image courtesy American Express. Valuing Benefits Given the coupon book nature of the benefits, different people will get different value out of ...

Bilt has announced that its partnership is ending with Wells Fargo in an email. It is reported that it is Wells Fargo that has decided to end the partnership early next year than the contractual end date of 2029 due to near $10 million in losses per month servicing the Bilt card. The Bilt card launched in March 2022 and became popular for rewarding rent-payments with its card, reportedly reaching 1 million accounts within 18 months. It stayed popular with its solid big-name line of reward transfer partners and attractive monthly transfer bonuses. Current Bilt Card serviced by Wells Fargo. Image courtesy Bilt. Bilt has announced a new partner in Cardless and plans to move all the current credit card customers over in Feb 2026, a move which will be transparent to the users. Concurrently with the move of the fee free card to Cardless, Bilt will also launch a $95 and a $495 annual fee cards. Bilt will announce more details in fall this year. Financially Bilt appears to be in good shape fo...

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Recently while booking a short term rental in Washington, I checked the same property on multiple sites to see which was giving the best rate. Following are screenshots of each provider's rates for the same property to give you an idea on how each might rate the same property. Vrbo Marriott Homes & Villas Airbnb Vacasa Booking As you can see, each listing has a different price with Vacasa being the cheapest. There is also the option to book Vacasa rental with Wyndham points which can give you a good value for points, although not as great as before.