One of the easiest and sure shot way of getting good value from your Amex Membership reward points is to use them for paying travel on AmexTravel.com . Normally, you would get about 1c value for each Membership reward point when you use them to pay for travel at AmexTravel.com. But if you have a Business Platinum card in your folio, you can benefit from a little-known feature to get even more value for your points. Amex 35% Airline Bonus. Images courtesy Amex. The feature is called '35% Airline Bonus,' through which get 35% of your used points back and using it you can get 1.53 cent value per point. That is even better than the Chase Sapphire Reserve pay with points feature and can be better than transferring points to an airline to book the flight as an award on many occasions. Without this feature, you can book a $100 flight for 10,000 Amex points but with the feature, the same flight will cost you only 6,500 points. That is much lower than paying, say an award price of 12,50...
As part of Alaska Airlines' merger with Hawaiian Airlines, it has made some more announcements for its upcoming plans. It includes making Seattle an international hub with routes to Tokyo and Seoul in 2025, more lounges along the west coast and Hawaii, and a new Premium Credit Card offering. We will get the full list of benefits closer to the launch but so far, they are promising 3x miles on all dining and foreign purchases, waived award ticket fees, Alaska Lounge access and new Global Companion Award Certificates, and more. The 3x earning on all foreign purchases could make it an exciting choice when traveling abroad, and the global companion award certificates could be very lucrative as well if done right. Depending on these features, the card could well be in the range of $300-$500 in annual fees. The card is set to launch in summer 2025 but they are offering 500 bonus miles if you register for their early-access list by Dec 31, 2024. You will also get 5000 more bonus miles if ...
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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