Posts by BY
UA Restores 2-Hour Full Refund Policy for Flight Schedule Changes
According to TPG and OMAAT, a UA spokesperson confirmed that the changed flight schedule-change refund policy has been restored to its former version: refunds are available as free...
Citi Double Cash Card can now convert cash back to ThankYou Points in the Citi App
This morning, I received an email from Citi saying that with the Citi App, you can now convert cash back from the Double Cash Card into ThankYou Points without having to do it on t...
Alaska Airlines Inflight Meals I’ve Had Over the Years
The last time I flew this year was back in early February. Feels like forever ago, so let’s look through some old photos and reminisce a little......
JetBlue credit cards: earn unlimited 2X points on all purchases!
While going through my email today, I noticed that JetBlue had already sent out an email back on 5/19 saying that all purchases from 5/14/2020-6/15/2020 can earn 2X miles. There’s...
Points Sale Roundup: Record-High Marriott 60% Bonus on Purchased Points, Cost 0.78 cpp; Hilton 0.5 cpp; IHG 0.5 cpp
[Marriott] Marriott is running a points sale from May 18 to June 30, with up to a 60% bonus (previously up to 50%). That works out to a cost of 0.78c/p. Compared with other hotel c...
Turkish Airlines (TK) Miles & Smiles Program Guide: The 7,500-Mile Sweet Spot
Turkish Airlines’ frequent flyer program is called Miles & Smiles. It has long flown under the radar and honestly doesn’t have many standout features—except one! In this post, we’l...
Bank of America BofA Reportedly Tightening Approval Standards for Loans and Credit Card Applications
Today, while chatting with a banker familiar with BofA, I heard that they had just held a meeting and are now tightening approval standards for auto loans, mortgages, and other loa...
Unable to Search Partner Award Flights on AA’s Website! (Only on the New Calendar)
[Update] You can still see them on the old Calendar. Yesterday I went on AA.COM to look for flights from China to the U.S. near the end of the year, and found that I could only sea...
How North American Airlines Changed Elite Status and Cancellation Policies During the Global Pandemic (DL/UA/AS/AA/SW/AC)
The pandemic dealt a massive blow to the travel industry, and airlines were hit especially hard. With so many business and leisure travelers canceling trips, requalifying for or ea...
Marriott Membership Downgrades Have Started: Titanium to Platinum! Even Gold! Even White ...
I woke up this morning, accidentally opened the Marriott app, and what?! Titanium turned into Platinum… By the way, I checked KUKU’s, too—what?! Grand Platinum became Gold? Some re...
Summary of ways to return to China from North America (amid the global COVID-19 pandemic)
With the global pandemic worsening rapidly, return tickets to China have become extremely difficult to find, and prices have shot up. This post outlines the routes and flights curr...