Posts by KUKU
Added overseas cashback offers from Shanghai Rural Commercial Bank, Standard Chartered, and Bank of Ningbo
Today I found a few more mainland Chinese banks that often run overseas cashback promotions. Compared with the more popular banks, cashback offers from lesser-known banks may be ea...
Plastiq now supports local-currency international business payments
Plastiq’s international business payments outside the U.S. now support sending funds in local currency, H/T: Plastiq Blog Plastiq personal account signup link (limited-time bonus:...
DiDi temporarily no longer supports linking AMEX credit cards; cards already linked are unaffected, and you can still pay via WeChat Pay
KUKU noticed a few months ago that the DiDi app no longer supports linking AMEX credit cards, and that is still the case today. In the past, DiDi actually helped me complete quite...
Asia Miles Devalues Yet Again | Delta Invests in LATAM
Flash News #1: Asia Miles has devalued yet again. Award devaluations are the general trend across airlines, and the most effective way to avoid losing value is to burn your miles....
Airbnb and Ocean Conservancy recruit volunteers for an Antarctic scientific expedition
Environmental scientist Kirstie Jones-Williams will be inviting 5 volunteers to join this unprecedented scientific expedition to Antarctica, the least visited continent on Earth, t...
IHG 10,000-Point Hotels (Cat-1): Where They Are Outside the U.S. + Stacking Deals (Updated 9/2019)
This post summarizes where IHG’s lowest-tier 10,000-point award hotels are located outside the United States (not including Points Break properties), along with an analysis of stac...
Many Discover it Cards Have Recently Been Converted to Discover it Miles by the System (with Manual Switch Link)
Over the past few months, quite a few Discover it credit cards have been forcibly converted to Discover it Miles (with notice sent by email). This has mainly happened to Discover i...
The New AMEX Online Account Interface Temporarily Can’t Show Hilton FN Reward Numbers
In August, KUKU found that AMEX allowed cardholders to view the number for Hilton weekend free night certificates earned from credit card benefits or spending in the web interface....
AA Opens Online Award Booking for Cathay Pacific (CX) and Dragonair (KA) Flights
AA.com now lets users redeem Cathay Pacific and Dragonair flights online. After saving up so many AA miles, having a few more convenient redemption options is a nice improvement—th...
Earn 3x AA miles on ticket purchases through Vivid Seats
Vivid Seats offers tickets for all kinds of events, including concerts and sporting events. Right now, when you book tickets through Vivid Seats, you can earn 3 x AA miles/USD. Acc...
Can a Newly Opened Business Card Let You Add an AMEX Offer One More Time?
I recently opened a new business card and accidentally found that if an AMEX Offer is added to the business card first, it can then be added again to a personal card. Is this just...