Flash-sale site Gilt: get a free $20 credit with no minimum purchase
Gilt is similar to Vipshop in China, offering flash sales from various brands. Gilt City is more like Groupon, with discounted local deals and other bargains. Right now, if you sig...
Why Do Credit Cards Get Fraudulently Charged? What Should You Do?
Why do unauthorized charges happen on credit cards? What should you do if it happens to you, and how can you prevent it?...
AA 2016 Elite Challenge Plan
With the rollout of a new mileage program, American Airlines (AA) has also launched a new 2016 elite challenge program. Overall, the new challenge is a bit easier than the old one,...
What You Must Do After Buying a Plane Ticket
A few things you should always do after booking a flight: verify passenger information, make sure the ticket has been issued, choose a seat, check visa requirements, and watch for...
AMEX Is Finally Shutting Down Redbird; Apply for Serve and Get $25
Last year, Target stopped allowing REDCard (affectionately known in the miles-and-points community as “Redbird”) to be loaded with a credit card directly at the Target register, cl...
Mastercard Titanium / Black / 24,000 Gold Cards Launch
Another new set of credit cards made with precious-metal materials has arrived. Remember the old Visa Black Card that used to advertise everywhere? From the same issuer, Barclaycar...
Meet Your Minimum Spending Requirement with Money Orders
We’ve just entered 2016, and before everyone had even fully recovered from the holiday season, another major event hit the credit card world. Early in the morning on January 8, man...
"PPS Access" Korean Air Tokyo Narita (NRT) T1 Lounge Review
Tokyo Narita International Airport (NRT) is one of the more common connection points on trans-Pacific routes between China and the U.S. Narita has two international terminals in to...
Visa-Free Destinations for Chinese Passport Holders with a U.S. Visa
Introduction If you have a U.S. visa, expired or not, and you want to travel during your vacation, are you? For Chinese passport holders, visas can be a headache. This article summ...
eBay Gas Gift Cards: 5% Off + 1.25% + 2% Back
eBay gas gift cards are 5% off. Stack a shopping portal and discounted eBay gift cards, and you can still come out ahead even if you resell them....
AA Releases Plenty of Peak Summer Award Space to/from Shanghai — First Come, First Served!
AA miles are a great sweet spot for redeeming business class awards between the U.S. and China: just 55,000 AA miles one way, compared with 70,000/80,000 one way using UA miles or...
