Latest news from Slickdeal: use Membership Rewards points through Shop with Points at Amazon and you can get $25 off a $50 purchase. Why is this such a good deal? Because there is...

According to Doctor of Credit, many DPs indicate that people who recently applied for the AMEX Platinum 100,000-point welcome bonus have been seeing an "Unable to process your requ...

5/13/16: The 2,500 MR for the authorized user I added a couple of days ago has already posted. Even though I added multiple cards, I only received one bonus, so it’s possible the C...

A retention offer is one of the hidden values of a credit card. When you’re thinking about closing a card, don’t forget to squeeze out that last bit of value. Based on my recent ex...

Minimum spending requirement = overspending + stress? Sign-up bonus = flashy but impractical, or just an excuse for luxury? Bonus categories / AMEX Offers = changing your spending...

For years, fuel surcharges have been the biggest enemy of using points to book award tickets. Recently, ANA and JAL announced that they will remove fuel surcharges starting Decembe...

Best Western has long been a transfer partner of AMEX Membership Rewards, with every 1,000 MR points transferable to 1,000 Best Western Reward Points. Changes Starting in 2016, Mem...

Yesterday, the Chase BA credit card’s 100,000-point welcome bonus returned. Combined with the 40% bonus earlier this year for transferring MR to BA, those of us in North America ca...

In the previous post, “Aeroplan Overview (1): Award Redemption Analysis,” we covered some of the classic ways to redeem Air Canada Aeroplan miles. Today, setting aside the charts a...

Aeroplan miles are widely available and, since it is a Star Alliance member, its miles can be redeemed for tickets on UA, Air China, ANA, Singapore Airlines, and others. Let’s look...

Compared with using a debit card, paying with a credit card has two advantages. First, managing a credit card responsibly helps you build your credit score—we’ll explain what that...