Category - Recaps

Mastercard makes a big bet on crypto, buying blockchain analytics start-up CipherTrace by CNBC. Delta is matching mileage donations to Miles4Migrants until Sept 30.   Bank of America announces new CFO, technology and legal heads in... Read More →

[Dead] 3% Profit On Plastiq Payment With Coinbase Debit Card by Travel In Points. American Airlines’ New Changes Could Leave You Stranded by Forbes.   25% transfer bonus Marriott & IHG to Avianca LifeMiles by FM. Extend ANA... Read More →

New Release! The New Bose QuietComfort 45 Noise Cancelling Headphones by Running With Miles. Guess this is because the Bose 700 weren’t well received in comparison to the QC35. All of my devices are slowly moving to USB C, so I... Read More →

Chase Bank Cancelled All Of General Michael Flynn’s Credit Cards by YMMV. This has now be undone. Point Card Wraps $46.5M Series B Funding Round By PYMNTS.   Gift Card Gang Extracts Cash From 100k Inboxes Daily by Krebs On Security... Read More →

Qantas Lounge Hong Kong Closing Permanently by OMaaT. Watch Out: Amex Erroneously Clawed Back My $200 Fine Hotels & Resorts Credit! by Eye of the Flyer. Fingers crossed it doesn’t start applying to stays of two nights or more... Read More →

Citi Has Removed Us As A Partner For Sharing Our Honest Experiences by Miles to Memories. Delta Air Lines Imposes $200 Monthly Surcharge on Unvaccinated Employees by Paddle Your Own Kanoo.   Insiders Trade in Outside Companies by... Read More →

T-Mobile Says Cyberattack Was Worse Than Previously Known by PYMNTS. The Airbnb community’s support for Afghan refugees by Airbnb.   Minute Suites Launches New Service Called ‘Minute Suites Express’ at LaGuardia by DDG Deals... Read More →

Citi May Reset Card Application Clock When Card Reissued For Fraud by YMMV. FoundersCard now has a 20% discount at InterContinental Hotels & Resorts by FM.   Wells Fargo May Close Accounts with Zero Balance or Charge Monthly... Read More →

T-Mobile Investigating Claims of Massive Data Breach by Krebs on Security. More information on the possible T-Mobile breach. Uber Wants To Help Drivers Save Through GetUpside by PYMNTS.   Choice Privileges Now Partnering With 20+... Read More →

Chime Raises $750M in Funding by Fins Times. [Possibly targeted] IHG Platinum status with 5 nights in 90 days by FM.   Hackers Reportedly Selling Data On 100M T-Mobile Users by PYMNTS. Red Ventures, The Biggest Digital Media... Read More →

U.S. railroad Amtrak to require employee vaccinations or testing, memo says by Reuters. Striking out on my own with US Mint coins by FM. Interesting look at sticking with buyers clubs vs going out on your own.   US Bank to Buy... Read More →

Hawaiian Airlines to require all US-based employees to be vaccinated against COVID by Hawaii News Now. Wait, Emirates’ Burj Khalifa Stunt Was Real?!?! by OMaaT.   Frontier Airlines Announces Employee Vaccine Policy Effective Oct. 1... Read More →

Google Pay: Earn 20% Cashback At Select Stores (Finish Line, Maurices & More) by GC Galore. Hyatt May Acquire Hotel Group To Grow In Europe by OMaaT.   United Airlines will require US employees to be vaccinated by AP News... Read More →

You Can Now Redeem Alaska Miles On Qatar Airways (Award Chart Published) by OMaaT. Square to buy Australia’s Afterpay in $29 billion deal as ‘buy now, pay later’ trend takes off by CNBC.   NYC Will Require Proof Of Vaccination For... Read More →

Safeway switches over to Vanilla VGC (Incomm rack) by Miles Per Day. New Aeroplan Partner: Eurowings Discover (4y), A Niche Leisure Carrier by Travel Update.   Public Apology Issued by Chief Executive Officer of Delta Air Lines:... Read More →