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TERRIBLE NEWS: Hyatt Credit Card Free Nights Killed in Favor of 40,000 Points

June 21, 2017 by James Larounis Leave a Comment

TERRIBLE NEWS: Hyatt Credit Card Free Nights Killed in Favor of 40,000 Points

Get award booking help and personalized travel assistance for as little as $1 a month! Holy crap. If you don’t like bad news, stop reading now. I’ve just been notified that the Hyatt Credit card is removing its 2 free nights bonus offer for getting the card, in favor of 40,000 Hyatt points. From their … [Continue reading]

A Look Inside the Chase Lounge at the US Open

September 4, 2015 by James Larounis 3 Comments

A Look Inside the Chase Lounge at the US Open

Get award booking help and personalized travel assistance for as little as $1 a month! Several weeks ago, Chase announced a free lounge experience for Chase cardholders at the US Open. Upon entering some biographical details on their site, you could select a time to reserve your lounge experience at the Chase Lounge at the … [Continue reading]

My Chase Ink Retention Call Experience

June 11, 2015 by James Larounis 10 Comments

My Chase Ink Retention Call Experience

Get award booking help and personalized travel assistance for as little as $1 a month! I have one of the now non-existent Chase Ink Bold charge cards that I applied for last year. The first year had the annual fee waived, so now that it’s June a year later, I saw the $95 fee hit … [Continue reading]

Amtrak Credit Card is NOT Dead

March 10, 2015 by James Larounis 2 Comments

Amtrak Credit Card is NOT Dead

Get award booking help and personalized travel assistance for as little as $1 a month! Amtrak Credit Card? It was reported this morning by Frequent Miler that the Amtrak credit card has been discontinued and is no longer accepting new applications. It looks like that may not be the case…for now… First off, according to … [Continue reading]

The Amtrak Guest Rewards Credit Card is Worthwhile to Keep and Here’s Why

February 19, 2015 by James Larounis 5 Comments

The Amtrak Guest Rewards Credit Card is Worthwhile to Keep and Here’s Why

Get award booking help and personalized travel assistance for as little as $1 a month! Many will probably poke fun at me for mentioning this, but yes, I do have the Amtrak Guest Rewards Credit Card and yes, I think it is worthwhile to keep and not cancel. I say this for several reasons, some … [Continue reading]

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