Surprise! American Express is sending 1099’s for referral bonuses! If you referred friends and earned bonus points from your American Express cards, get ready to pay taxes on your referral points. Many other reports are out already: Doc, OMAAT, MilesTalk, ViewFromTheWing, TravelCodex, and flyertalk. According to the Doc, Chase did something similar in the past then…
Overview – Amex Airline Credits Amex has several cards that come with annual airline fee credits that work off of calendar year instead of card-member year. As I have previously pointed out, the Amex Hilton Aspire card is hands down, the most valuable premium credit card in the American Express portfolio, which comes with $250…
Updated on March 7, 2020Via, has brought back their $20 bonus promo code when you sign up by 1/27/19! Via is regional ride-sharing company similar to Lyft/Uber based in New York City, Washington DC, and Chicago. For a limited time, certain users are targeted with a $20 referral code – see screen shot below. If you didn’t receive…
Updated on January 17, 2020 New York Times Travel Show 2019 – Free Tickets Ready for some free tickets to the New York Times Travel show 2019? You get a free ticket and you get a free ticket, courtesy of The New York Times. Use the promo code below to grab one of the free tickets…
Last year I wrote about a highest ever 60k bonus offer from JetBlue. One year later it’s time to decide: should I keep or cancel the JetBlue Plus Card? The annual fee is $99 – is it worth it? Find out below.
Want to transfer Marriott / SPG points to another person? Now is the time to do it! Not long ago, Marriott made point transfers much much easier and now allows up to 100,000 points per calendar year between any two accounts. For example, this means you could have several people transfer you 100,000 points this year,…
Overview I called Hyatt today to make a guest of honor reservation for a friend and was fortunate enough to be connected with a tenured World of Hyatt (WOH) rep. After making the award booking, she offered to review my account for unclaimed Hyatt points, which I didn’t know existed, and I gladly accepted. 30…
Updated on July 17, 2019 The Amex Hilton Aspire card is currently, hands down, the most valuable premium credit card in the American Express portfolio. Let’s break this post down into 3 sections: New Cardmember signup bonus Ongoing perks Why the $250 airline fee credit is so valuable (especially now) The annual fee is $450,…
