Chase, like its competitors, has credit cards like the Chase Freedom that earn points in a rewards program that can be used for travel. The Chase Ultimate Rewards program is one of the 5 transferable point programs. The other programs are American Express Membership Rewards, Citi ThankYou Rewards, and Marriott. Marriott’s program is different because […]
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The Best Credit Cards post was originally published in September 2018 and updated in June 2019 When I started earning points and miles, I failed to understand the importance of transferable points. Today, I have a portfolio of credit cards that helps me to earn as many points as possible. In this article, I’ll cover
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I have collected points and miles for several years now. What I failed to recognize early on was how to maximize spend with credit cards. Another item I failed to realize is how important it is to put your spending on credit cards. This will help you earn the most for each transaction. How to
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Chase Ultimate Rewards The Ultimate Rewards (UR) program has been one of my favorite transferable programs to date because of their airline partners and ease of transferring points into airline miles. Chase currently partners with nine airlines and four hotels. As a follow-up to the post on understanding transferable points, I want to dive into
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For the last part in the booking award flights with points and miles series, this article will focus on the award flight search process. It’s extremely helpful to familiarize yourself with the programs you plan to use by signing up for their loyalty program. I recommend searching proposed routes on the search engines of the programs you
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As a complement to last week’s post on booking award flights, I thought it’d be helpful dive into each section in more detail. The sections covered in the previous post were Transferable Points, Wikipedia, Award Hacker, Google, and Award Search. For this post, I’ll kick it off by focusing on Transferable Points to help you
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Award Travel I know all too well the frustration that occurs when wanting to book award flights. Where do I start? How do I know which points and miles to use? What airline program has the best redemption? These are many of the questions that I had when starting out. For today’s post, I’m going
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I am finally able to breathe a sigh of relief after I was able to piece together our Italy trip that looked dire heading into last weekend. My wife Ashlee‘s lack of work vacation days put us in a pinch to find award availability within a tight window. With the knowledge I’ve gained from Richard
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World of Hyatt, loyalty program of Hyatt Hotels, is a program that allows members to book Hyatt hotels among other redemptions. The award program is considered to be one of the best, if not the best, hotel loyalty programs for elite members. Above all, Hyatt requires fewer points for premium hotels and elite members receive
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Ritz-Carlton Ritz-Carlton Rewards, loyalty program of Ritz-Carlton, is a program that allows you to book Ritz-Carlton hotels, Marriott hotels, and Starwood hotels, among other redemptions. The Ritz-Carlton brand is under Marriott International but the award program is separate. You can be a member in either Marriott Rewards or Ritz-Carlton rewards, but not both programs. With
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