Nick Reyes

Office Depot and OfficeMax are offering $15 off instantly when spending $300+ on Mastercard gift cards.

Capital One Shopping is a public shopping portal (no Capital One credit card required) that offers rewards dollars that can only be redeemed for gift cards to select merchants. Over time, they have offered some broadly useful merchants like Walmart, Kroger, Safeway/Albertsons/Vons/etc, DoorDash, GrubHub, and Uber Eats among others. Sadly, none of the merchants in […]

What are the best uses of American Express Membership Rewards, and American Express Membership Rewards sweet spots?

Capital One Shopping, the public shopping portal, only offers rewards redemption in the form of gift cards. Gift card redemption options change frequently, and we have just seen some new merchants added, including Marriott Bonvoy, Holland America Cruise Lines, Petco (returned for some users), Groupon, Zappos, and more. If you have Capital One Shopping Rewards, you […]

A Southwest Companion pass allows a traveler to add his/her companion to their reservation and pay only the taxes. Here's how it works...

Small Luxury Hotels of the World (SLH) is a collection of higher-end boutique-type hotel properties around the world. Through Hilton’s partnership with SLH, you can use Hilton Honors points to book many of these interesting and unique SLH properties. While some SLH properties can cost upwards of $2,000 or more per night (or as many […]

Back in March, I wrote a post about a handful of award bookings I had recently (as of late February or early March 2025) made with Alaska miles. One of the trips mentioned in that post was business class for four passengers from Tahiti to the west coast of the US. In that post, I […]

I am officially getting excited about our coming 100K Vacay team challenge, but today’s post isn’t about my 100K Vacay trip. Rather, during my planning phases for the coming trip, I have been surprised by the repeated number of times that dynamic award pricing on Virgin Atlantic and Avianca Lifemiles produced opportunities for some really […]

Both consumer versions of the Barclays Hawaiian Airlines Mastercards are once again offering 80,000 bonus “Hawaiian Miles” (soon to become Atmos Rewards points) after qualifying spend.   The Offers & Key Card Details Quick Thoughts We have long expected that the Hawaiian Airlines credit cards would not survive the merger with Alaska and launch of […]

One thing that has become very clear in the Year of the Ultra Premium Credit Card is that credit card issuers want your hotel booking business. Every major issuer offers bonuses for booking through their own credit card portal. In an effort to attract the luxury travel / jet set crowd (or to encourage cardholders […]