Welcome to episode 17 of the PointsHoarder podcast. This time around we’re talking a lot about hotels. Why? Because three major chains all made changes to their policies in the past few weeks. Hilton, Hyatt…
Got an American Airlines co-branded credit card? You might be eligible for up to 7,500 off on some award redemptions in North America. And the destinations for Q1 2013 were just released. There are more…
The four largest US carriers have now all chosen to block 3rd party points aggregation sites as of this week with United Airlines joining the party today. TripIt was the first site to share that…
So, who is to blame when a deal dies? That debate is all the rage these days and it seems that the discussions quickly lead to rage, at least amongst some participants. There’s money to…
There always seems to be a promo available for buying points from American Airlines. Just as quickly as the last one ended this one started, with a bonus up to 50% this time around, depending…
Welcome to episode 15 of the PointsHoarder podcast. This week we’re exploring an award type that none of us know anything about. OK, maybe that is a bit dramatic, but we’re talking about the oneworld…
When the operational issues started to flare up at American Airlines more than one person suggested that the best outcome for passengers would be a promotion to attract customers back. Apparently the folks running the…
American Airlines has announced a bonus of 33% for buying miles over the next two weeks, assuming you buy at the correct number of points. Here’s the breakdown: The pricing comes out to around 2.3…
Welcome to episode 13 of the PointsHoarder podcast. We’ve got a lot of news to cover in this edition. At the time of the recording I thought it was mostly good news. Listening to it…
The October promo from American Airlines for buying miles is out. Once again a sliding scale of bonus miles depending on how many you purchase. And, once again, not a particularly great deal. The max…
