The Chase Ultimate Rewards program offers direct points transfers to the following hotels: Hyatt Marriott The Ritz-Carlton You can also get Gift Cards for the following hotels: Best Western Fairmont Hotels & Resorts Hyatt Marriott (TravelCard) The Ritz-Carlton (TravelCard) By transferring rewards points to your account with either Hyatt, Marriott or Ritz-Carlton you will get a 1:1 transfer. When redeeming ... Read More »

Thanks to American Express Membership Rewards, Delta SkyMiles and the Chase Sapphire Preferred card, my wife and I just got back from a week stay in Seattle, Washington. Our flight was free at 45,000 Delta Skymiles for each First Class ticket, our hotel was almost free by using 65,000 Chase Ultimate Rewards points and our car rental was only $221 ... Read More »

This is a question I get at least a few times a month. And the answer is YES! Yes you can redeem your Delta SkyMiles for a ticket for another person. They don’t have to be a family member or even be related to you in any way. In fact over the past few months I have redeemed 150,000 SkyMiles ... Read More »

Question: Do You Only Get Credited With Air Miles When You Fly Or When You Purchase? This question was asked this past weekend and was something I used to wonder myself. The simple answer is yes and no, let me explain. When you purchase a flight you can earn airline miles for the ticket itself. So, for instance you want ... Read More »

Whenever I travel I try to stay at nice hotels. I’ve stayed in my share of bad hotel rooms, motels, camping sites over the years and now that I’m loaded with rewards points, I would rather spend a little extra in points for a nice room. When I was a kid my family would never stay in any nice hotel. ... Read More »

My wife just got her new Chase Sapphire Preferred credit card today, which we signed up using the link at InACents! We had them rush ship the credit card, took 3 days to get here. My wife and I sign up for credit cards that get us the most rewards points or airline miles. Since we put all of our ... Read More »

Since moving to Alaska in 2011, my family has wanted to come up for a visit. This summer they will have their chance, along with a million other tourist! If you don’t know any thing about Alaska, you should know that Alaska is the biggest US state, yes.. even bigger than Texas. Alaska actually dwarfs Texas in size. If I ... Read More »

Over the years I have had almost every kind of credit card you can think of.. except Discover Card. I usually value rewards points or airline miles more than a cash back credit card. The reason is a cash back card will only give you about a 1% return while with a miles or rewards card, you can often get ... Read More »

Get 300 bonus Delta SkyMiles for every $100 you spend at participating restaurants, bars and clubs. You have to pre-register to be qualified for this offer and the offer ends on December 31, 2012. Register Here I would take advantage of this offer but here in Alaska there are only 2 participating restaurants in the SkyMiles Dining program! Its a ... Read More »

My wife and I are flying back to Seattle in June for a friend’s wedding.. of course our trip is free and we are in First Class. Normally I wouldn’t use my miles for First Class on such a short flight, but flying from Anchorage to Seattle would have either cost us $600/each, 35,000 miles/each for economy class or 45,000 ... Read More »