TurboTax Offering 1,000 Southwest Rapid Rewards Points for Filing Your Taxes
Currently, Southwest Rapid Rewards members can earn 1,000 Rapid Rewards points by filing their taxes with TurboTax. Any version of TurboTax's online software is eligible for the bonus (including the free version), but bonus points do not count towards Companion Pass status.
Ebates Members Can Now Earn American Express Membership Rewards Points on Purchases
New eBates members can earn Membership Reward points instead of cash back on eBates purchases. Currently, only new Ebates members are eligible, but there is a 1,500 Membership Reward sign-up bonus available. Get the full details here.
Capital One Ending Hotels.com 10x with Venture Cards January 31, 2020 (Updated)
The Capital One Venture Rewards Credit Card has long offered 10x points on Hotels.com purchases. Unfortunately, the promotion is set to end on January 31, 2020.
Avianca Lifemiles Adds New Partners to Award Search
Avianca LifeMiles has revamped its website after a five-day outage in February. This update brings key new functionality to the award booking engine—most notably, the option to make cash and points bookings and book tickets on partners that were previously impossible to book online.
Japan Airlines to Allow Award Bookings 360 Days Before Departure
JAL Mileage Bank will now open its award calendar for JAL operated flights 360 days out, up from the previous 330 days. This is good news for JAL Mileage Bank members, but not so great for some partners. Here's the full scoop.
Air Italy Launching Flights to Chicago, But Later Than Originally Planned
Air Italy has pushed back the launch date for its new route from Chicago to Milan to sometime in 2020. The flight will be the airline’s sixth North American destination. Although it’s disappointing to see the date bumped from May 2019 into 2020, it’s good news to see that it hasn’t been canceled entirely.