2025 Points and Miles Checklist: What To Do Before the Clock Strikes Midnight 2025 Points and Miles Checklist: What To Do Before the Clock Strikes Midnight

2025 Points and Miles Checklist: What To Do Before the Clock Strikes Midnight

Between pooling balances with family, using expiring credits, achieving hotel and airline status, and hitting yearly spending thresholds, there are plenty of points and miles to-dos to consider doing before the calendar hits January 1. Check out our handy guide to what you should act on across your accounts before year's end!

Citi Double Cash® Card Review: One of the Best Cards for Everyday Spending

The Citi Double Cash® Card is an excellent cash-back credit card offering 2% back on every purchase. This simplicity in earning points is excellent for non-bonus spending and for those who do not want to worry about when to use different cards, especially for a card with no annual fee. Beyond this, there aren't many perks, but it's still one of our favorite cards for everyday spending. Let's look at the positives and negatives.

23 Points, Miles, and Travel Deals Ending in the Next Two Weeks (Marriott, Alaska, Southwest, Avios, Aeroplan, Etc.)

At least 23 promotions are ending and loyalty program changes being made in the next two weeks. Among those include bonus miles for online shopping, discounts on award booking tools, 10k bonus Alaska points for ski pass, last chance to book before a devaluation, major card changes, excellent deals on buying points and miles, and much more. Here's a roundup of the promotions to consider maximizing in the next two weeks.

How I Turned My Amex Hilton Credit Into a Five-Star Date Night — And Other Creative Ways to Use It

The American Express Business Platinum Card and Hilton Surpass card offer up to $200 in Hilton statement credits per year, split into four $50 quarterly credits. But, you don’t need a Hilton stay on the calendar every quarter to make use of this credit. With a little planning, it’s possible to find simple, worthwhile ways to use it. Here's how I used it to book a fancy date night in Las Vegas.

Accor and Flying Blue Launch 30% Transfer Bonus — Book Business Class to Europe From 47k Accor Points

Air France/KLM Flying Blue just announced a new 30% transfer bonus through December 17, 2025, on transfers from Accor Live Limitless. Accor already offers one of the best transfer rates we've seen from a hotel program to an airline mileage program, and this transfer bonus makes it even better. Combine with Promo Rewards to book rewards between the U.S. and Europe for 15k Accor points in economy or 47k Accor points in business class.