Flying Blue Expands Saver Award Availability for Platinum and Ultimate Elite Members Flying Blue Expands Saver Award Availability for Platinum and Ultimate Elite Members

Flying Blue Expands Saver Award Availability for Platinum and Ultimate Elite Members

Struggling to find Flying Blue Saver award space to Europe? That'll be less of an issue if you have Platinum or Ultimate status. Better award availability is now an official perk of holding either status. Here's how meaningful this benefit is and how to earn your way toward Platinum status.

Best Ways to Redeem Amex Membership Rewards Points for U.S. Domestic Flights (From 3k Points!)

American Express Membership Rewards are a notoriously powerful, transferable, loyalty currency. With generous category bonuses and periodic transfer bonuses, it isn’t hard to rack up Amex points. However, it can be difficult determining how to maximize Membership Rewards for simple U.S. domestic award flights. Thankfully by leveraging various airline alliances and partners, there are sweet spots for domestic travel.

From Co-Brand Products to Flexible Rewards: The 9 Best Hotel Credit Cards With No Annual Fee

Hotel credit cards can offer many perks: automatic elite status, free night certificates, elevated earning rates at hotels in that program, and more. However, the fanciest perks are typically attached to credit cards with expensive annual fees. Looking at the other end of the spectrum, there are hotel credit cards with no annual fee. What do they offer? Should you add one to your wallet? Let's find out.

Another Reason to Avoid Etihad Guest: Account Suspensions for Trying to Use Your Miles

Etihad Guest is a program that has a lot of potential, from booking American Airlines awards from 6,000 miles to Etihad First Class. Plus, you can transfer points to Etihad Guest from several points programs. But, I found out the hard way that Etihad Guest will suspend your account (without any notification or communication) if you try to redeem miles in the way it doesn't like.