Whew, I think I’ve responded to the entire pile of emails from the last two weeks (note: responding to over 1,000 emails in 2 days is a little carpel tunnely). If I brain farted and somehow skipped yours, please tell me. As far as I know, I’m caught up. I do realize I dropped a Monday bomb on you guys. I’m aware. I apologize if it wasn’t done smoothly. Just know that nothing is changing for a while. I’ll definitely keep you posted with more details in a few months as I get organized. Ok, enough long posts for now. Lots to catch up on. Let’s move…
- In the non-shock of the year, Southwest…gasp…has a new sale. Alaska and Emirates do too.
- Big thanks to readers Sara and Bruce for correcting the Southwest, Amex Hilton, and Surpass card bonuses in yesterday’s Top 25. Fixes have been made.
- Make sure you’ve registered for these promos from Southwest, Hilton, and IHG. Won’t take long.
- Speaking of IHG, they still have the most underrated hotel card. But their points are starting to annoy me. Turns out I hate devaluations in 2018 just as much as I did last year.
- New Airbnb guests can get 5 SkyDongs per dollar spent here.
- Don’t let American Express trick you into thinking their new Hilton points transfer is good. The new rate still sucks. Save your Membership Rewards points for something better.
- And please, for the love of Tom Hanks, don’t use your Ultimate Rewards points for Best Buy gift cards. Pretty please.
- On a positive note, many of you just reaped the rewards of last year’s work and got Hertz President’s Circle status yesterday. If so, you can try matching that status to Enterprise and Avis. Most of you probably have National status already. If not, you can match with them too.
