- Do this now: Register for Wyndham’s promotion for stays booked by August 31 and completed by September 3. The maximum bonus for the promotion is 15,000 points total, and can be earned by:
– 2 night stays: 7,500 bonus points
– 3 night stays: 12,500 bonus points
– 4+ night stays: 15,000 bonus points
Vacasa bookings don’t count, and existing bookings don’t either so you’ll have to rebook anything already planned. - Chase Offers has a few card linked gameable offers:
– 10% back on $50+ at Southwest on up to $400 in spend
– 10% back on $100+ at Four Points by Sheraton on up to $570 in spend through July 1
I’ll personally be spending 30 seconds today to remember the loss of Starwood and its SPG program to Marriott, in case you were wondering. - Virgin Atlantic devalued partner ANA business class awards to Japan:
– West Coast to Japan: From 45,000 points to 52,500 points
– Central or Eastern US to Japan: From 47,500 points to 60,000 points
– Hawaii, Indonesia, or India to Japan: From 35,000 to 37,500
Inflation affects cash prices for hotels and airlines; that typically means it’s going to affect points prices too since your earning is often based on cash spend, which inflates. So, minor devaluations like this can be expected every few years as normal course of business. Of course major devaluations don’t get to hide under the inflation blanket. - Chase’s Memorial Day weekend surprise is that targeted mailers for a $1,500 sign-up bonus after spending $10,000 on the Ink Business Premier have resurfaced after a winter hiatus. If you didn’t get a mailer, the offer is also available in branch by talking to a friendly business banker, and the targeting criteria for in-branch is much looser.
These will probably appear this week in the “Just for you” section of the Chase app and website too in case you didn’t get a mailer and don’t want to go in branch because going in branch is hard. (Thanks to DDG)
Have a nice holiday friends!
The other version of a Memorial Day surprise.