Bits ‘n Pieces for June 12, 2013

News and notes from around the interweb:

  • Roms Deals finds an offer for the Fairmont Visa with a $0 annual fee the first year.

  • Online Travel Review says that 50,000 point Southwest Visa offers are back.

  • Nicholas Kralev has a new web TV show focused on diplomacy. In the most recent episode he interviews the U.S. assistant secretary of state for consular affairs on U.S. visa policies.

  • Lucky notes that American AAdvantage discounted domestic award tickets for Citibank co-branded credit card holders will switch up eligible cities monthly instead of quarterly and now permit one-way redemptions (no longer requiring roundtrip to get the discount).

  • There’s one more day left to comment to enter to win a Briggs & Riley @work bag.


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Gary Leff is one of the foremost experts in the field of miles, points, and frequent business travel - a topic he has covered since 2002. Co-founder of frequent flyer community InsideFlyer.com, emcee of the Freddie Awards, and named one of the "World's Top Travel Experts" by Conde' Nast Traveler (2010-Present) Gary has been a guest on most major news media, profiled in several top print publications, and published broadly on the topic of consumer loyalty. More About Gary »

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