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Bilt’s June Rent Day is built around Madonna, with custom vinyl, album-release events and even a full month of rent covered at the New York building where she was once a tenant. But the real points play is a transfer bonus of up to 125% to TAP Air Portugal Miles&Go — enough to turn ordinary Bilt spending into an unusually rich haul, even if TAP is not the partner I’d usually choose first.
This is a pretty good deal. Citi Travel is offering cardmembers $50 off a hotel booking of $300 through May 29, 2026 at 11:59pm Eastern. This offer is stackable with the Citi Strata Premier and Citi Strata Elite annual hotel credits.
Delta Amex cardholders may soon get a second free checked bag on domestic flights, according to JonNYC. It could put Amex ahead of most airline cobrands and give a new reason for SkyMiles members to convert to the card.
Air France KLM’s Flying Blue credit card is now live for rent payments through Bilt, earning 3x miles on up to $50,000 in annual rent spend. The bigger play is not just buying miles at a 3% fee — it is turning rent into card spend that can help unlock Flying Blue elite status.
Amex Business Platinum and Business Gold just added a $300 ChatGPT credit, and the real play is stacking it with a 50% off ChatGPT Business promo. Since ChatGPT Business requires two seats, that stack can turn what would normally cost $480 a year into effectively free access for two users — with business privacy protections personal Plus accounts do not get.
Chase is offering a 30% bonus on transfers to Southwest Rapid Rewards, which sounds like value — until you remember how much Southwest has already taken away. The bonus mostly restores the value Rapid Rewards lost through devaluation, while showing how the new Southwest is happy to sell more points now that those points cost less to redeem.
Citi premium card looks complicated at first, but the real value is straightforward once you know how the credits post. The Strata Elite’s hotel, Splurge, Blacklane, Priority Pass, and Admirals Club benefits can make the first cardmember year far more lucrative than the $595 fee suggests.
Mastercard is opening its own airport sit down dining lounges for “World Legend” cardmembers.
Chase Sapphire Reserve now has a record 150,000-point bonus, but the bigger story is that this is still a premium travel card built for actual spending. With strong earning on direct travel and dining, useful protections, valuable transfer partners, and better-than-usual lounge access, the $795 card is not just another coupon book with a big intro offer.
Transferable points used to be the easy hedge against airline and hotel devaluations: keep flexible currency, transfer only when award space appears. But the currencies themselves are now moving in different directions, with some programs adding value while others lose edge or introduce new risk.
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 »
