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Synchrony bank has introduced The Norwegian Reward Card, a co-brand Norwegian Air Mastercard for the U.S. market. This creates a new income stream for the struggling airline that has seemed to turn a corner lately.
According to American Express points are not your asset and points cannot be transferred by the government. Moreover in bankruptcy all points are going to go away.
The Department of Justice, though, prosecuted a woman for redeeming Membership Rewards points despite a government order not to hide or move assets. Who is right?
Already on their sixth transfer bonus of the year, having just launched transferable points, and Capital One has shared in the past that “limited-time offers like this will be another major perk for Venture and Spark Miles account holders to take advantage of.”
This month they’re back with a bonus on transfers to Air France KLM Flying Blue, a great program to pool points in, with reasonable redemption rates and good business class availability.
Earlier today I wrote about new benefits for the American Express Centurion Card, also known as the Black Card. They need to offer strong benefits for a product with a $7500 initiation fee and that has had a $2500 annual fee.
Most of what’s new strikes me as fluff – and doesn’t come close to making up for the other changes happening to the card including a new $5000 annual fee and loss of key benefits.
Citi is sending out year-end gift offers to Prestige cardmembers, though I don’t yet know wehther this is a targeted offer or something sent far and wide. It’s the opportunity to choose a complimentary gift from Tiffany & Co: a pen, a bowl, a platter, tumblers or wine glasses.
British Airways wasn’t showing up as an American Express Membership Rewards transfer option on the program’s list of transfer partners.
Several readers emailed about this. The disappearance was also reported at Monkey Miles and at MilesTalk.
Barclays is re-launching their Uber Credit Card today with a new value proposition. You can apply online or in the app and current Uber cardholders will be transitioned to the new product in the first half of 2020 after being notified by email and their monthly statement.
The new card earns Uber cash rather than cash back, but offers a ton of value across all Uber spend.
Club Premier is 49% owned by Aimia, the company that spun off Air Canada’s Aeroplan, lost 80% of its market value when Air Canada announced its intention to start a competing program, and then sold the program back to the airline. Aimia has the demonstrated capability to run a good operation. In this case however they are part of one of the worst frequent flyer programs.
American Express Membership Rewards is offering a 25% bonus on transfers to Air France KLM Flying Blue through November 30. You’ll need to log into your American Express account to see the bonus (otherwise it’ll show with the standard 1:1 transfer ratio).
I find that Air France’s availability and award pricing is very attractive for US-Europe flying.
I’m incredibly fortunate to have earned millions of miles with credit cards. The products and bank issuer policies — and best strategies — are constantly changing.
If you want to approach your credit card applications strategically — not just get the best cards, but in the right order, here are my suggestions.
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 »
