Use Chase Points to Qualify for Top Tier Hyatt Status in as Few as 10 Nights

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Jun 25 2019

Hyatt is offering double elite qualifying night credit at Hyatt Ziva and Hyatt Zilara-branded all-inclusive resort properties when you stay and check out between August 1 and November 23, 2019.

That new offer has been shared fairly broadly, but I was waiting to cover it while I got something confirmed. First let me offer two points that may be obvious but are worth reminding, and then a more interesting and less obvious point.

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How Can Citi Eliminate Nearly All Travel and Purchase Benefits From All Their Cards?

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Jun 25 2019

Yesterday Citibank announced the elimination of nearly all of the ancillary benefits associated with their credit cards.

Gone effective September 22 are rental car insurance; trip cancellation and interruption; travel accident insurance; trip delay; baggage delay; lost baggage; price rewind; 90 day return protection; Medical Evacuation coverage; Missed Ticket Protection; roadside assistance dispatch service and travel and emergency assistance.

Reader Daniel asks, how can Citi even do this?

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