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7 Oct. 2019
Chase Offering Some Cardholders Ability To Request A Credit Limit Increase Online
Chase is giving some cardholders the ability to request a credit limit increase online. After clicking the ‘Increase My Credit Limit’ button customers are asked what card they would like to increase the limit for as well as the standard questions (income, employment and mortgage/rent details). In the past Chase has done a hard credit
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5 Sep. 2019
When Pilot No Shows, easyJet Lets One of the Passengers Fly the Plane
An easyJet flight from Machester, England to Alicante, Spain was delayed without one of its pilots to fly the plane. The airline had called in a reserve pilot who was going to take 90 minutes just to get to the airport. Passengers would be taking off a couple of hours late, if they were lucky.
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3 Apr. 2018
Top 10 Personal Credit Cards for Travel Rewards: April 2018
There are a lot of reasons to collect miles and points. For free luxury hotel stays and First Class flights To travel to more countries than you could otherwise afford (like Norway, pictured above, where I traveled last July) To take your family on vacation To visit home for the holidays To earn big rewards
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3 Jun. 2017
20,000 Hilton Points Winner!
Don’t forget to follow me on Facebook or Twitter! Thanks to everyone who participated in our 20,000 Hilton points giveaway! Are You the Winner of 20,000 Hilton Points? Find out who won! Congrats to Edward, who won by leaving a blog comment! Emily will be in touch on how to get your prize!         &...
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2 Jun. 2017
WaterStone Bank Checking Promotion: $200 Bonus + 1,000 Scorecard Reward Points (WI)
For residents of Wisconsin, WaterStone Bank is offering you a chance to earn  $200 in checking bonuses when you  sign up for a new WaterStone Free Checking account by August 31, 2017. To be eligible for the bonuses, you must complete few simple requirements of $200 minimum direct deposit, enroll in eStatements, ma...
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12 Dec. 2022
Tagging Miles Portal Updates – 12 December 2022
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19 Nov. 2019
Virgin Atlantic Will Fly A350s To LAX, SFO, JNB, & LOS
Virgin Atlantic began service with their very first A350-1000 in September of this year. The airline has a total of 12 Airbus A350s on order. Not only is the A350 a great plane, but what’s probably most exciting is that these planes feature Virgin Atlantic’s brand new Upper Class seats, which are a huge improvement
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1 Jun. 2017
Update: This Trick to Booking Southwest Flights Still Works!
Million Mile Secrets reader Dan commented: Southwest is my airline of choice.  I’m having trouble getting AMEX to honor the rebate deal when I book tickets on southwest.com as per your December 2016 post on this topic.  Please help me (and other Southwest fans) understand the process.  Thanks! Good question, Dan! Million Mile S...
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5 Apr. 2018
Review: Qantas First Class, Airbus A380 Sydney to Los Angeles
Qantas offers a great first class product on-board their Airbus A380 aircraft. The seat is spacious, beautifully designed and fitting for a true first class product. The catering is delicious; service is attentive both on the ground and in the air; and the overall experiences is worth the premium over business class. That being said,
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7 Sep. 2019
Man Loses Job After Demanding Only White Flight Attendants Serve Him on British Airways
Maybe this isn’t the strangest part of the story, but it strikes me that the racist would demand that minorities serve him, not that they not be allowed to perform in servile roles. According to the man’s attorney his family is the real victim here, the man’s wife “suffered from stress due to the allegation”
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14 Mar. 2020
Hilton extending free night certificates to August 31, 2021
Hilton has announced that they are extending free night certificates in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. They have sent out the following email to members with free night certificates: To recap, free night certificates that were unexpired as of March 11, 2020 and all new ones issued by August 30, 2020 will be valid until August 31,
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12 Jul. 2019
Issuing Banks Rules for Approvals and New Bonuses
This is a living post, continuously updated over time as the miles and points hobby evolves. They change the rules and we have to stay on top of them. Today I’ve updated the section about Citi cards to reflect the new sign up bonus eligibility timelines for their AAdvantage co-branded credit cards. If I’ve left
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