Capital One miles will transfer to airline frequent flyer programs starting next month. I love when programs make their miles worth more, without taking anything away from customers at all. You earn 1.5 frequent flyer miles per dollar in the airline ...

Capital One is Adding Points to Airline Miles Transfers at a Great Rate, Venture Becomes Double Threat and more...  In This Issue...  Capital One is Adding Points to Airline Miles Transfers at a Great Rate, Venture Becomes Double Threat  Buy Up to 200,000 IHG Hotel Points at Just Half a Cent Each  Motel 6 Will Pay $7.6 Million Settlement After Racially Profiling Guests, Trying to Get them Deported  American Has New 5000 Mile Flight Awards, Hawaii For 12,500 Miles  Hawaii Service Used to Be So Glamorous United Airlines Offered Its Own ‘The Residence’  More Recent Articles This email contains references to products from one or more of our advertisers. Capital One is Adding Points to Airline Miles Transfers at a Great Rate, Venture Becomes Double Threat Capital One miles will transfer to airline frequent flyer programs starting next month. I love when programs make their miles worth more, without taking anything away from customers at all. You earn 1.5 frequent flyer miles per dollar in the airline program of your choice (out of these 12 to start) or you can still use the card for 2% rebates towards travel. Continue reading Capital One is Adding Points to Airline Miles Transfers at a Great Rate, Venture Becomes Double Threat...          • Email to a friend • Buy Up to 200,000 IHG Hotel Points at Just Half a Cent Each IHG Rewards Club – the loyalty program for Intercontinental, Crowne Plaza, Holiday Inn and related brands — is offering a bonus up to 100% on purchased points through November 30. This applies to purchases of 7000 or more points. It can be an amazing deal to buy points cheap and redeem them for reward stays in conjunction with the IHG® Rewards Club Premier Credit Card 4th night free benefit. Continue reading Buy Up to 200,000 IHG Hotel Points at Just Half a Cent Each...          • Email to a friend • Motel 6 Will Pay $7.6 Million Settlement After Racially Profiling Guests, Trying to Get them Deported Last year I wrote about Motel 6s in Phoenix working with ICE to get their guests deported. When Motel 6 would ‘leave the light on’ it was really the police siren light accompanying La Migra. Motel 6 Phoenix – Northern Avenue, Credit: Motel 6 At one Motel 6 the hotel would fax guests lists over to the police without even having been asked to do so. At another property “anyone who didn't look American” would get reported to Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The chain which was sold by Accor to Blackstone Group in 2012 has agreed to pay $7.6 million to settle a class action lawsuit for violating the privacy rights of its guests. Up to $5.6 million will go to Motel 6 guests who faced immigration removal proceedings after their personal information was... Continue Reading »          • Email to a friend • American Has New 5000 Mile Flight Awards, Hawaii For 12,500 Miles Two weeks ago American AAdvantage launched award 'web specials'. American has loaded several routes into web specials. This includes longer haul travel, and even includes Hawaii, at a variety of discounted prices. Continue reading American Has New 5000 Mile Flight Awards, Hawaii For 12,500 Miles...          • Email to a friend • Hawaii Service Used to Be So Glamorous United Airlines Offered Its Own ‘The Residence’ Hawaii service used to be something special. That isn't really true anymore. It's exciting that Southwest Airlines is on the cusp of flying to Hawaii, especially for holders of the Companion Pass (designated companion flies for just the taxes whether you're paying for your ticket with points or cash). But the product is going to be standard Southwest -- no meals or seat power. But did you know that Untied Airlines used to offer its own version of the modern Etihad Residence -- a private stateroom on their Hawaii flights 70 years ago? Continue reading Hawaii Service Used to Be So Glamorous United Airlines Offered Its Own ‘The Residence’...          • Email to a friend • More Recent Articles Why Big Credit Card Initial Bonus Offers Matter — To The Banks 7 Simple Ways to Meet Minimum Spending on a Credit Card Without Breaking a Sweat Why Banks Will Never Run Out of Credit Card Numbers and the Best Sushi in America New Silvercar 20% Car Rental Discount, No Minimum Rental Required Air India's Director of Flight Safety Just Failed Two Breathalyzers Before Trying to Fly London-Delhi Opinions expressed here are author's alone, not those of any bank, credit card issuer, airline or hotel chain, and have not been reviewed, approved or otherwise endorsed by any of these entities.     Safely Unsubscribe • Archives • Preferences • Contact • Subscribe • Privacy Email subscriptions powered by FeedBlitz, LLC • 365 Boston Post Rd, Suite 123 • Sudbury, MA 01776, USA