They've improved the card's annual free night and points-earning for ongoing spend. And they've launched the card with an eye-popping bonus: 100,000 points after $5000 spend on purchases in the first 3 months of cardmembership. I wrote that I don't know ...

End Date Announced for Marriott 100,000 Point Initial Bonus Offer and more...  In This Issue...  End Date Announced for Marriott 100,000 Point Initial Bonus Offer  Who Knew? You Can Buy an Empty Middle Seat For More Space on All the Big US Airlines  Why Locals Can’t Eat on United’s Marshall Islands Flights That Are Over 4 Hours  Cut Your Airline Telephone Hold Time With This One Weird Trick  The Curious Case of Extra Points Charges For 2 Guests on Hilton Award Nights  New: Expiring Points After Just 6 Months of Inactivity and Bad Thing to Do To Your Pilot  More Recent Articles This email contains references to products from one or more of our advertisers. End Date Announced for Marriott 100,000 Point Initial Bonus Offer They've improved the card's annual free night and points-earning for ongoing spend. And they've launched the card with an eye-popping bonus: 100,000 points after $5000 spend on purchases in the first 3 months of cardmembership. I wrote that I don't know when that 100,000 point offer ends, but it turns out the end date is published. Continue reading End Date Announced for Marriott 100,000 Point Initial Bonus Offer...          • Email to a friend • Who Knew? You Can Buy an Empty Middle Seat For More Space on All the Big US Airlines The single most important factor in whether or not you have a good flight is having an empty seat next to you. The food or snacks seem better. Flight attendants seem friendlier. It's less stressful overall. So regardless of your size, if you feel more comfortable buying extra space, it's something to consider especially when the price is right. Airlines don't just sell extra legroom seats -- who knew they sell extra width too? Continue reading Who Knew? You Can Buy an Empty Middle Seat For More Space on All the Big US Airlines...          • Email to a friend • Why Locals Can’t Eat on United’s Marshall Islands Flights That Are Over 4 Hours First Hawaiian bank, owned by a French banking group, is pulling out of its relationship with domestic banking there due to regulatory risk even though there's no indication of money laundering. This makes cashing paychecks from the US military base problematic. Western Union has one branch in the capital, which may leave residents taking a trip hundreds of miles by boat or air to receive funds from the rest of the world. Continue reading Why Locals Can’t Eat on United’s Marshall Islands Flights That Are Over 4 Hours...          • Email to a friend • Cut Your Airline Telephone Hold Time With This One Weird Trick Southwest, Delta and United telephone customer service has been compared to ringing up the IRS. During irregular operations, bad weather events, calling an airline is much worse than usual - because everyone else is calling too. I'm used to hearing that "we're experiencing unusually high call volumes" all the time as an excuse for not investing in customer service. It's actually true during storms or other outages. Continue reading Cut Your Airline Telephone Hold Time With This One Weird Trick...          • Email to a friend • The Curious Case of Extra Points Charges For 2 Guests on Hilton Award Nights If there was ever any doubt about whether Hilton Honors had become a full revenue-based program, this should help disabuse that. Continue reading The Curious Case of Extra Points Charges For 2 Guests on Hilton Award Nights...          • Email to a friend • New: Expiring Points After Just 6 Months of Inactivity and Bad Thing to Do To Your Pilot A roundup of the most important stories of the day. I keep you up to date on the most interesting writings I find on other sites – the latest news and tips. Continue reading New: Expiring Points After Just 6 Months of Inactivity and Bad Thing to Do To Your Pilot...          • Email to a friend • More Recent Articles United Handing Out Gift Cards and Miles at the Gate to Promote Credit Card Awareness 15 Year Old Dyslexic Girl Comes to the Aid of Distressed Deaf and Blind Passenger Deal of the Year Through This Weekend Only 90,000 Points for $300 (1/3 of a Cent Per Point!) What's Overrated/Underrated in Travel 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