Details Written by: RJ Walmart & Expedia have teamed up to offer travel benefits to Walmart + customers. Rewards are paid out in Walmart Cash. 5x Hotels, vacation & car rentals, tours, activities & more 2x Air travel Full press release Walmart Expedia travel page Thoughts I would have guessed Walmart would partner with Capital…
Details Written by: RJ New reporting from The Information adds context into why the Apple Card/Goldman Sachs partnership could be ending. The full article is pay walled but Mac Rumors pull a few quotes: “Former employees at both companies who worked on the Apple Card said executives weren’t prepared for how difficult it would be…
Details Written by: RJ Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, the world’s largest hotel franchising company with approximately 9,100 hotels spanning more than 95 countries, today announced the continued expansion of its innovative ECHO Suites Extended StaySM by Wyndham brand, which in just one year, now has more than 200 hotels in its development pipeline. Rapidly outpacing…
Details Written by: RJ US Bank & Korean Air have updated their Sky Pass lineup of cobranded credit cards. They come in three flavors, all get updated multipliers and a new coat of paint. SKYPASS SkyBlue Visa Annual fee: $0 Multipliers 2x Streaming and ride shares 1x All other purchases Welcome offer: 10k miles after…
Details Written by: RJ Hyatt is upgrading their reservation system. The hotel chain is switching to Sabre’s central reservation system. This change will cover all properties and go live some time in 2024. Flexible calendar search – Guests searching for availability will have a more intuitive and efficient calendar view, including key dates when special…
Details Written by: RJ The Federal Reserve announced today that their new instant payment service; FedNow is now live. ‘The Federal Reserve built the FedNow Service to help make everyday payments over the coming years faster and more convenient,” said Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell. “Over time, as more banks choose to use this…
Details Written by: RJ The basic American Airlines card is being discontinued. This is different than the AAdvantage cards currently issued by Citi. This basic version of an AA card can only be used on AA purchases. Cardholders received a letter this morning ‘We are writing to inform you that as of October 15, 2023,…
Details Written by: RJ MGM seems to have gotten over the Hyatt breakup rather quickly. MGM & Marriott have announced a new partnership.The new partnership will launch this October. The agreement between MGM Resorts and Marriott will also benefit members of both companies’ loyalty programs. Members of MGM Rewards, MGM Resorts’ acclaimed loyalty platform with…
Details Written by: RJ Hyatt and MGM are breaking up on 9/30/23. This means the status matching Hyatt/MGM status to one another will be ending as well. According to TPG: If Hyatt status to MGM between by 7/14/23, you’ll keep your matched MGM Rewards tier status through 1/31/24. Matching MGM Rewards status to Hyatt 7/14/23,…
Details Written by: RJ Today, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ordered Bank of America to pay more than $100 million to customers for systematically double-dipping on fees imposed on customers with insufficient funds in their account, withholding reward bonuses explicitly promised to credit card customers, and misappropriating sensitive personal information to open accounts without…