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Ritz-Carlton Rewards Now A Chase Ultimate Rewards Partner

March 26, 2012

Update: As of April 2013, Chase Ultimate Rewards has added Virgin Atlantic as a new airline transfer partner. Today, Chase Ultimate Rewards announced today that it has added a new transfer partner, Ritz-Carlton Rewards. Sapphire Preferred and  Ink Bold cardholders will be able to transfer Ultimate Rewards points to Ritz-Carlton at a 1:1 ratio and then redeem those [...]

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(Video) Sunday Reader Question: Which Program is Better: Amex or Chase?

March 11, 2012

The following Sunday reader question comes from TPG reader Jason: I’m fairly new to *serious* point collecting and just finished my first app-o-rama.  I got lots of great cards from Amex, Chase, & a few other banks.  From what I’ve read on your site, it seems Chase is really giving Amex a run for their [...]

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ExpertFlyer Adds Award Availability for Korean Air, Iberia, Icelandair and Updates United/Continental

February 29, 2012

As you know, ExpertFlyer is one of my favorite tools for finding seat availability and award seats on flights, now it’s even better thanks to a few recent additions to the award availability it shows. Korean Air Awards Perhaps the biggest news is that ExpertFlyer is now showing business class award space on Korean Air [...]

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Destination of the Week: Ski Trip To Park City, Utah

January 6, 2012

Welcome to a new TPG feature series: Destination of the Week. You earned the points, now it’s time to burn some of them by heading to fantastic destinations all over the world. Every Friday TPG Managing Editor Eric will be bringing you another great destination that you can get to and enjoy using all those [...]

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Southwest Now A Chase Ultimate Rewards Transfer Partner

January 6, 2012

Update: As of April 2013, Chase Ultimate Rewards has added Virgin Atlantic as a new airline transfer partner. Well, the big day is finally here. As of yesterday, Southwest is now officially a 1:1 transfer partner of Chase Ultimate Rewards. Sapphire Preferred and certain Ink Bold cards will be able to transfer Ultimate Rewards points to Southwest at [...]

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Ink Bold 50,000 Point Offer Ending, New Card Benefits Added

November 23, 2011

The Ink Bold with Ultimate Rewards card, which currently offers 50,000 points when you spend $5,000 within 3 months, is the Chase Sapphire Preferred business card equivalent. This means you can use these Ultimate Rewards points to transfer instantly at 1:1 ratios to United, Continental, British Airways, Korean Airlines, Hyatt, Priority Club, Marriott and Amtrak. This sign-up [...]

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Maximize Your Points and Miles This Holiday Shopping Season

November 21, 2011

One of the easiest ways to rack up a ton of points is by shopping online. Airline and credit card shopping portals make it very easy – all you have to do is click their simple link to your retailers website and they’ll automatically kick you back a certain number of points (usually based on [...]

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Update on the Stamps.com Chase Ultimate Rewards 2,500 Point Bonus

September 23, 2011

Like many of you, I got the “oh we messed up” email from Stamps.com today stating that Chase should have never been offering incentives for new Stamps.com members via the Ultimate Rewards Mall. I’m not sure what really happened, but I am hopeful that Chase does the right thing and honors the points. After all [...]

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Chase Launches 50,000 Point Sign-up Bonus for Ink Bold

September 22, 2011

Chase just officially launched a new 50,000 point sign-up bonus for their Ink Bold with Ultimate Rewards business card when you spend $10,000 within 3 months and the $95 annual fee is waived for the first year. These Ultimate Rewards points, which are the same as the Sapphire Preferred (Personal) points, can be instantly transferred [...]

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Chase Ultimate Rewards Adds Korean Air Skypass as Airline Transfer Partner

September 17, 2011

Update: As of April 2013, Chase Ultimate Rewards has added Virgin Atlantic as a new airline transfer partner. Chase’s Ultimate Rewards program is shaping up to be a formidable competitor to American Express’ Membership Rewards. While browsing their site since I recently became a Sapphire Preferred cardmember, I noticed that Korean Airlines Skypass is now a transfer partner of [...]

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