by The Travel Sisters | Aug 14, 2018 | Credit Cards, Ultimate Rewards
With the recent addition of new Ultimate Rewards airline transfer partners, I thought it would be useful to any beginners to review the list of Chase Ultimate Rewards airline and hotel transfer partners, how to make transfers and which credit cards earn Ultimate...
by The Travel Sisters | Aug 9, 2018 | Uncategorized
While credit card bonuses are the fastest way to earn a lot of miles without traveling, one of the easiest ways to earn miles is through online shopping since you can earn miles for purchases you would be making anyway. Right now, five (5) airlines are offering extra...
by The Travel Sisters | Aug 9, 2018 | Membership Rewards
The list of Amex Membership Rewards airline and hotel transfer partners can be hard to find from your American Express online account. Most of these transfer at a 1:1 ratio (meaning 1,000 Amex Membership Rewards points transfer to 1,000 miles/points) unless otherwise...
by The Travel Sisters | Aug 2, 2018 | Credit Cards
We have written before about Chase’s refer-a-friend program which we use to earn extra points when a close friend or family member applies for a new Chase credit card. The list of cards that offer a Chase refer-a-friend bonus keeps changing so we thought it was time...
by Matilda | Jul 24, 2018 | Family Travel, Trip Reports
While there is no shortage of fun things to do in Chicago with kids, not all are appropriate for that tricky toddler stage. Since we live in downtown Chicago, many of our favorite activities are also perfect for visitors looking to entertain their energetic and...
by The Travel Sisters | Jul 23, 2018 | IHG, Travel Hacking
If you are a beginner to points and miles, one of the best values in points are IHG Rewards Club PointBreaks. This is a list of IHG hotels that in the past could be booked at only 5,000 IHG Rewards points a night (normally you would need more points to book these...
by The Travel Sisters | Jul 7, 2018 | Flexible Rewards
Unless I get a decent retention offer, I plan to close my Citi ThankYou Premier card soon, so I have been reviewing all the Citi ThankYou points transfer partners in order to decide where to transfer my Citi Thank You points. I don’t have an immediate...
by The Travel Sisters | Jul 7, 2018 | Tips
We used to participate in a lot of travel twitter chats when we first joined twitter. Twitter chats (also called twitter parties) can be a lot of fun for anyone that loves travel and a good way to find travel twitter accounts to follow. For travel bloggers...
by The Travel Sisters | Jul 1, 2018 | Credit Cards, Manufactured Spending, Ultimate Rewards
Today is the first day of a new quarter and a new set of 5 percent categories for the Chase Freedom card (one of my favorite credit cards). Although the Chase Freedom is technically a cash back card, if you have a Chase Sapphire Preferred, Chase Sapphire Reserve, Ink...
by The Travel Sisters | Jun 30, 2018 | Credit Cards
Many of you reading might be familiar with Chase’s new stricter rules for credit card approvals which started late May/early June, 2015. Basically, Chase is trying to avoid churning and has instituted a hard rule of denying certain Chase credit card applications for...
