by The Travel Sisters | Dec 3, 2017 | Tips, Travel Gifts and Gear
Looking for some gift ideas for the travel lovers in your life? We’ve got you covered with our updated travel gift guide featuring some of the best gifts for travelers in 2018. From fun and stylish to practical and useful, we rounded up the top gift ideas for...
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 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 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...
by The Travel Sisters | Jun 25, 2018 | Flexible Rewards
With the SPG-Marriott merger coming up, I thought it would be a good time to review all the SPG transfer partners airlines. I am a big fan of Starpoints and one of the best features of the Starwood program is that in addition to using SPG points for free hotel award...
by Patti | Jun 16, 2018 | Credit Cards, Flexible Rewards
Chase has released the 2018 5% bonus categories for the Chase Freedom card. Chase Freedom Calendar 2018 5% Bonus Categories The Chase Freedom 5% bonus categories for 2018 are as follows: 1st quarter (January 1, 2018- March 31, 2018) – Gas Stations,...
by Patti | Jun 12, 2018 | Tips
A few years ago, I applied and was approved for Global Entry. Although I’ve found Global Entry (which also includes TSA Precheck) well worth the $100 application fee, when it is time to renew I plan to get Global Entry for free. There are a couple of ways to...
by The Travel Sisters | Jun 3, 2018 | Tips, Travel Gifts and Gear
Searching for the best travel gift ideas for him? We’ve put together a list of the best travel gifts for men for 2018 whatever your budget. These gifts are sure to please any man who travels including your father, husband, boyfriend, son, brother, friend or anyone...
by The Travel Sisters | Jun 2, 2018 | Destinations
We were determined to view a sumo wrestling match during our first trip to Japan. There were no tournaments that month so we took a very early train ride into a non-touristy part of Tokyo to watch the wrestlers practice at a sumo stable. As luck would have it,...
