by The Travel Sisters | Jan 18, 2019 | Travel News
Chicago O’Hare is one of my home airports so this story was interesting to me when I heard it on the news yesterday. Yesterday, Chicago officials unveiled proposed designs for a massive expansion of O’Hare International Airport from five (5) architecture firms. ...
by The Travel Sisters | Jan 14, 2019 | Membership Rewards
Following is a guide on how to transfer Amex Membership Rewards points to airline miles. Before you make a transfer, there are 4 important things to know about transferring American Express Membership Rewards points: 1) If you have more than one American Express card...
by Patti | Jan 12, 2019 | Credit Cards
One of the things I do before I travel internationally, is to let my banks that issued my credit or ATM cards know that I will be traveling abroad. While you can call your bank, some banks make it easy to quickly notify them of your travel plans online. Fortunately,...
by The Travel Sisters | Jan 12, 2019 | 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 | Jan 12, 2019 | 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 Patti | Jan 9, 2019 | Travel News
I love reading the annual travel lists compiled by various travel websites and newspapers on top travel destinations for the year. While I don’t particularly care if a destination I travel to is considered a must see, I love reading these lists for inspiration on...
by The Travel Sisters | Jan 8, 2019 | 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 | Jan 7, 2019 | Tips
If you have a Bank of America, Merrill Lynch or U.S. Trust credit or debit card, you can receive free admission on select dates to certain museums in the United States with the Bank of America Museums on Us program. For those not familiar, the Bank of America Museums...
by The Travel Sisters | Jan 7, 2019 | Tips
We both have Global Entry and love it. Global Entry has shortened our time at US passport control and has also made us eligible for TSA PreCheck. We would recommend Global Entry for anyone that travels internationally – even a couple of times a year. If you are...
by The Travel Sisters | Jan 7, 2019 | 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...
