by The Travel Sisters | Aug 20, 2018 | Credit Cards
If you recently applied for a Citi credit card and received a message that your application is pending review, here is how to check your Citibank credit card application status. You can check your Citibank credit card application status both online and by telephone....
by The Travel Sisters | Jul 23, 2018 | Deals, IHG
Update: Here is a link to the newest IHG Points Breaks list. 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...
by The Travel Sisters | Jul 1, 2018 | Credit Cards, 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 has instituted a hard rule of denying certain Chase credit card applications for people that have signed up for 5...
by The Travel Sisters | Jun 25, 2018 | Flexible Rewards
UPDATE: SPG has merged with Marriott. See the new Marriott Airline Transfer Partners here. 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...
by Patti | Jun 23, 2018 | Destinations
We don’t usually repeat our travel destinations but Japan is an exception. Japan is one of our favorite countries if not our favorite country in the world. Ideally, I recommend visiting Japan for at least 2 weeks, but a week is enough for an introduction to this...
by The Travel Sisters | May 21, 2018 | Flexible Rewards
UPDATE: See the new Marriott Airline Transfer Partners here. Following is a guide on how to transfer Starpoints to the SPG travel partners airlines plus rules and best practices for transfers. (For a list of all of the SPG transfer partners and best and worst partners...
by The Travel Sisters | Apr 30, 2018 | Deals, IHG
Update: Here is a link to the newest IHG Points Breaks list. 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...
by The Travel Sisters | Apr 1, 2018 | Credit Cards, 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 | Mar 22, 2018 | Credit Cards
If you are a long time reader you know that I love Chase Ultimate Rewards points and they are my favorite points to earn and redeem for free travel. Because of the Chase 5/24 rule, Chase cards that earn Ultimate Rewards points are usually the first cards that I...
