by The Travel Sisters | Mar 31, 2019 | Southwest
While I like to redeem miles and points for first and business class on long international flights, Southwest is by far my preferred airline for domestic flights. However, Southwest offers international flights to many popular travel destinations in Mexico, Costa...
by The Travel Sisters | Mar 27, 2019 | Tips
I recently wrote about all the credit cards that reimburse for Global Entry. While most of these cards reimburse holders for either Global Entry or TSA Precheck, a few cards reimburse only for Global Entry or TSA Precheck. Global Entry includes TSA Precheck so most...
by The Travel Sisters | Mar 15, 2019 | Credit Cards, Manufactured Spending, Ultimate Rewards
Chase has released the 2019 5% bonus categories for the Chase Freedom card. Chase Freedom Calendar 2019 5% Bonus Categories The Chase Freedom 5% bonus categories for 2019 are as follows: 1st quarter (January 1, 2019 – March 31, 2019) – Gas Stations, Tolls,...
by The Travel Sisters | Feb 27, 2019 | Destinations
Viewing the beautiful and famous cherry blossoms (sakura) in Japan is towards the top of many Japan bucket lists and rightfully so. We’ve traveled to Japan several times and the first time we timed our travel dates to visit Tokyo during peak cherry blossom...
by The Travel Sisters | Feb 27, 2019 | Tips
Depending on your closest Global Entry enrollment center, it can sometimes take months to find open Global Entry appointments in order to schedule your in person Global Entry interview. During the US government shutdown, interviews were cancelled so wait times have...
by The Travel Sisters | Feb 25, 2019 | 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 Patti | Feb 21, 2019 | Ultimate Rewards
Following is a guide on how to transfer Chase Ultimate Rewards points to the Chase travel partners. (For a list of all of the travel transfer partners see related post: List of Chase Ultimate Rewards Airline & Hotel Transfer Partners.) Not All Ultimate Rewards Can...
by The Travel Sisters | Feb 21, 2019 | Credit Cards, Ultimate Rewards
If you have more than one Chase credit card, there are a few reasons to combine or transfer Chase Ultimate Rewards points between accounts. 1) You are closing one of your Chase credit card accounts. If you close a Chase credit card, you will lose your Ultimate...
by The Travel Sisters | Feb 20, 2019 | Credit Cards, Ultimate Rewards
One of the reasons I am such a fan of Chase Ultimate Rewards points is that you can transfer your points to another person (although there are restrictions on who that person can be). There are 2 ways you can share your Chase Ultimate Rewards points with another...
by The Travel Sisters | Feb 20, 2019 | Credit Cards, Ultimate Rewards
Do you have a Chase Ink Plus or a Chase Ink Business Preferred card? You can earn 20,000 Ultimate Rewards points per referral via the Chase refer a friend program up to a maximum of 100,000 bonus points for all Ink Business Preferred referrals per year. Chase...
