You may remember how through a series of unusual and quite fortunate events, my husband became a Diamond Hyatt member. He had exactly zero points in his account and probably has no clue what Hyatt even is. And yet, he is now their most prized customer. Why does it matter? Well, Hyatt Diamond is probably […]

Well, the plot thickens. Several readers have pointed out that the info on billing the fee every January is incorrect. I called Citi again and the new agent confirmed that people are billed individually according to when they opened the CitiGold account. This differs from what I was told originally, but no surprise there. I […]

An update: Citi rep gave me incorrect info. See my new post on the subject. You may remember my December post highlighting 50K points promo on CitGold account.  An amazing deal, no doubt. But there is one wrinkle which recently manifested itself. Here is the comment I got from one of my readers: I wasn’t […]

I got an email from a reader and wanted to share it with you: “I recently applied for a targeted offer on Delta Amex card that is giving me 60,000 miles but it’s costing me $200.00 (annual fee).  But I get a $100 statement credit if I spend $100 on a Delta purchase within first […]