The Deal

• Get $50 off a Blacklane reservation with promo code FUTBOL26

Quick Thoughts

The Citi Strata Elite Card comes with up to $200 per year in statement credits for Blacklane. That’s divided up as:

• up to $100 in statement credits from January to June
• up to $100 in statement credits from July to December

If you haven’t yet used your Blacklane credit for this half of the year, this promo code should make it possible for you to get a ride that would ordinarily cost $150 for nothing out of pocket. As a reminder, Blacklane is a chauffeur service, sort of like Uber, but for a more white-glove type service. Generally speaking, it’s more expensive than Uber, although between the promo code and the statement credit from the Strata Elite, you could probably save some over what a similar Uber would cost. I find this most useful for airport drop-offs and pick-ups, although in some cities, you can almost use it as an Uber replacement, as you can order a Blacklane from one location to another in a city like New York.

According to Doctor of Credit, a Blacklane reservation does not finalize the charge until after you’ve completed the ride, so if you haven’t used your January to June credit yet, you’ll need to use it on a ride that you complete before June 30th. Therefore, this code would probably be most useful if you have a near-term need for a ride. On the other hand, if you’ve already used your credit for this half of the year, maybe it is possible to apply this code to a booking for the July-to-December period and use it in conjunction with that credit, since the charge will presumably be finalized later? I’m not sure what the end date for this promo code is meant to be.

When you take Blacklane, everything is included in the cost, so there’s no expectation of an additional tip. Hopefully, some readers are able to make use of this discount.

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Comments

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The Deal

• American Express Membership Rewards is offering a 20% transfer bonus when members transfer points to Marriott Bonvoy through June 30, 2026. With this transfer bonus, 1,000 Amex Membership Rewards points become 1,200 Marriott Bonvoy points.

Key Terms

• Valid through June 30, 2026.
• Must transfer in increments of 1,000 points.

Quick Thoughts

Our Reasonable Redemption Value for Marriott Bonvoy points is only 0.77 cents per point. Further, Marriott frequently puts their points on sale for less than one cent per point. That means that even with a 20% transfer bonus, you’re likely to only get around one cent per point in value, give or take.

Our Reasonable Redemption Value for American Express Membership Rewards points is 1.5 cents per point. In most cases, you’ll do far better by transferring your points to airline partners and even perhaps to Hilton with a transfer bonus than you will with this Marriott Bonvoy transfer bonus. In fact, if you’ve got a Schwab Platinum card, you may even be better off cashing your points out and buying them when they go on sale if you ultimately want to turn your Membership Rewards points into Marriott points and you don’t need the Marriott points immediately. However, if you’re just looking to top off for a particularly valuable award redemption, there are surely some instances where this transfer bonus could make sense.

There surely are some outliers. If you see our full analysis post titled “What Are Marriott Bonvoy Points Worth?” you’ll see that at the 90th percentile, Marriott Bonvoy points are worth around 1.11c per point.  Even at that 90th percentile with a 20% transfer bonus, you’d be looking at getting about 1.33 cents per membership reward point. That’s better than cashing out via Schwab, but not necessarily great value for Amex points. At the very top end, we saw some opportunities to get north of three cents per Marriott Bonvoy point, and obviously, if you find an outlier among outliers, you could find a situation where this might make sense. However, in general, we wouldn’t recommend transferring Membership Rewards points to Marriott Bonvoy.

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Comments

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The Deal

• Flying Blue June 2026 promo rewards are now available with a 25% discount on economy class redemptions (with awards starting at 18,750 miles each way) between the following US cities in Europe:

  • New York
  • Houston
  • Seattle
  • Atlanta
  • Boston
  • Minneapolis
  • Chicago
  • Washington
• Las Vegas is the lone premium economy option on sale between the United States and Europe, with awards starting at 30,000 miles one way in premium economy.
• Direct link to this deal

Key Terms

• No Miles or XP (Experience Points) can be earned on Flying Blue reward tickets.
• Flying Blue reward tickets are tickets that can be booked exclusively by Flying Blue members, payable in Miles. Reward tickets can be booked for anyone and used on Air France, KLM and Flying Blue airline partner flights.
• Reward tickets are subject to airport and security taxes and carrier surcharges. These taxes and surcharges are not covered by Miles and must be paid separately.
• Reward tickets are subject to Flying Blue program rules, fare rules and the operating carrier’s general conditions of carriage.
• Promo reward tickets are reward tickets with up to a 25% discount. New Promo reward tickets are released on the first day of each month. Promo reward tickets are subject to availability.
• Displayed Miles prices for Long Haul promotional destinations are for flights to/from Europe, with the lowest possible price displayed, subject to availability.
• Changes (flight and/or date) are possible before flight departure (check-in closure) for a €70 fee plus possible fare difference. Miles and tax/surcharges paid for the changed segment(s) will be reaccredited to the account holder and a new booking for the adjusted flight/date will be made (including re-payment for the tax/surcharges).
• Refunds are also possible before flight departure (check-in closure) for a €70 fee. Miles will be recredited to the account holder in case of a cancellation.
• You can book stopovers depending on availability. Stopovers are available on Air France, KLM and Flying Blue airline partners and all airports, and are bookable via customer service.
• You can add an unlimited number of stopovers to the booking without a maximum connection time. Stopovers can be booked up to 365 days in advance of the last segment of the flight.

Quick Thoughts

All but one of the participating routes between the United States and Europe are only discounted in economy class this time around, which continues a long trend of mostly discounting economy class tickets during these promo reward sales. Las Vegas gets a nod with premium economy starting from 30,000 miles each way. The only routes with discounted business class availability between the Americas and Europe are Toronto, Panama City, St. Martin, and Bogota (there are also a couple of premium economy destinations for those who can position outside of the United States).

While 18,750 miles one way for economy class to Europe sounds like a pretty good deal (and it can be in the right situation), keep in mind that Air France KLM Flying Blue has increased award surcharges in recent months. The quality of the deal depends very much on the prices between your home airport and Europe. In some cases, you could be getting a phenomenal deal, and in other cases, it might be more marginal, particularly for departures from East Coast cities like New York and Boston that frequently have more competitive airfares to Europe. If you’re able to pair this with a good point transfer bonus, then the deal can become slicker yet. Note that we sometimes see a little bit of variance in Flying Blue award pricing, though I think they’ve eliminated most of the opportunities to pay even less than the advertised price. Still, it can be worth checking even if your city isn’t on the list, as we do sometimes see additional routes pricing favorably.

Keep in mind that promo rewards are subject to the same 70 EUR change and cancellation penalty as other Flying Blue award tickets, so there isn’t a significant disadvantage to booking one of these over an ordinary award. You’re simply able to lock in a bit of a discount over the more typical saver-level economy class award pricing of 25,000 miles each way. You can even potentially book a stopover on one of these discounted economy class awards, though stopovers need to be booked over the phone with customer service.

You might be able to stack the opportunity to earn 20,000 Amex Membership Rewards points if your taxes and fees amount to $1,000 or more, and you book directly through the Air France or KLM websites or apps (though not if you’re booking a stopover over the phone). Read more about that targeted Amex offer in this post, and remember that enrollment is required.

With numerous programs instituting devaluations over the last year or two, this can be one of the cheapest mileage deals to Europe, apart from Virgin Atlantic’s pricing for both some of their own flights and Air France KLM flights.

Speaking of that, if you’re traveling during off-peak times, it certainly can be worth taking a look at Virgin Atlantic because they do charge fewer miles and in some cases, maybe less in surcharges. Particularly if you see a transfer bonus to Virgin Atlantic, you might get a significantly better deal booking the same flights through Virgin Atlantic, even after considering the promo reward pricing. That won’t be the case in all situations, so you’ll just have to use an award search tool or take the time to search for your desired dates and routes to see which program offers the deal you need.

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The Deal

• Vacations by Marriott is offering Marriott Bonvoy members the opportunity to earn 20,000 bonus Marriott Bonvoy points when booking five nights or more with Vacations by Marriott Bonvoy.
• Direct link to this deal

Key Terms

• Promotion is valid for reservations booked through Vacations by Marriott Bonvoy between June 1 – June 30, 2026*, for travel June 1 – December 31, 2026, at all properties participating in Marriott Bonvoy.
• Marriott Bonvoy members earn 20,000 bonus points for stays of five or more consecutive nights.
• Bonus points will be posted to account within 1-2 weeks after the checkout date.
• Offer not applicable to groups of ten rooms or more.
• A limited number of rooms are available, and blackout dates or other restrictions may apply.
• Available at participating locations only.
• A stay is defined as consecutive nights spent at the same hotel, regardless of check-in/check-out activity.
• Promotion cannot be combined with certain other offer, sale promotion, or prior purchase/reservation.
• Offer subject to change at any time.
• See promotion landing page for full details.

Quick Thoughts

Vacation packages don’t always present an opportunity for savings, though we have sometimes seen particularly notable deals, usually directly through airline websites. It can sometimes make sense to book a vacation package even with a throwaway hotel or car rental in order to get significant savings on the flight. In this case, I’m seeing pretty significant savings that probably happen on the hotel side, which makes some of these vacation packages potentially worthwhile.

The first vacation package I lchecked was the first cheap-ish option I noticed on the home page, which was a package from Miami to the Bahamas for $585 per person. Sure enough, that exact deal at $585 per person is available at the time of writing. It would be from August 18th to the 22nd, departing from Miami for the Bahamas on American Airlines in basic economy, and staying at the Courtyard by Marriott Nassau Junkanoo Beach.

Setting aside for a moment whether you would actually be interested in booking basic economy or this particular hotel, from a price perspective, it’s a pretty solid deal. The flights alone would cost $586 for two people, and the hotel, booked via the Marriott website, starts at $868 for the same dates with a flexible cancellation policy. That’s a total of 1,454 to book separately so you’re saving more than $370 by booking through Vacations by Marriott.

Interestingly if you wanted main cabin on those flights, it was only an additional $35 per person through Marriott, whereas you can see main cabin would cost about $70 more per person if booked directly through American.

Whether or not that specific example applies to you, it’s interesting to see that there is potentially significant savings available. Unfortunately, while Marriott presents that package as an example on their home page, it isn’t actually qualifying for this promotion because this promotion requires booking a package that includes a hotel stay of a minimum of five nights. Nonetheless, the savings over five nights would be similar, and in the case of the Bahamas, you could even score a pretty good deal for one of the towers at Atlantis.

Whether or not there’s a deal to the specific destination you have in mind is obviously going to vary from one person to another. The bottom line is that if you’re looking at booking cash rates for a hotel and revenue fares for a flight for a trip you’re considering, or if you can find a route or hotel that is notably inexpensive, it might be worth looking through Vacations by Marriott both for the opportunity to save some money and potentially the opportunity to stack with this promotion.

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The Deal

• Rove is offering a 50% transfer bonus when members transfer Rove miles to Turkish Miles & Smiles between June 1st and June 30th, 2026.

Key Terms

• Campaign Period: 1 June 2026, 00:00 (GMT +3) to 30 June 2026, 23:59 (GMT+3)

• Bonus: 50% additional Bonus Miles awarded on all Rove Miles converted to Miles&Smiles Miles during the campaign window

• Eligibility: Open exclusively to Miles&Smiles members. Non-members can register for the Miles&Smiles Program to participate

• Note: Bonus Miles awarded under this campaign are Bonus Miles only. No additional Status Miles will be credited

• Restrictions: This campaign cannot be combined with any other Turkish Airlines campaign

Quick Thoughts

Turkish Miles & Smiles became all the rage in 2019 when we first reported that, at the time, it was possible to book domestic United flights, including from the mainland to Hawaii, for just 7,500 miles each way. At the time, they also had some solid rates for partner business class awards to Europe and beyond. Unfortunately, they’ve devalued their award charts in recent years, and even if you could find availability, they’ve now increased their pricing to more or less match what United charges for those awards. However, Turkish Miles & Smiles still has some solid use cases.

For instance, business class between the United States and Turkiye costs 65,000 miles each way on Turkish-operated flights. Turkish does add surcharges on those awards; however, if you’re getting a 50% transfer bonus from Rove, you would only need to transfer 44,000 Rove miles to Turkish Miles & Smiles to book that award. Tim has reviewed Turkish business class between the US and Europe.

Flying partners in Business Class to Europe costs either 85k or 90k Turkish miles one way, which would be 60k or fewer Rove miles with this bonus. That could certainly be good for business class Star Alliance Awards to Europe, particularly for those based on the West Coast. The Middle East for 93,000 Turkish Miles and Smiles miles each way in business class is another potentially strong use case, given that you would only need 62,000 Rove miles. Further, we frequently see Turkish offer limited-time promotions that discount economy class awards by as much as 50%.

All that said, Turkish Miles and Smiles is notoriously poor when it comes to customer service, and their website has long been incredibly glitchy. Sometimes, the ability to pay for an award is suspended for months at a time, so there just won’t be a button to submit your payment details on the final checkout page. In those cases, you would be at the mercy of whatever phone agent you can reach, which is often an exercise in frustration, with many phone agents being woefully unable to find Star Alliance award space that you could otherwise see on the website. There’s definitely some element of gamble where I would only consider this transfer bonus if I had an award that I wanted to lock in right away and I was reasonably confident that my travel plans wouldn’t change.

It is very encouraging to see Rove continue solid transfer bonuses like this one. Based on our Current Point Transfer Bonuses page, it looks like Citi has been the only other program to offer a 50% transfer bonus to Turkish Miles and Smiles from any other program. Airline transfer bonuses just don’t tend to be so high from any programs other than Bilt and Rove.

Rove has really been on a roll both in adding new transfer partners and in offering compelling transfer bonuses over the last year. It’s good to see that trend continue, even if this isn’t a bonus I’m likely to use.

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Comments

• In reply to Peter. Why wouldn't you be able to imagine that? ... by Nick Reyes
• I feel like Rove is running a great program with the caveat ... by Peter
• Wow, that’s a dire assessment of the award program, I don’t ... by Patrick

 

The Deal

• A new targeted Amex offer is out where you can earn 20,000 bonus Membership Rewards points after spending $1,000 or more with Air France or KLM. Keep in mind that this is targeted, and enrollment is required.

Key Terms

• Earn 20,000 additional Membership Rewards® points one-time after using your enrolled eligible Card to spend a minimum of $1,000 in one or more qualifying purchases online at airfrance.us or KLM.com by 8/30/2026.
• Flight must originate in US and be charged in USD to qualify
• Offer valid only on marketed flights booked online through US websites airfrance.us and KLM.com or through the US mobile app.
• Flight must originate in US and be charged in USD to qualify.
• The Offer is only valid for bookings paid for by 8/30/2026; however, the travel can occur after the end date for the Offer, provided that the booking was paid for within the applicable Offer period.
• Not valid for purchases made through partner sites, agents, or affiliates.
• Excludes bookings made through ticket desk, call center or by calling Air France or KLM Customer Service phoneline.
• Not valid on in-flight purchases, luggage charges, and meals.
• Excludes KLM Package Deals, City Pass Amsterdam, hotel bookings, car rentals, ground transportation, tours, airport transfers, equipment services, Shop@KLM, purchases of miles, and lounge access fees.
• Excludes Air France Music, Air France Saphir, Air France Shopping, convention/conference/seminar services, baggage drop off, group reservations, La Boutique Air France, parking, Stress Free Flying workshop, flight crew training, Flying Blue Store, KLM Jet Center, KLM Wanna Gives.
• Excludes bookings made through a travel agent.
• Purchases must be made in USD, and offer is only valid on purchases made directly with the merchant. Offer not valid on purchases made using third parties, such as resellers, delivery services, or other intermediaries.
• See your offer for full terms.

Quick Thoughts

This offer comes around once or twice a year, and it’s always popular. You could obviously use this offer as a nice rebate on a cash ticket on Air France or KLM. However, many readers of this site will find this one compelling because Flying Blue award taxes and fees should also trigger the offer. Flying Blue taxes and fees are unfortunately now high enough that two passengers flying round trip to Europe in business class would easily meet the minimum spend. For families traveling on award tickets, it will be very easy to trigger the offer even for a one-way ticket departing the United States.

Do keep in mind that the offer terms stipulate that your itinerary must originate in the United States and be charged in US dollars. A one-way award ticket departing Europe would not be expected to trigger the offer since that would be charged in Euros.

Depending on how you value Amex Membership Rewards points, this can be an awesome rebate on $1,000 in spend. Based on our Reasonable Redemption Value, the 20,000 points are worth about $300, though you may value Membership Rewards points even more highly.

Also worth knowing is that only purchases made on the Air France or KLM website or via their app count. The offer terms specifically note that purchases made over the phone will not trigger the offer. That is important because while Air France and KLM allow a stopover on award tickets, those stopover tickets can only be booked over the phone, which would theoretically not trigger this offer.

Overall, this can be a great deal, but you’ll want to enroll sooner rather than later because this one does tend to fill up and disappear sooner rather than later.

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Comments

• In reply to Clark. Go online to your account to your card. ... by Lionel
• In reply to Clark. You look under Amex Offers by Pierre
• For those of new to AMEX, where do I look in the AMEX Account ... by Clark

 

As reported by Award Wallet, American Express Membership Rewards seems to have lost a transfer partner this morning. As of June 1, 2026, Qantas Frequent Flyer is no longer showing up in the list of transfer partners for Membership Rewards points in the United States. That’s a surprising development, given that I don’t recall having seen any prior notice of a change in transfer partners, and I can’t recall a time when Amex has dropped a transfer partner without warning.

We have heard quite a few reader reports recently of folks getting tripped up by phantom Japan Airlines award space showing up via Qantas Frequent Flyer (transferring points only to be unable to book the award they thought was available). One has to wonder if this is somehow related to customer complaints. That said, it feels hard to imagine that the small handfulls of customer complaints over transferring points to a pretty niche program would drive Amex to drop Qantas entirely. I’m not really sure what’s going on here.

While Qantas Frequent Flyer is a bit of a niche program in the sense that it doesn’t have quite as many clear sweet spots as some other programs, it was nonetheless useful in some cases for short-distance connecting OneWorld itineraries, for flying Israeli carrier El Al, and occasionally for flying some partners. Additionally, I believe that Qantas Frequent Flyer released additional award space on its own flights to its own members. Though award pricing wasn’t very competitive, I think it occasionally offered opportunities for award seats that you wouldn’t otherwise be able to book.

I’m just really surprised to see Amex drop Qantas without any prior notice or notification after the fact. That’s not typical of Amex. Rather, we usually get some notice before changes with Transfer Partners.

That leads me to wonder whether there’s a technical problem at play. However, in the past, when there have been technical problems with certain partners like Emirates, Amex has shown a notification on the transfer partner page about transfers being temporarily down. In this case, Qantas has been scrubbed entirely from the list of Transfer Partners, so I suppose this must be a permanent change. Hopefully, they don’t make a habit of removing partners without prior notice because it would be a real shame for a member to collect Membership Rewards points with a specific use case in mind, only to have the transfer partner they were targeting removed without prior notice.

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• In reply to Thomas. Thanks, I've updated the post. Must have ... by Nick Reyes
• I just logged into my Amex account, and Qantas shows up as a ... by Daniel
• It is back for me both on desktop and mobile app. I am a US ... by Thomas
• In reply to Grant. Nope, because Virgin Australia is only ... by Nerd pizza
• I had Emirates to Athens on my mind for next year. Upset this ... by Richard
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The Deal

• From June 1 to June 30, 2026, Qatar Airways Privilege Club is offering a 30% transfer bonus when you transfer points from participating programs to your Qatar Airways Privilege Club account. For US-based members, the key partner will be Citi ThankYou Rewards.
• Direct link to this deal

Key Terms

• This campaign commences on 1st June 2026, 00:00hrs (GMT+3), and ends on 30th June 2026, 23:59hrs (GMT+3) (“Campaign Period”).
• This campaign is open to all Privilege Club Members who are also customers of Participating Partners and have Rewards Points.
• Privilege Club Members will earn bonus Avios on converting Rewards Points into Avios.
• The bonus Avios awarded will be 30% of the number of base Avios converted in a single transaction.
• The bonus Avios will be calculated per transaction and not on the cumulative sum of Avios converted from Rewards Points during the Campaign Period, accumulated transactions don’t qualify.
• The conversion of Rewards Points to Avios is subject to the conversion ratio and terms and conditions set forth by the relevant Participating Partner.
• Bonus Avios will be credited as per the transaction date notified by the relevant Participating Partner to Qatar Airways Privilege Club.
• The Participating Partners are Ahlibank, Aljazira Bank, ALL Accor, AlRayan Bank, Bank Albilad, Boubyan Bank, BSF Jana, Capital on Tap, CIMB, Citibank, Commercial Bank, Doha Bank, Dubai Islamic Bank, Dukhan Bank, Emirates Islamic, FlyerT, HeyMax, HSBC, Hyundai Amex Centurion Design Cards, ICSAB+, IHG Hotels & Resorts, Kuwait Finance House, Mashreq Vantage, mokafaa, National Bank of Oman, Ooredoo, PartsPay, pay.com.au, QIIB, Shangri-La Circle, Signature Business Rewards, Symbion Elite Rewards, UnionBank, UOB, Vodafone Qatar, WalaOne and World of Hyatt. For more details, refer to the Participating Partners’ pages.
• Bonus Avios earned as part of this campaign will be credited to a Member’s Privilege Club account by 31st July 2026.
• See landing page for full terms

Quick Thoughts

As noted at the top, this is a bonus being offered by Qatar Airways Privilege Club. The biggest catch is that the bonus Avios are awarded separately later on. That is to say that Qatar will take the cumulative sum of the points you transfer from qualifying partners between June 1st and June 30th, figure your 30% bonus, then award the 30% bonus by July 31st, 2026.

Since you don’t know exactly when you’re going to receive the bonus, you can’t really take advantage of this transfer bonus in order to lock in an award you see available right now, since you don’t know whether that award will be available when the bonus comes through. That’s my least favorite form of transfer bonus, since you’ll potentially end up with points you don’t actually need.

That said, if you ave a near-term need to book an award with Avios anyway and you are going to transfer one-to-one to one of the Avios programs, you might as well make it Citi ThankYou to Qatar Airways Avios, book your award, and then end up with what will essentially be a nice rebate in the form of the bonus Avios that show up later on. For those who use Avios quite frequently, that’ll be useful. Keep in mind that Avios is one of the unique programs that serves several different airlines, so you can actually move your Avios from Qatar Airways to British Airways, Finnair, Iberia, Aer Lingus, or Logan Air. That makes Avios a more useful tool in the sense that you can take advantage of the sweet spots from multiple programs. As a result, this transfer bonus is even more useful than it may appear on the surface.

Qatar Airways does have some sweet spots of its own, particularly the fact that they release additional business class award space to their own members that you won’t necessarily find available through other programs. If you’re looking to fly Qatar Q Suites, then this transfer bonus could certainly help you get there, particularly if it’s a booking you’re considering at some point down the road.

That said, I always caution against speculatively transferring points because you never know when a program is going to devalue. Our advice is usually to transfer only when you have a near-term, specific use case in mind. However, with this transfer bonus being offered later on, this lends itself more to those who would transfer speculatively. For those who use Avios frequently, a speculative transfer might not be a bad deal. Again, that’s a little easier to consider with Avios since you do have the flexibility to move them from one Avios program to another, so you’re not necessarily locked into one airline program that could devalue at any time.

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Comments

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• Previous interations of this bonus have posted immediately, but ... by Daniel
• Bonus posted IMMEDIATELY. by Lukas
• well said about the caution, and also QR is RIPE for a ... by Harold

 

The Deal

• Transfer Bilt Rewards points to TAP Air Portugal on June 1, 2026 to get the following transfer bonus based on your Bilt status level:
  • Blue = 25%
  • Silver = 50%
  • Gold = 75%
  • Platinum = 100%
  • Redeem $150 Bilt Cash to boost transfer ratio by an additional 25% (i.e. 50%-125% depending on your status level)

Key Terms

• Transfer bonus valid on June 1, 2026 from 0:00am ET through 11:59pm PT.
• Limit 100,000 Bilt Rewards points to be transferred.

Quick Thoughts

TAP Air Portugal is a loyalty program that tends to get overlooked simply because there’s limited appeal for North American travelers based on its award chart pricing. For example, flights between Portugal and the US cost 100,000 miles one way in business class which is less competitive than many other programs.

That might make it seem appealing if you have Platinum status as it effectively means you’d only have to transfer 50,000 Bilt Rewards points. However, it might be better to wait for a future transfer bonus to a different program that has more reasonable award pricing in the first place.

Like last month, Bilt has placed a limit on the number of points you can transfer over that’ll be bonused to 100,000. That in turn limits how much value you’ll get from redeeming $150 Bilt Cash in order to boost your transfer ratio by 25%. Redeeming $150 Bilt Cash will therefore earn you a maximum of 25,000 bonus TAP Air Portugal miles which may or may not be worth it to you.

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Comments

• The Madonna album then ? Any good ? by Tim C
• In reply to Todd. This is a very interesting point and could ... by Mccade
• yeah, better to use ANA miles to book TAP. Can even get ... by Ben
• You are essentially buying lufthansa or Air France flying blue ... by Todd
• In reply to Rodrigo. Where is the 100k cap shown on the Bilt ... by jarchill
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The limit is nine per customer per day in-store, although some stores may allow more. Different stores appear to have different policies regarding the variable-load cards that some Staples now sell. Some folks report that fees are waived when they purchase them…others find that they aren’t. Your mileage may vary.

The Deal

• Staples in-store will waive the $7.95 activation fee when you buy a $200 Visa Gift Card.

Key Terms

• Offer valid 5/31/26-6/6/26.
• Limit 9 per customer per day in-store (YMMV on whether your cashier/store allows or enforces the limit).

Quick Notes

These deals can be a great way of getting rewards through spending at office supply stores. If you can buy 9 at a time in-store, that’s a potential of $1,800 that’s possible each day. Note that some stores may allow you to purchase more than 9, and we also hear occasional reports that some managers will only sell a smaller amount despite what the ad says.

H/T: Doctor of Credit

Other times this deal has run recently at Staples:

Fee-free Visa Gift Card Sales

• 5/3/26-5/9/26
• 4/19/26-4/25/26
• 4/5/26-4/11/26
• 3/8/26-3/14/26
• 2/8/26-2/14/26
• 1/11/26-1/17/26
• 12/7/25 – 12/27/25
• 11/23/25 – 11/29/25
• 11/9/25 – 11/15/25
• 10/12/25 – 10/25/25
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This could therefore be a great day to redeem the StubHub credit if you have a Chase Sapphire Reserve® card, especially because you only have a month left to use the January-June credit.

The Deal

• Capital One Shopping and Capital One Offers are offering increased rewards for purchases on StubHub.

Capital One Shopping referral

If you’re new to Capital One Shopping, you can earn $80 when joining (see this post for full details):

Key Terms

• Expires May 31, 2026.
• Not eligible on the purchase of tickets for events in the UK.
• Not eligible on the purchase of gift cards or orders deemed by StubHub to be for reselling purposes.
• Not eligible for insurance or other non-ticket merchandise.
• Not eligible for purchases made via the StubHub app.

Quick Thoughts

The rates you see will be targeted. Some Capital One Shopping accounts have 17.5% cashback, others have 35%, while others might have other rates available.

As a reminder, Capital One Shopping is a shopping portal that’s available to anyone, even if you don’t have any Capital One credit cards. If you do have any of their cards, be sure to check Capital One Offers too, a portal that’s available for cardholders only. On there I’m seeing 20X miles for StubHub, although you might see a rate that’s higher or lower than that. To view your Capital One Offers, log in to your Capital One account and scroll down to the section where it says ‘Activate shopping offers.’ Click on ‘View all offers’ and on the next screen near the top you should see your StubHub rate. If you have a card that earns miles, you’ll earn miles. If you have a card that earns cashback, you’ll earn that as cashback.

These boosted rates could be particularly appealing for anyone who has a Chase Sapphire Reserve card. That’s because the personal version of that card (but not the business version) has a $150 Stubhub credit for January to June each year and another $150 credit for July to December. If you haven’t redeemed your January to June credit, this might be the most rewarding opportunity you’re going to get before that expires.

This should work with Capital One Offers too. Although you have to be a Capital One cardholder to access that program, you don’t have to pay with a Capital One card. You could therefore pay with your Sapphire Reserve and earn 20X miles, or whatever rate you’re targeted for.

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The version that I have is: spend $2,000 to get 9,000 bonus Hilton Honors points. You can trigger the offer up to three times. There are probably other variations out there, so let us know in the comments if you have a different one. (h/t: DOC)

The Deal

• Targeted Amex Hilton Offer: Spend $2000 in one or more purchases and get 9,000 bonus points
  • Can be used up to 3x

Key Terms

• Expires August 21st, 2026.
• Registration Required.
• Valid only on purchases made in US dollars.

Quick Thoughts

It’s been a couple of years since I’ve seen a spending bonus on one of my Hilton cards. On this one, hitting exactly $2,000 in spending effectively gives you an additional 4.5x earnings. We value Hilton Honors points at ~.4 cents each, so the additional 2x adds up to 1.8% in additional return.

That certainly doesn’t sound like much, but I was targeted on a Hilton Surpass card, which earns 6x on grocery and gas and 3x everywhere.

Let’s say I was plugging away at the yearly $15,000 spend requirement for a free night certificate (FNC) on that card. Adding this bonus means I’m now getting 7.5x-10.5x on the next $6k in spend, and will end up with an additional 27,000 points added to my total (assuming I can do all $ 6,000 to trigger the offer three times before it expires). That’s a nice little sweetener for the spending I was already going to do.

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Currently, the 4x promo on 3rd-party gift cards is limited to “gaming and digital content” cards. Fortunately for those resellers out there, reports are that Apple is triggering the 4x promo (h/t: DOC)

Both deals are valid only through 6/2 for Visa/MC cards; 6/9 for third-party.

Note that the terms on this promo now state that Amazon and fuel gift cards are excluded from earning 4x. You’ll still earn 2x fuel points (the normal rate).

The Deal

• Kroger and its empire of affiliated stores are offering 4x fuel points on the following gift cards:
  • All third-party gift cards in-store (must clip coupon)
  • Fixed value Visa/Mastercard gift cards in-store (must clip coupon)
  • Online purchases of gift cards (direct link, no coupon needed)

Key Terms

• Offer valid through June 2nd, 2026 (for Visa/MC cards)
• Offer valid through June 9th, 2026 (for 3rd-party cards)
• Excludes Amazon gift cards.

Quick Thoughts

When buying third-party gift cards, you can earn 4x fuel points, saving you up to 14% on gas. To illustrate how that 14% figure is calculated, let’s say you spend $250 on gift cards during the promotion. That would earn you 1,000 fuel points, which can be redeemed for $1 off per gallon on up to 35 gallons. If you’re able to refuel to that 35-gallon limit (perhaps with a large gas tank or refueling 2+ household vehicles at once), you’d save $35. Saving $35 on the original $250 in gift card spend amounts to a 14% discount.

If your gas tank is smaller, though, your savings won’t be as high. For example, our car holds at most 12 gallons, so we can barely save 5% on gas through these promotions, given how much we spend on gift cards. You can often get better discounts on gift cards through sites like Raise, so weigh up all your options before buying them at full price from Kroger or its affiliates, such as Dillons, King Soopers, Ralphs, Fry’s, or Smith’s.

You can earn 4x fuel points on gift cards purchased online or in-store, though there are a couple of important differences between the two. If you’ll be buying in-store, you have to load the digital coupons to your account first, whereas you’ll automatically earn 4x fuel points when buying gift cards online from Kroger.

The other thing to bear in mind is that buying gift cards in-store lets you take advantage of the plethora of cards offering bonus spend at grocery stores right now. Kroger’s online gift card site processes payments through Blackhawk Network (owner of GiftCardMall and GiftCards.com), so those online orders don’t code as grocery purchases.

Past Offers

• May 15th, 2026
• May 1 – 12, 2026 for third party cards
• April 15-May 12, 2026 for Visa/Mastercard gift cards
• April 8-21, 2026 for third party cards
• March 25-April 7, 2026
• March 13th-15, 2026 for third party gift cards & March 13th-17th for Visa/Mastercard gift cards
• February 26th, 2026
• January 30th through February 1, 2026
• January 23rd, 2026
• January 7th through January 20th, 2026
• January 2nd through January 6th, 2026
• December 26th through December 28th
• November 12th through December 2nd
• November 7th through November 9th
• October 22nd through November 4th
• October 17th – October 21st for Visa and Mastercard gift cards.
• October 17th – October 19th for 3rd-party gift cards
• September 17th – September 30th
• September 14th – September 16th
• August 29th- September 1st
• August 22nd – August 24th
• August 15th – August 17th
• July 31st – August 12th
• July 25th
• July 18th
• July 11th
• June 25th – July 8th
• June 20th – June 22nd
• June 6th – June 17th
• May 30th – June 2nd
• May 23rd – May 26th
• May 16th
• May 1st – May 13th
• April 25th
• April 9th – April 22nd
• March 22nd – April 1st
• March 7th – March 18th
• January 31st
• January 8, 2025 – January 21, 2025
• November 13 – December 3rd
• October 23 – November 5th
• September 18 – October 1st
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• July 26th
• July 19th
• July 12th
• June 26th – July 9th
• June 21st
• June 5th – 18th
• May 31st
• May 24th – 27th
• May 1st – 14th
• April 26th
• April 10th – 23rd
• March 20th – April 2nd
• March 15th – 17th
• January 31st -February 20th
• January 10th – 23rd
• January 5th – 7th, 2024

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Unlike many recent sales on Wyndham points, the annual 100,000-point purchase limit appears to be in effect for this one. That limit is calculated before the bonus, so if you have not yet purchased points this year, you could buy as many as 180,000 total points (100K + 180K bonus) for $1,300…that sure would be a lot of Wyndham points, though.

The Deal

• Get up to a 80% bonus on the purchase of Wyndham Rewards points when buying 3,000+ points (0.72cpp). If not targeted for the 100% bonus, you should get an 70% bonus (0.76cpp).
• Expires July 3, 2026.

Direct Link to Offer (scroll down to the ‘Purchase Points’ section and click ‘Buy Now’).

Best Uses of Wyndham Points

Things to know

Quick Thoughts

This could definitely be worth it if you’re booking a Cottages.com vacation rental in the UK, or perhaps an all-inclusive property. It’s also worth clicking through to Points.com from a shopping portal to earn a little cashback – here are the current rates.

Previous Wyndham points promotions:

• Up to 100% bonus (Buy points for as low as .65 cents each). Expired May 1, 2026
• Up to 80% bonus (Buy points for as low as .72 cents each). Expired February 18, 2026
• Up to 100% bonus (Buy points for as low as .65 cents each). Expired December 31, 2025
• Up to 90% bonus (Buy points for as low as .68 cents each). Expired October 21, 2025
• Up to 60% bonus (Buy points for as low as .81 cents each). Expired August 6, 2025
• Up to 60% bonus (Buy points for as low as .81 cents each). Expired June 5, 2025
• Up to 80% bonus (Buy points for as low as .72 cents each). Expired April 20, 2025
• Up to 60% bonus (Buy points for as low as 0.81 cents each). Expired February 16, 2025
• Up to 45% discount (Buy points for as low as 0.71 cents each). Expired December 31st, 2024
• Up to 60% bonus (Buy points for as low as 0.81 cents each). Expired November 20th, 2024
• 25% discount (Buy points for 0.975 cents each). Expired October 21st, 2024
• 35% discount (Buy points for 0.96 cents each). Expired August 9th, 2024
• 25% discount (Buy points for 0.975 cents each). Expired May 28th, 2024
• 40% bonus (Buy points for 0.93 cents each). Expired April 21, 2024
• 20-30% discount (Buy points for 0.91 cents each). Expired February 14, 2024
• 30-40% bonus (Buy points for 0.93 cents each). Expired December 30, 2023
• 30-40% bonus (Buy points for 0.93 cents each). Expired November 27, 2023
• 30% discount (Buy points for 0.91 cents each). Expired October 20, 2023
• 35% bonus (Buy points for 0.96 cents each). Expired August 8, 2023
• 25% discount (Buy points for 0.975 cents each). Expired May 23rd, 2023
• 40% bonus (Buy points for 0.93 cents each). Expired April 21, 2023.
• 25% discount (Buy points for 0.975 cents each). Expired February 10, 2023
• 25% discount (Buy points for 0.975 cents each). Expired July 10, 2022
• 40% bonus (Buy points for 0.93 cents each). Expired April 3, 2022

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The Deal

• Spend $20 at select retailers & get 1,000 bonus miles from Capital One Offers. Retailers include:
  • eBay
  • Home Depot
  • Sam’s Club
  • Macy’s
  • Dollar General
  • Cumberland Farms (at the pump)
  • Chewy

Key Terms

• Expiry date unknown.

Quick Thoughts

Even though the rewards here are “only” for 1,000 miles, that’s an extremely good return considering you only need to spend $20 in most cases. Even if you only value Capital One miles at 1 cent per point, that’s like getting 50% back on your purchase; if you plan on transferring the miles to travel partners, the value could be even better than that.

What makes these offers even better is that there are so many useful eligible retailers. It’s not a bunch of random sites that you wouldn’t normally spend money at. Instead, it includes retailers like Home Depot, Dollar General, eBay, Macy’s, Sam’s Club, Dick’s Sporting Goods, Chewy, and more. If you have a Cumberland Farms near you and are targeted for these offers, you can even earn 1,000 bonus miles when filling up with $20 of gas.

As a reminder, Capital One Offers is a shopping portal that’s only available for Capital One cardholders. To see if you’re targeted, log in to your account and scroll down to the section where it says ‘Activate shopping offers.’ Click on ‘View all offers’ and scroll down to see if you have any similar offers. You’ll earn the rewards in miles if you have a miles-earning card. If you only have Capital One cards that earn cashback, your rewards will be earned in cashback (so presumably $10 back when spending $20).

Capital One Offers sometimes have an unlisted limit of one for these types of spending deals. That’s less of an issue in this scenario where the bonus is a flat 1,000 miles across most (or all) of these offers; it’s more of an issue when there are significantly more rewarding offers of varying amounts, such as earning 10,000 or 20,000 bonus miles, where it makes more sense to redeem the most rewarding offer first in case the rest disappear afterwards.

Also be sure to check if an offer is online-only, or if you can also redeem it in-store too as that could make it even more useful. For example, you might not care about spending $20 at Dollar General online, but spending $20 in-store could be much easier, especially considering Dollar General sells a wide range of gift cards.

Double check the terms of Capital One Offers too. For example, neither my wife nor I are targeted for these offers, but we both have an offer for 15X in-store at Dollar General. While that sounds great, it’s capped at 200 miles per transaction which greatly limits its utility.

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The Deal

• Spend $500+ in one or more purchases at Wyndham Hotels & Resorts Luxury Destinations & get $100 back from an Amex Offer.

Key Terms

• Expires October 27, 2026.
• Offer valid at participating Wyndham Hotels & Resorts in the US and Internationally.
• Please reference wyndhamhotels.com/amex-offer-luxury to view participating properties.
• Reservations must be made directly with Wyndham Hotels and Resorts online at wyndhamhotels.com.
• Excludes timeshares, and gift card purchases.
• Qualifying purchases must total a minimum of $500 USD, following conversion from a foreign currency.
• Offer only valid on room rate and room charges.
• Offer not valid for lodging stays that are paid for before the promotion start date or after the promotion end date.

Quick Thoughts

There are more than 500 properties eligible for this promotion which includes brands such as Trademark, TRYP, Wyndham Grand, Wyndham Alltra, Dolce, and more.

When there was a similar Amex Offer last year, somewhat inexplicably the La Quinta Inn & Suites by Wyndham Tempe University / Phoenix was listed as being an eligible luxury property, so Wyndham did seem to play fast and loose with their definition of “luxury”. However, that property is no longer on the list and there are ~50 fewer properties than last time, so perhaps they’ve done a better job at refining their luxury designation.

Getting up to 20% back on a stay—or stays—is a nice discount though, so check the list if you’re planning on staying with Wyndham through October 27. In addition to room rate, you can hit the spending threshold with things like taxes and fees on your stay, meals, spa treatments, pet fees, etc.

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To celebrate the third birthday of Citi Travel, Citi is giving eligible cardholders $50 off when booking a $300+ hotel stay via Citi Travel. It also stacks nicely with any other eligible travel credits you might have on your Citi cards.

The Deal

• Book a $300+ hotel stay via Citi Travel & get $50 off.

Key Terms

• Enjoy $50 off a one-time hotel stay of $300 or more, when booked through Citi Travel or 1 833 737 1288 (TTY: 711). Citi Travel is powered by Rocket Travel by Agoda.
• This $50 off $300 promotion is valid for one hotel booking made between 05/27/2026 to 05/29/2026 and is subject to the additional requirements stated below.
• There is no minimum hotel nights requirement to receive the promotion.
• To receive the $50 discount, you must pre-pay for your complete stay with your Citi credit card that can be used for Citi Travel bookings except for Citi ThankYou Mastercard and Citi Corporate Cards.
• The $50 off a single hotel stay promotion will be automatically applied at the time of booking.
• Reservations must be made by the primary cardmember but can be made for the benefit and in the name of either the primary cardmember or another person.

Quick Thoughts

Getting $50 off when spending $300 is a 16.67% discount if spending that exact amount; the actual percentage discount will inevitably be lower than that as it’s unlikely you’ll find a stay that’s bang on $300.

This offer is made even more appealing by the fact that it’ll stack with other eligible credits. For example, one of the benefits of the Citi Strata Premier card is a $100 discount once per calendar year when booking a $500+ hotel stay. Both that $100 discount and the $50 discount from this limited time promotion can be redeemed on the same booking as you can see below. Saving $150 on a single $500+ booking therefore makes it much more worthwhile to book a stay this way.

Somewhat similarly, the Citi Strata Elite card comes with a $300 per calendar year hotel credit on a stay of two or more nights when booked with Citi Travel. That means that if you book a $350 hotel stay of two nights or more, you could redeem both the $300 credit and the $50 credit at the same time.

Bear in mind that Citi Travel will be regarded as an Online Travel Agency (OTA) by hotel chains, so you won’t earn hotel points, receive elite status benefits, earn elite night credits, etc. That’s somewhat mitigated by the fact that—depending on which Citi ThankYou-earning card(s) you have—you could earn a decent chunk of Citi ThankYou points too. For example, the Strata Premier card earns 10X points on hotel stays booked through Citi Travel, while the Strata Elite earns 12X.

Be aware that there’s a very limited time to take advantage of this $50 discount. This promotion is only running from today through Friday (May 27-29), so you only have a couple more days after today to make use of it.

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The Deal

• Earn 3X points when booking stays of 5+ nights at Homes & Villas by Marriott properties in the Caribbean and Latin America.
• Direct link to offer.

Key Terms

• Marriott Bonvoy Members earn 3X base points per qualifying U.S. dollar for each eligible paid stay at a participating home rental booked between 05/15/26 (12:01 AM EST) – 06/26/26 (11:59 PM EST) through the Homes & Villas by Marriott Bonvoy website (“HVMB Platform”) for stays completed during the promotional period, beginning 06/01/26 up to and including nights stayed on or before 12/31/26. Payment for the stay must be made by debit or credit card.
• A “stay” is defined as FIVE (5) or more consecutive nights spent at the same property, regardless of check-in and check-out activity.
• Free night redemption and Award redemption stays where Points are redeemed for a portion of, or the entire stay are not eligible for the promotion.

Quick Thoughts

This promotion will likely have slightly more limited appeal than many Homes & Villas promotions seeing as it requires a minimum five night stay and it’s only valid for stays in the following countries:

• Antigua & Barbuda
• Argentina
• Aruba
• Bahamas
• Barbados
• Belize
• Brazil
• Cayman Islands
• Colombia
• Costa Rica
• Curacao
• Dominican Republic
• Guadeloupe
• Jamaica
• Martinique
• Mexico
• Panama
• Paraguay
• Peru
• Puerto Rico
• Saint Barthélemy
• Saint Martin
• Turks & Caicos
• USVI

On the plus side, there’s no minimum spending amount required which is something that’s common with other Homes & Villas promos. You also don’t have to register for this latest offer; you just need to ensure you’re signed into your Marriott Bonvoy account when making your reservation(s).

This promotion will stack with the targeted Homes & Villas Amex Offer that’s giving $250 back when spending $1,000.

It’ll also stack with shopping portal rewards; you can find the current rates here and here. It’s also worth perusing the Homes & Villas website with the Capital One Shopping browser extension installed as they’ll often then send an email with a targeted boosted cashback rate of ~15% which is far higher than you’ll earn via other shopping portals.

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A couple of weeks ago, several Incomm-run stores—MastercardGiftCard.com, VanillaGift.com, and AmexGiftCard.com—launched sales waiving purchase fees on Visa, Mastercard, and/or Amex gift cards when using a graduation-themed promo code.

TheGiftCardShop.com has also joined them, waiving purchase fees on both Visa and Mastercard gift cards when using promo code GRADS26.

The Deal

• Get waived purchase fees when buying $50+ Visa and Mastercard gift cards from TheGiftCardShop.com and using promo code GRADS26.
• Direct link to offer.

Key Terms

• Expires May 27, 2026.
• Excludes Charity Cards.

Quick Thoughts

I’ve been checking the website for TheGiftCardShop.com for the past couple of weeks as I’d expected them to run a similar grad-related promotion. I’m wondering if there was some kind of caching issue because it seems strange that they’d launch this sale recently and give it an expiry date of May 27, so perhaps it’s been around for the last fortnight like those other aforementioned sites.

Buying digital Visa and/or Mastercard gift cards will result in paying no fees at all; if you order physical cards, you’ll still have to pay shipping fees.

As always, avoid paying with an Amex card because those don’t earn rewards on purchases from any of these sites.

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The Deal

• Book a wedding at participating IHG properties and earn the following bonus points:
  • Spend $10K+ & earn 120,000 bonus points
  • Spend $20K+ & earn 180,000 bonus points
  • Spend $30K+ & earn 240,000 bonus points
  • Spend $40K+ & earn 300,000 bonus points
• Direct link to offer.

Key Terms

• IHG Hotels & Resorts “Unlock Your Dream Honeymoon”: Earn up to 300,000 IHG One Rewards points for your honeymoon (“Promotional Offer”) is valid across participating Luxury and Lifestyle brands for bookings contracted between April 15, 2026 – December 31, 2026 (both dates inclusive) for qualifying wedding and wedding-related events held between April 15, 2026 and December 31, 2027 (the following calendar year). The Promotional Offer is valid at participating IHG Luxury and Lifestyle Hotels & Resorts in the U.S., Canada, and the Caribbean.
• The Promotional Offer must be requested by the client at initial inquiry or presented directly by the awarding hotel. Availability of the Promotional Offer is at the discretion of the participating hotel and may be extended based on seasonality, function space availability, specific dates or days of the week, and/or other contractual requirements as determined by the hotel. Blackout dates apply.
• The qualifying wedding and/or wedding related event spend (“Qualifying Spend”) is based on the food and beverage minimum, ceremony site fee, room rental fee, and/or additional eligible event charges as determined by the participating hotel. Qualifying Spend excludes tax, gratuities, service charges, guest room revenue, and third-party vendor charges. A maximum of 300,000 IHG One Rewards Points may be earned through the Promotional Offer.

Quick Thoughts

Although you inevitably earn more rewards the more you spend, you actually get a better return on your spend at the lowest threshold. Our Reasonable Redemption Value for IHG points is 0.59 cents per point, so that’s the value we’ll use for the following calculations:

• Spend $10K+ & earn 120,000 bonus points worth $708 (i.e. 7.08% return)
• Spend $20K+ & earn 180,000 bonus points worth $1,062 (i.e. 5.31% return)
• Spend $30K+ & earn 240,000 bonus points worth $1,416 (i.e. 4.72% return)
• Spend $40K+ & earn 300,000 bonus points worth $1,770 (i.e. 4.43% return)

Those amounts aren’t going to make it worth booking a destination wedding just for the sake of it. However, if you were planning on having one anyway, it might be worth considering an IHG location in order to earn a substantial number of bonus points.

Be sure to note that this offer is only available at select properties in the US, Canada, and the Caribbean. The landing page lists a whole bunch of hotels and resorts worldwide including the Maldives, Rome, and more, but those are displayed in relation to redeeming the points you’ll earn for your honeymoon.

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