Amex Adds Negative Language to Offers, Chase Getting Picky with Benefits, Best Credit Card Offer for Vacations, and More!

Hope you had a pleasant weekend to cap off a nice week! I had a somewhat unfortunate running hangup this past Saturday. I had my first flare up of plantar fasciitis. Serious bummer! My training had been going well and now this! 🙁

Based on things going on, I am pretty sure it was actually the shoes I had been using for walking. I walk around 30 miles a week and apparently they were not what they should have been! Oh well, time for some cross training! I did a serious bike workout this morning and actually enjoyed it! Anyone else have PF before? Throw how you dealt with it in the comments!

Miles, Points, and Travel

• The Single Best Credit Card Offer for a “Free” Family Vacation – With Examples and Destinations – There are a lot of credit card offers out there but I definitely think that this is the single best credit card offer around for a “free” family vacation!
• Hyatt Makes a Smart Move with Their Free Breakfast at Hyatt Place Properties – Hyatt is working to filter as many bookings through their own site as possible. They are also trying to get guests to sign-up for their loyalty program. The latest attempt for both of those things is their move with the Hyatt Place breakfast policy.
• 4 Things the New Apple WatchOS 5 Could Use to Beat Garmin – Well, Apple’s WWDC keynote has come and gone and they did not use any of these in the new WatchOS! Hopefully they will still add them at some point!
• Last Day: Highest TopCashBack Offer of $25 Back for New Customers [Expired] – Hope you were able to sign-up for this! I rolled my affiliate payout into this offer to make sure you got the maximum offer available! Maybe we will see another one of these sometime 😉
• The Famous Southwest Sale of $49 | $79 | $99 | $129 Is Here! [Expired] – This was a good sale! Hopefully you were able to lock in some travel! The next big sale will be here in October.
• Why Is Chase Getting Picky with Benefits Like This? – Chase is making picky moves with some of their benefits. Why are they doing this?
• The Stockholm Marathon Organizers Did the Right Thing Last Week – The Stockholm Marathon was run during a very hot day – for Sweden or anywhere! The organizers did a fantastic job with how they handled it leading up to and during the marathon.
• Today Only! Save 20% on eBay Sitewide – Up to $100 Discount! [Expired] – Just a note about this sale. This was as good as one other sale like this from eBay. Hopefully we will see another one next month!
• Great Amex Offer: 25% Back on FedEx Shipping – Up to $1,000 In Credit! [Targeted] – If you have this offer, you should take advantage of it for your shipping needs!
• Act Fast! Get Big Discounts for Marathons and Races Around the World! [Expired] – Global Running Day was last Wednesday and this was a great sale to honor that! I am listing it here because it is still a nice list of races for you to check out.
• Credit Card Review: US Bank FlexPerk Visa, Plus a Give-A-Way – Dustin did a nice review of the US Bank FlexPerk Visa. In addition, he is doing a giveaway over on his YouTube channel! Check out the details!
• SPG, Please Do Better With Your Running Packages! – SPG has had some nice packages for runners in the past but they really need to do better – and they can do better!
• Book Your Flights Now for These 7 Great Marathons To Save! [Expired] – The marathons are not expired but the sale I was writing about in this post is. However, there are still 7 great marathons you should check out. 🙂
• Bad News: Amex Adds New Restrictive Language for Sign-Up Bonus Offers – Amex continues to make moves against churners, gamers, and anyone else they feel is trying to get too much value out of their card offers (apparently).
• The Passenger Fined $500 For Bringing In an Apple Has Her Global Entry Status Back and No More Fine! – While there is laws about what you can bring in to the US, this fine had been a little too much given the circumstances. I am glad it was resolved this way – though I am sure the passenger will be watching what she has in her bag in the future!
• Stack These Offers to Get $50 Off National Car Rentals [Minimum Rental Terms] – If you have a car rental need coming up soon, check out these offers!
• PSA: Marriott Rewards Site Down and Long Hold Times [Expired] – What is expired is the Marriott Rewards site being down. Thankfully, they got it back up and running – after about 5 hours of being down. This actually worked out pretty well for me as a package that would have likely been taken before I even saw it was kept around as a result of the site being down. And I got it!
• According to the Rep: “There Is No Such Thing as Marriott Moments” – Come on, Marriott! Train your reps about some of the best values in your program! 🙂
• Review: Hyatt Regency Orlando Airport – The VIP Suite with a Runway View – If you ever saw this hotel while walking through the Orlando International Airport, check out what this hotel has to offer!
• The Top 10 Airlines and Airports, According to AirHelp – No US Airline Made the Cut – Yet another top 10 airline list – and there are some obvious ones missing which cause some doubt to be given to the validity of the list.

And that is it for last week! I hope you have a great, safe week this week!