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2019 List Of AmEx Transfer Partners And Their Award Sweet Spots

Posted on April 23, 2019April 23, 2019 by theflyingmustache

Credit cards that earn transferable points currencies are extremely valuable because of the tremendous flexibility they provide. American Express (AmEx) partners with eighteen airlines and three major hotel chains and these partnerships are the key to unlocking the most value from your AmEx Membership Rewards Points.

A large part of what makes transferring AmEx points to airlines so valuable is that you can use award chart sweet spots to really maximize that value of your points. As you can see from the chart below, different AmEx airline Continue reading 2019 List Of AmEx Transfer Partners And Their Award Sweet Spots

Amex Credit Card Application Status And Reconsideration Line

Posted on March 24, 2017June 2, 2017 by theflyingmustache

How To Check Your American Express Application Status Online

Amex wants to spend additional time getting to know my application.

If you’ve been playing the credit card game for any length of time being instantly approved for a new credit card application is likely just a distant memory. Instead, “application pending” messages and reconsideration calls are now par for the course.

So as part of my ongoing effort to make myself useful I will provide you with all the tools that you need to turn that “thank you for your application” into a “You’ve been approved!” with the least amount of crying and pulling your hair out.

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Aeroplan awards on Cathay Pacific?

Posted on February 16, 2017May 15, 2017 by theflyingmustache

cx-first-seat — The countdown to Justin Trudeau redeeming his Aeroplan miles for CX first has begun (maybe)!

Here’s an interesting development from my favorite airline awards program based in “America’s top hat.” Air Canada has recently expanded their little-known codeshare partnership with Cathay Pacific and their subsidiary Cathay Dragon and has hinted that soon they will begin allowing redemptions of Aeroplan miles for these flights as well.

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Quick Post: Amex 50k bonus offer!!!

Posted on July 6, 2015June 2, 2017 by theflyingmustache

Babies! I’m on summer vacation!

But a strange and wonderful thing happened to me this morning while doing some research. So wonderful in fact that I interrupted my regularly scheduled program on mustache grooming to fire off a quick post bringing you kittens in on the deal.

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