Promotions

I frequently receive emails or mailers from credit cards offering bonus points in one category or another. Some of them are worthwhile, such as when I can get 5% back…

I realize that airlines try all kinds of ways to promote themselves. For example, right now, JetBlue is finishing up a promotion that I think is kind of sweet and…

One of my all-time favorite Starbucks promotions is Starland. While it was just an average promo as these things go, it had the unfortunate timing of starting right at the…

For Sharon and me, there’s no morning that doesn’t start without coffee. If there’s a Starbucks nearby, that’s where we’ll go. If not we’ll head to McDonald’s, because while we’re…

The nearest thing we’ve had to a sure thing in the points and miles universe is that if Delta made a change, United was sure to follow shortly thereafter. That’s…

April 8th was the final day of the Starbucks Starland promotion and I’m sad to see it go. The reason the promotion was so lucrative was people aren’t going to…

Hilton’s most recent promotion, called Points Unlimited, started on January 6th. If that name sounds familiar, it’s because that’s the same name Hilton used for their winter promotion in 2019.…

Happy Saturday friends, and hooray, it’s finally the weekend! Here’s a recap of what’s gone on at YMMV this week. From what we’ve written to what others wrote that we…

Happy Saturday friends, and hooray, it’s finally the weekend! Here’s a recap of what’s gone on at YMMV this week. From what we’ve written to what others wrote that we…

Happy Saturday friends, and hooray, it’s finally the weekend! Here’s a recap of what’s gone on at YMMV this week. From what we’ve written to what others wrote that we…