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Points Wire
Points Wire is a quick daily rundown of credit card points, miles, and travel deals. Every morning, hosts Alex and Sam break down what actually changed overnight: transfer bonuses worth grabbing, new card perks and the fine print behind them, premium cabin award deals, and the tricks people are sharing on r/churning and r/awardtravel. Sam runs the numbers so you know which deals are actually worth your points. We pull from Doctor of Credit, Frequent Miler, The Points Guy, DansDeals, and the…
Episodes
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Copa Lands at Capital One, Plus $200 Off Flights
Get Points Wire free in your inbox every morning: points-wire.com. Capital One and Citi add Copa ConnectMiles as a transfer partner with a 30% launch bonus, a…
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Chase's 80% IHG Transfer Bonus, Big Number, Fine Print
Get Points Wire free in your inbox every morning: points-wire.com. Alex and Sam break down Chase's 1:1.8 IHG transfer bonus, the Office Depot Visa gift card…
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Chase Drops a 30% Avios Transfer Bonus
Get Points Wire free in your inbox every morning: points-wire.com. Chase opens November with a 30% transfer bonus to British Airways, Iberia, and Aer Lingus…
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Capital One's 30% Virgin Atlantic Transfer Bonus
Get Points Wire free in your inbox every morning: points-wire.com. A reported 30% Capital One transfer bonus to Virgin Atlantic leads the show, plus huge…
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Which Points Transfers Are Actually Slow?
Get Points Wire free in your inbox every morning: points-wire.com. A year of logged transfer data exposes Chase's slowest partners, a Flying Blue transfer…
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A 300K Sapphire Reserve Business Bonus Appears
Get Points Wire free in your inbox every morning: points-wire.com. A targeted 300,000 point Sapphire Reserve for Business offer, stacking the Edit and hotel…
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Bilt Blows Up Its Rewards, Southwest 90K Countdown
Get Points Wire free in your inbox every morning: points-wire.com. Bilt overhauls its program for 2027 and you may need to change an app setting to keep…
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Points Boost Nerfed, Plus a $500 Omni Double Dip
Get Points Wire free in your inbox every morning: points-wire.com. Chase cuts Points Boost to 1.25x on most Edit hotels, Sapphire Reserve holders stack $500 in…
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Citi Goes Big: Copa Transfers, Cathay Bonus, AA Credits
Get Points Wire free in your inbox every morning: points-wire.com. Citi adds Copa ConnectMiles as a new transfer partner and stacks a Cathay bonus and AA…
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Amex Cracks Down on Gamers, Chase Penta-Stack Spotted
Get Points Wire free in your inbox every morning: points-wire.com. Amex cuts staff and promises to tighten the screws on credit maximizers, a Sapphire Reserve…
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Marriott's 40% Back Amex Offer and Seattle's Lounge Vote
Get Points Wire free in your inbox every morning: points-wire.com. A targeted Amex Offer takes $150 off a $375 Marriott stay, Chase's $135 million Seattle…
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Avios Bonus Deadline, CSR Credit Order, JetBlue Upgrades
Get Points Wire free in your inbox every morning: points-wire.com. A 20 percent Capital One to Avios transfer bonus ends October 31, Reddit decodes the order…
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Virgin Atlantic 30% Bonus and Amex FHR's Two-Night Catch
Get Points Wire free in your inbox every morning: points-wire.com. A 30% Capital One transfer bonus to Virgin Atlantic, Amex adding a two-night minimum to Fine…
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Bilt Opens JetBlue Transfers, Plus a Domino's Paze Stack
Get Points Wire free in your inbox every morning: points-wire.com. Bilt adds JetBlue as a 1:1 transfer partner, a targeted Amazon Prime Visa spend bonus lands…
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Chase Biz Cards Go 3/24? Plus a 70K Hyatt Bonus
Get Points Wire free in your inbox every morning: points-wire.com. A Reddit report says every Chase business card is now under a 3/24 rule, the World of Hyatt…
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A 17x Dunkin' Stack and a Chase Warning for Expats
Get Points Wire free in your inbox every morning: points-wire.com. Alex and Sam break down the Paze plus Freedom Flex stack earning 17x at Dunkin', a report…
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SAS Business Class Sale and a Hyatt Scam Warning
Get Points Wire free in your inbox every morning: points-wire.com. SAS puts business class to Europe on sale for 48K points, JAL discounts Japan awards 30%…
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Southwest Guts the Companion Pass Shortcut
Get Points Wire free in your inbox every morning: points-wire.com. Southwest kills the credit card path to the Companion Pass starting 2027, Starlux runs its…
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Hyatt Points Transfers Go Online, With a Catch
Get Points Wire free in your inbox every morning: points-wire.com. Hyatt launches free online points transfers with a new annual cap, Hyatt and Aeroplan open a…
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Chase Nerfs Points Boost, 75K Upgrade Offers Land
Get Points Wire free in your inbox every morning: points-wire.com. Chase appears to have cut hotel Points Boost from 1.65x to 1.25x, targeted 75K Sapphire…
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An Easy 20K Hilton Points Play, and a Mystery Chase Credit
Get Points Wire free in your inbox every morning: points-wire.com. A targeted Amex Offer pays 20,000 Hilton points on $200 of hotel spend, a $100 Chase dining…
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Amex's Sleeper Hotel Partner and 25% Back at IHG
Get Points Wire free in your inbox every morning: points-wire.com. Alex and Sam dig into Amex's under-the-radar Leaders Club transfer partner, a $125-back IHG…
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Two Sapphires, One Lifetime Bonus
Get Points Wire free in your inbox every morning: points-wire.com. Chase's new Sapphire rules, a reported 30 percent United transfer bonus, the DOT's quiet…
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Chase's Hidden Restaurant Credit, and a JAL Award Shakeup
Get Points Wire free in your inbox every morning: points-wire.com. Alex and Sam dig into the Exclusive Tables restaurants Chase forgot to show you, targeted…
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A 40% Marriott Jump, Cash Price Matches, and Free AA Miles
Get Points Wire free in your inbox every morning: points-wire.com. A possible Marriott award devaluation for fall 2027, Chase price matches paying out in cash…
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Seoul for 20K: Alaska's Award Sale and a DoorDash Mess
Get Points Wire free in your inbox every morning: points-wire.com. Alaska's Atmos award sale puts Seoul on sale from 20,000 points, a targeted ANA Amex Offer…
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A 175K Sapphire Offer Shows Up in the Wild
Get Points Wire free in your inbox every morning: points-wire.com. A reader reports a 175,000-point Sapphire Reserve offer, Hilton sells points at a best-ever…
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Free Southwest Points for a Screenshot
Get Points Wire free in your inbox every morning: points-wire.com. Southwest hands out up to 10,500 points for a screenshot, Wyndham doubles United transfers…
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A 35% Qatar Avios Bonus and AA Stops Bumping
Get Points Wire free in your inbox every morning: points-wire.com. Citi points get a big boost to Qatar Avios, American Airlines quietly ends involuntary…
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United Goes on Offense: 100K Offers and a 1K Fast Track
Get Points Wire free in your inbox every morning: points-wire.com. United launches best-ever card bonuses and a status match aimed at Delta elites, Bilt cuts…
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Chase Dangles 75K to Upgrade Your Sapphire
Get Points Wire free in your inbox every morning: points-wire.com. A targeted 75,000-point offer to upgrade the Sapphire Preferred to the Reserve, the new $15…
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Last Call for Q3 Credits, and Alaska Opens the BofA Door
Get Points Wire free in your inbox every morning: points-wire.com. Quarterly card credits expire tonight, Alaska's Atmos Rewards lines up Bank of America…
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Rejected by Chase? Another Bank Might Say Yes
Get Points Wire free in your inbox every morning: points-wire.com. Chase may pass rejected travel card applicants to other lenders, Capital One quietly lists…
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Free Estate Plan? The $199 Trust&Will Offer
Get Points Wire free in your inbox every morning: points-wire.com. A Chase Offer that fully covers a $199 Trust&Will purchase, a report that Chase is denying…
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A Stacked Wonder Offer, Porch Pirates, and One-Way Points
Get Points Wire free in your inbox every morning: points-wire.com. A double-dip food delivery Chase Offer, a stolen iPhone that purchase protection might save…
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Aeroplan's 15% Card Discount and a Sweet Transfer Stack
Get Points Wire free in your inbox every morning: points-wire.com. Aeroplan cardholders get at least 15 percent off Air Canada awards right as a Chase transfer…
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Seattle Stalls the Next Sapphire Lounge
Get Points Wire free in your inbox every morning: points-wire.com. Seattle delays the new Chase Sapphire Lounge, a 30% United transfer bonus data point…
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Bilt Adds Amtrak, Plus 5% Back on Emirates
Get Points Wire free in your inbox every morning: points-wire.com. Bilt makes Amtrak its first rail transfer partner at 2:1, plus a new 5% Emirates Chase…
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Your Old Freedom Card Finally Gets an Upgrade Path
Get Points Wire free in your inbox every morning: points-wire.com. Chase quietly opens product changes from the original Freedom to the Freedom Flex and drops…
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Citi Unlocks Japan Airlines, Plus a Freedom Flex Refresh
Get Points Wire free in your inbox every morning: points-wire.com. Citi adds Japan Airlines as a 1:1 transfer partner with a 30% bonus, Chase refreshes the…
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Delta Amex offers jump, plus a 75% AT&T rebate
Get Points Wire free in your inbox every morning: points-wire.com. Elevated Delta Amex welcome offers with missing lifetime language, a targeted AT&T Wireless…
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A $250 Chase Offer Hiding in Your Account
Get Points Wire free in your inbox every morning: points-wire.com. A targeted Sapphire Reserve offer worth up to $250 at Alila and Miraval, a 175K welcome…
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Sapphire Reserve Biz: $1,000 Edit, capped 3x
Get Points Wire free in your inbox every morning: points-wire.com. Chase doubles The Edit hotel credit on the Sapphire Reserve for Business while capping 3x on…
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Sapphire Reserve Turns 10: What The Credits Are Worth
Get Points Wire free in your inbox every morning: points-wire.com. Chase piles limited-time partner credits onto the Sapphire Reserve's tenth birthday, IHG…
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Two Chase Lyft codes and free Rove miles
Get Points Wire free in your inbox every morning: points-wire.com. A Sapphire Reserve Lyft promo and a second Chase Lyft code, Rove's four-day free miles…
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Chase's 70% Marriott transfer bonus
Get Points Wire free in your inbox every morning: points-wire.com. A rare Chase transfer bonus to Marriott Bonvoy, Qatar reopens awards for friends and family…
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A Freedom Flex Q4 leak and five free IHG nights
Get Points Wire free in your inbox every morning: points-wire.com. A leaked look at Chase's fourth-quarter bonus categories, five free night certificates on…
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The Aeroplan Card Gets a Big, Pricey Makeover
Get Points Wire free in your inbox every morning: points-wire.com. Chase reworks the Air Canada Aeroplan card with a record welcome offer and a higher fee, a…
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Hyatt Dumps American for Delta
Get Points Wire free in your inbox every morning: points-wire.com. Hyatt ends its American Airlines tie-up and jumps to Delta, plus fresh 90K Avios bonuses…
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Venture's 75K-plus-$300 lands, and a Reserve credit trap
Get Points Wire free in your inbox every morning: points-wire.com. Capital One's beefed-up Venture offer, the Reserve's third-night-free deal, why Chase's…
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Stacking CSR Credits for $800 Off One Stay
Get Points Wire free in your inbox every morning: points-wire.com. How to stack the Chase Sapphire Reserve hotel and travel credits in one booking, American…
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The 175K Sapphire Reserve Offer That's Floating Around
Get Points Wire free in your inbox every morning: points-wire.com. A targeted 175K Sapphire Reserve bonus, stacking two years of Southwest credits, targeted…
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Wine, Points, and a Business-Class Bargain
Get Points Wire free in your inbox every morning: points-wire.com. A Chase points wine-country escape leads the way, plus ANA and Starlux business class, an…
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A Korean Air Card, Bask Bank, and a DOT Rule Bites Back
Get Points Wire free in your inbox every morning: points-wire.com. A new 70K Korean Air card, Bask Bank's American miles bonus, the last days of a $1,000 Chase…
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Stackable Chase Shopping Credit and a $200 Ski Deal
Get Points Wire free in your inbox every morning: points-wire.com. A stackable Shops at Chase discount, an Amex ski offer with a hard deadline, the Dunkin Paze…
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Southwest Builds Lounges, American Kills First
Get Points Wire free in your inbox every morning: points-wire.com. Southwest confirms an airport lounge network and a new premium Chase card, American's…
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The DoorDash Credit That Isn't Really DoorDash
Get Points Wire free in your inbox every morning: points-wire.com. A new CSR monthly credit you can spend on anything, a 30% Amex to Hilton bonus racing a…
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A New Transfer Partner Lands With a 40% Bonus
Get Points Wire free in your inbox every morning: points-wire.com. Rove adds Copa with a 40 percent transfer bonus, Discover's Q4 5 percent categories are set…
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Eighty-Five For Eighty-Five, And An Edit Trap
Get Points Wire free in your inbox every morning: points-wire.com. A DISH Chase Offer that pays you back in full, a smart way to rescue your CSR shopping…
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Where Your 175K Sapphire Offer Is Hiding
Get Points Wire free in your inbox every morning: points-wire.com. How to check for a targeted 175K Reserve or 125K Preferred bonus, plus Bilt's…