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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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Bilt's Virgin Bonus and a New Ink 100K
Get Points Wire free in your inbox every morning: points-wire.com. Bilt's Rent Day sends up to 100% to Virgin Atlantic starting Monday, the Ink Business…
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Glamping Half-Off and Google Learns to Book Points
Get Points Wire free in your inbox every morning: points-wire.com. A weekend glamping flash sale with a Sunday deadline, Google's AI now pricing award flights…
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The 125K Branch Whisper
Get Points Wire free in your inbox every morning: points-wire.com. An in-branch Sapphire Reserve bonus that beats the public offer, honoring a bigger sign-up…
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The 200K Business Reserve and a Marriott Point Sale
Get Points Wire free in your inbox every morning: points-wire.com. A fresh 200K bonus on the Sapphire Reserve for Business, cheap Marriott points before…
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OnePay's 3% Everywhere, and Boston Gets a BlueHouse
Get Points Wire free in your inbox every morning: points-wire.com. A short window on 3% back everywhere, JetBlue opens its second lounge, American brings…
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A 125K Airline Bonus and a Timeshare Dare
Get Points Wire free in your inbox every morning: points-wire.com. The Citi AAdvantage Executive returns with a 125,000-mile welcome offer, plus a luxury…
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Twenty Percent Off DoorDash, and a Free $300
Get Points Wire free in your inbox every morning: points-wire.com. A Sam's Club DoorDash deal, a targeted Apple Pay credit, an easy checking bonus, a family…
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Is Freedom About to Ditch the FX Fee?
Get Points Wire free in your inbox every morning: points-wire.com. A rumor that Chase's Freedom cards may drop foreign transaction fees, plus a 100 percent…
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The Pay Yourself Back Nerf, and a StubHub Stack
Get Points Wire free in your inbox every morning: points-wire.com. Chase trims another CSR redemption, a fresh Flying Blue transfer bonus, a StubHub credit…
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The Sapphire Credit Nobody's Talking About
Get Points Wire free in your inbox every morning: points-wire.com. A surprise Shops at Chase credit lands in Sapphire accounts, a one-day Best Buy flip, a…
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Flying Blue Quietly Devalues, American Reverses Course
Get Points Wire free in your inbox every morning: points-wire.com. Air France KLM adds tiered award fares that cost you more miles for the same seat, American…
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Cathay's Asia Miles Rebate and a Wells Fargo Assist
Get Points Wire free in your inbox every morning: points-wire.com. Cathay Pacific hands back Asia Miles on every award, Wells Fargo opens a new pipeline to…
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Phoenix Lounge Drops Reservations
Get Points Wire free in your inbox every morning: points-wire.com. The Phoenix Sapphire Lounge is ending reservations, plus a 3.42x Southwest redemption, a…
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The Edit Double-Dip Just Got Nerfed
Get Points Wire free in your inbox every morning: points-wire.com. Chase Travel quietly closes the back-to-back Edit credit trick, Priority Pass gets breathing…
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Aeroplan Sale, Strata Elite, and a $75K Question
Get Points Wire free in your inbox every morning: points-wire.com. Air Canada's Aeroplan award sale, Citi's new Strata Elite premium play, a Southwest credit…
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The Dulles Lounge Clock Runs Out
Get Points Wire free in your inbox every morning: points-wire.com. A Sapphire Reserve lounge at Dulles goes dark this weekend, plus the Chase Edit W Seattle…
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That 175K Sapphire Reserve Offer, With an Asterisk
Get Points Wire free in your inbox every morning: points-wire.com. Chase's elevated Sapphire sign-up bonuses land with a targeted catch, US Bank yanks two…
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US Bank Finally Joins the Transfer Party
Get Points Wire free in your inbox every morning: points-wire.com. US Bank launches transfer partners at last, plus a one-day Klook deal, a near-free CSR…
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Southwest's 40% Sale and Chase Bonus Whiplash
Get Points Wire free in your inbox every morning: points-wire.com. Up to 40 percent off Southwest fares, a fresh 80k American miles offer, and Chase Sapphire…
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Fifteen Bucks at Office Depot, and a Fee Refund Trick
Get Points Wire free in your inbox every morning: points-wire.com. A dated Visa gift card discount, how to zero out your Sapphire Reserve fee with points…
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A KLM Award Just Doubled, and Paze Is Everywhere
Get Points Wire free in your inbox every morning: points-wire.com. A steep KLM/Air France award hike leads the day, plus a fresh Paze roundup, a $1,700…
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The Best Ink Business Bonus Ever, And Freedom Flex Loses Two Perks
Get Points Wire free in your inbox every morning: points-wire.com. A record no-annual-fee Ink bonus leads, plus Freedom Flex quietly drops two benefits, a free…
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Hotel Card Season Is Wide Open
Get Points Wire free in your inbox every morning: points-wire.com. A wave of stacked hotel card bonuses across Marriott, IHG and Chase, plus a cheap Flying…
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Three Avios On Your Rent, And A $595 Reserve
Get Points Wire free in your inbox every morning: points-wire.com. A select Bilt play earns triple Avios on rent, plus real CSR retention offers, a Capital One…
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Two Fresh Six-Figure Card Offers
Get Points Wire free in your inbox every morning: points-wire.com. A fresh Chase Aeroplan 100k offer leads, plus a Barclays Lufthansa bonus, a real CSR…
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Priority Pass Dining Comes Back for Reserve
Get Points Wire free in your inbox every morning: points-wire.com. Priority Pass restaurant perks return for Reserve cardholders, a 40% Citi-to-Turkish…
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Two Sapphires, One Wallet
Get Points Wire free in your inbox every morning: points-wire.com. Chase quietly lets you hold the Preferred and Reserve at once, a 57k-point Ritz stay gets…
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A 125K Reserve Offer and Alaska Quietly Raises the Bar
Get Points Wire free in your inbox every morning: points-wire.com. A branch data point puts the Sapphire Reserve bonus at 125,000 points, Alaska hikes some…
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Sapphire Lounges cut Priority Pass, IHG boost
Get Points Wire free in your inbox every morning: points-wire.com. Chase locks Priority Pass out of its Sapphire Lounges (and why that helps Reserve holders)…
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A 70K Alaska Bonus and a Companion Fare
Get Points Wire free in your inbox every morning: points-wire.com. A fresh Atmos Ascent card offer leads, plus a $350 Marriott home-rental deal, Chase's…
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Chase Opens the Door to Newcomers
Get Points Wire free in your inbox every morning: points-wire.com. Chase reportedly lets you apply with Canadian or UK credit history, why Hilton award nights…
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Ritz Paris on Points, Plus IHG's Last Call
Get Points Wire free in your inbox every morning: points-wire.com. Amex opens the door to luxury hotels with a new transfer partner, IHG's 100 percent bonus is…
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Manila Business for 75K, and a Sneaky Retention Offer
Get Points Wire free in your inbox every morning: points-wire.com. Philippine Airlines business class to Asia opens up at 75K, a Cathay Asia Miles transfer…
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Staples' Fee-Free Visa Cards and a Marriott Fee Trick
Get Points Wire free in your inbox every morning: points-wire.com. Staples wipes the fee on $200 Visa gift cards for a tight window, Marriott's resort-fee…
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The 5 Percent Gift Card Play and a Credit That Dies Tonight
Get Points Wire free in your inbox every morning: points-wire.com. A new Giftcards.com Chase Offer, a travel credit some folks lose at midnight, two weird bits…
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The StubHub $20K Warning and a Delta Gift Card Deal
Get Points Wire free in your inbox every morning: points-wire.com. A Reserve cardholder's fight over $20,000 in event tickets, fresh Edit credit clawback…
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United 110K, and a Sapphire Preferred Deadline
Get Points Wire free in your inbox every morning: points-wire.com. The extended United Business bonus, a firm end date for the 100K Sapphire Preferred offer, a…
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The 100k Sapphire Preferred Data Point
Get Points Wire free in your inbox every morning: points-wire.com. A Reddit data point says the 100k Sapphire Preferred bonus is landing even for people who…
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The 100K Preferred Clock Is Ticking
Get Points Wire free in your inbox every morning: points-wire.com. The Sapphire Preferred's 100,000-point offer is winding down, a stackable Air Canada credit…
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The 100K Clock and a Flying Blue Bonus
Get Points Wire free in your inbox every morning: points-wire.com. The Chase Sapphire Preferred 100,000-point offer is winding down, a 20 percent transfer…
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The 100k Preferred Clock and a Portal Outage
Get Points Wire free in your inbox every morning: points-wire.com. Chase's 100k Sapphire Preferred offer may be winding down, Chase Travel has a rough Monday…
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Sapphire Preferred's 100K Offer Is Ending
Get Points Wire free in your inbox every morning: points-wire.com. Alex and Sam break down the ending Sapphire Preferred 100K bonus, Chase's price match…