Share In the world of free travel hacking, there are two elements each of us must learn to improve – earning and redeeming. Most of the material on this blog is about earning, but today I want to help you easily and effectively learn how to redeem your Ultimate Rewards (UR) points for travel. To [...]
Ultimate Rewards Booking Service Launch | Best Value Analysis
January 19, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Share With the justified popularity of Ultimate Rewards, many of us are earning and collecting hoards of Ultimate Rewards (UR) points. However, we cannot forget the goal is never merely to collect or simply to earn, but to use those points to help us board a plane, get in a hotel, or sit in a [...]
Ultimate Rewards Alert: Points Soon to Transfer to Southwest Rapid Rewards
December 14, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Share Ultimate Rewards has been positioning itself as a serious competitor to the American Express Membership Rewards program (or is AMEX now the competitor?). I thought this post would be a good follow up to Monday’s post where I introduced the Rapid Rewards Program. When I wrote about how Ultimate Rewards are gaining on Membership [...]
9 Amazing Benefits of Ultimate Rewards (Above American Express Rewards)
November 1, 2011 By 6 Comments
Share The tides in the ocean of frequent flyer miles is always shifting. One definitive parting is the emergence of two very valuable credit card rewards programs – Ultimate Rewards (Chase) and American Express Rewards (American Express). In my book, How to Earn Frequent Flyer Miles from the Comfort of Your Living Room, I wrote, [...]
Ultimate Rewards for Flights Vs. American Express Rewards
September 13, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Share Due to the popularity of the Chase Sapphire Preferred card, it seems as though we need to put it against a long time non-mileage card to see how the Ultimate Rewards compare to American Express Rewards cards. For a basic introduction, I’ve done a review of American Express Rewards. Annual Fee Comparison We all [...]
