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Kahala Hotel Renovation Plans

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The Kahala Hotel & Resort, also known as the Kahala Hilton or the Kahala Mandarin, has changed hands a few times in recent years.  Two years ago, however, the fabled property was acquired by Resorttrust Hawaii LLC, the Hawaii subsidiary of Japan-based Resorttrust.  The previous owner was Kahala Hotel Investors LLC, a subsidiary of Honolulu-based Trinity Investments LLC. … [Read more...] about Kahala Hotel Renovation Plans

Chase Adjusts UltimateRewards Dining Earnings

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Chase has made a change to the Sapphire Reserve.  No, benefits haven't change so far, a change to UltimateRewards earning rates have changed.  Chase adjusts UltimateRewards dining earnings a little.  Rather than being broadly defined, with just about any dining establishment earning 3x points, they've decided to narrow the category down a little. According to Dan's … [Read more...] about Chase Adjusts UltimateRewards Dining Earnings

Ally CashBack Credit Card

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Ally Bank is jumping into the credit card game.  You know, that bank with the purple logo and the great savings rates?  Their new credit card, the Ally CashBack Credit Card, is another iteration of what's becoming the hottest type of credit card. Similar to American Express's EveryDay credit cards, the Ally CashBack offers 2% cash back on gas & groceries and 1% cash … [Read more...] about Ally CashBack Credit Card

Costco Switchover Day

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Today is the long awaited day.  It's Costco switchover day!  Beginning today, Costco official begins accepts of Visa credit cards. As you may remember, in a surprising turn of events Citi purchased the Costco portfolio from Amex.  This stunning blow cost Amex 10% of its entire portfolio.  Amex not only lost exclusive rights to Costco, but all of the cardholder accounts were … [Read more...] about Costco Switchover Day

Hawaiian Airlines Inter-Island Flights

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In my last post I discussed Domestic Flights to Hawaii, so this time I'm going to talk about flying inter-island on Hawaiian Airlines.  Why?  Because, if you really want to maximize your Hawaiian vacation, it's best to visit multiple islands, which requires flying.  Of course, some may end up flying simply because of a lack of direct flights to the island they're visiting. … [Read more...] about Hawaiian Airlines Inter-Island Flights

Citi AAdvantage, Apple Wallet and a Foreshadowing Screenshot: How the Credit Card Game Will Unfold

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We can probably file this one as coincidence, but I wanted to share an email I received today from Citi Cards. The note is about using my Citi AAdvantage card with Apple Pay, and appears to be a co-branded message with Apple. This message shows 4 Citi AAdvantage branded cards in an Apple Pay Account. No big deal, right - we get these messages every single day. I take … [Read more...] about Citi AAdvantage, Apple Wallet and a Foreshadowing Screenshot: How the Credit Card Game Will Unfold

Redeeming the Annual Hyatt Free Night for Credit Cardholders in San Francisco

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I spent the last week in San Francisco with Mrs. Jeffsetter with two objectives in mind for our time in the city: Attend a conference being put on by Google at the Intercontinental hotel (review of hotel to come in the future) - and more importantly To learn as much as we could about the city and find an apartment for our impending move to San Francisco … [Read more...] about Redeeming the Annual Hyatt Free Night for Credit Cardholders in San Francisco