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• Wyndham is selling points with a best-ever 100% bonus, 0.65 cents each, useful for Vacasa vacation rentals

• One r/ChaseSapphire post claims a 60% Chase-to-United transfer bonus, unverified, check before you transfer

• Prime members have about one week left to grab $20 off each of their first two $25 Uber Eats orders

• IHG is paying 5K bonus points every 2 nights at select US and UK brands, registration required

• Targeted Barclays offers are out, up to +5 points per dollar, check your account

• All Edit hotels in Vancouver have vanished from Chase Travel, history says inventory may return

• The Marriott Boundless 200K offer is officially gone as of November 11

Wyndham sells points with a best-ever 100% bonus, 0.65 cents each

Wyndham Rewards is running its biggest-ever buy-points promotion, a 100% bonus that works out to 0.65 cents per point. Wyndham points shine at Vacasa vacation rentals (15K or 30K per bedroom per night) and at flat-rate hotel redemptions, where 0.65 cents of cost can beat cash rates by a wide margin.

→ Price out a specific Vacasa or Wyndham stay first, and only buy the points if the math beats the cash rate. Do not stockpile speculatively.

Public promotion, reported by One Mile at a Time · One Mile at a Time

One week left: $20 off each of your first two Uber Eats orders via Prime

The Amazon Prime and Uber Eats linkup we covered when Amazon dropped Grubhub now has a hard clock on it. What changed: DansDeals reports about one week remains to link accounts and collect $20 off each of your first two $25+ orders, up to $80 in savings per household across accounts.

→ Link your Prime account to Uber Eats today and place the first qualifying order before the window closes.

Single outlet report of a public promotion · DansDeals

Reported 60% Chase-to-United transfer bonus

On r/ChaseSapphire, a poster reports seeing a 60% transfer bonus from Chase Ultimate Rewards to United MileagePlus. Chase runs United transfer bonuses rarely, and 60% would be among the richest ever, but no major outlet has confirmed it and it may be targeted.

→ Log in and start (but do not complete) a United transfer to see if the bonus appears on your account before moving any points.

Single unverified report · r/ChaseSapphire

IHG promo: 5K bonus points every 2 nights at select US and UK brands

IHG launched a registration promo paying 5,000 bonus points for every two nights at select brands in the US and UK. At roughly 0.5 cents per IHG point, that is about $25 back per two-night stay on what are often budget-brand prices.

→ Register before your next IHG stay, even if you have nothing booked yet. Registration costs nothing.

Public promotion, reported by Frequent Miler · Frequent Miler

Targeted Barclays spending offers hit accounts

Barclays is sending targeted spending offers including +5 points per dollar on up to $400 in spend and 2,000 bonus points for $1,000 in purchases. Offers vary by cardholder and card.

→ Check email and your Barclays account for an offer and activate it before your next purchase on the card.

Corroborated by multiple cardholder reports via Frequent Miler · Frequent Miler

Targeted AA promo: 26K bonus miles for four premium cabin flights

American is targeting some members with 26,000 bonus AAdvantage miles for booking and flying four premium cabin flights. Paid first or business segments you already planned could clear this with no extra effort.

→ Check your AAdvantage email and promotions page for the registration link before booking any premium cabin travel.

Targeted offer, reported by Frequent Miler · Frequent Miler

Wide-open United saver space US to Israel at 28K each way

DansDeals flags wide-open economy saver award space on nonstop United flights between the US and Israel from 28K miles each way. Saver space on these routes is usually scarce, so broad availability is unusual.

→ Search your dates on united.com and transfer Ultimate Rewards to United only after confirming the 28K space.

Single outlet report with searchable availability · DansDeals

Trip.com paying up to 19.5% back via Capital One Shopping and Offers

Capital One Shopping and Capital One Offers are paying up to 19.5% cash back or 17X miles on Trip.com hotel and car rental bookings, with Doctor of Credit seeing rates as high as 21%. Portal bookings usually forfeit hotel elite benefits and points, so this fits best for independent properties or throwaway stays.

→ Compare the post-rebate Trip.com price against the direct rate before booking, and skip it for stays where elite nights matter.

Corroborated by Frequent Miler and Doctor of Credit · Frequent Miler · Doctor of Credit

Emirates locking accounts for audits after Amex transfers

Frequent Miler reports Emirates Skywards (Emirates' frequent flyer program) locked a member's account for an audit, again, after a transfer from Amex Membership Rewards. This echoes the Finnair account lock we covered recently, and a locked account can strand points mid-booking.

→ Transfer to Emirates only when you have a specific award ready to ticket, and expect possible verification delays.

Single firsthand report · Frequent Miler

All Edit hotels in Vancouver have vanished from Chase Travel

On r/ChaseSapphire, members report every Edit property in Vancouver, including the Fairmonts, has disappeared from Chase Travel bookings. Commenters note Omni properties once vanished from Edit inventory for a stretch and later returned, so this may be temporary rather than a permanent cull.

→ If you need a 2026 Edit credit and were counting on Vancouver, check back over the next couple of weeks but line up a backup Edit property before December.

Multiple member reports, cause unconfirmed · r/ChaseSapphire

CSR rental insurance datapoint: $1,400 claim paid in one business day

On r/ChaseSapphire, a renter who declined Enterprise's coverage and paid with the Sapphire Reserve had a $1,400 damage claim, including loss of use, paid by the card's primary rental coverage within one business day. The caveat in the thread: a commenter says the administrator refused to cover a diminished value charge from Avis, and nothing else covered it either.

→ Keep declining the counter coverage and paying with the card, but photograph the car at pickup and dropoff, and budget for a possible diminished value fight if you rent from Avis.

Corroborated by multiple firsthand reports in-thread · r/ChaseSapphire

Rove miles can put you in SAS business class for almost nothing

The Points Guy walks through using Rove (a startup rewards program that sells its own miles cheaply) to book SAS lie-flat business class from the US to Europe with minimal taxes and fees. It is a niche currency, but for SAS specifically the all-in cost can undercut every traditional transfer partner.

→ Price a specific SAS business award through Rove against your Flying Blue or Aeroplan options before transferring bank points anywhere.

Single outlet analysis · The Points Guy

Marriott Boundless 200K is officially gone

The 200K + $100 airfare credit offer we have been covering expired the night of November 11. Last-minute threads showed approvals right up to the deadline, including some manual reviews for over-5/24 applicants.

→ If you applied before the cutoff and got manual review, call Chase reconsideration rather than waiting.

Corroborated across r/ChaseSapphire and r/CreditCards · r/ChaseSapphire · r/CreditCards

Marriott 10% back offer now on BofA too, up to $85 combined

The Marriott 10% back Chase Offer we covered is also showing on Bank of America cards, with Doctor of Credit pegging combined potential at up to $85 back.

→ Check both Chase and BofA card offers before your next Marriott stay.

Corroborated by Doctor of Credit and Frequent Miler · Doctor of Credit

Frontier is now selling first class from $129

Frontier has opened sales of its new first class cabin from $129, with flights starting March 5, 2027.

→ Compare against mainline first fares on your routes before writing it off.

Corroborated by View from the Wing and Live and Let's Fly · Live and Let's Fly · View from the Wing

Korean Air adds daily Incheon to Newark flights

Korean Air is launching a daily Seoul Incheon to Newark 777-300ER route, joining United and Air Premia and adding SkyTeam award inventory to the NYC area.

→ Watch for award space via Flying Blue or Korean Air SKYPASS once the schedule loads.

Corroborated schedule news · One Mile at a Time

PayPal points drain reports keep coming

Another r/ChaseSapphireReserve member reports Ultimate Rewards drained through the PayPal redemption vector we have covered, confirming the pattern is ongoing.

→ Remove saved PayPal redemption links you do not use and set alerts on point balances.

Corroborated by repeated member reports · r/ChaseSapphireReserve

10% credit card interest cap chatter resurfaces

View from the Wing reports Elizabeth Warren may back a Trump-floated 10% credit card interest rate cap, which analysts argue could squeeze rewards economics if it ever advanced.

→ Nothing to do yet, this is legislative speculation.

Single outlet commentary on a proposal · View from the Wing

Citi Offers: $5 off $25 Starbucks eGift card, stackable three times

A Citi Offer pays $5 back on a $25 Starbucks eGift card purchase and can be done three times per enrolled card.

→ Enroll the offer and buy the eGift cards in separate transactions.

Public offer, reported by Doctor of Credit · Doctor of Credit

Report of KLM award tickets vanishing without notice

On r/awardtravel, a member reports KLM tickets booked with Flying Blue points disappeared without notice or refund.

→ Recheck any upcoming Flying Blue bookings on KLM metal and screenshot confirmations now.

Single unverified report · r/awardtravel

Diminished value: A rental company charge for the drop in a car's resale value after damage, which most card and insurance coverage will not pay.

Loss of use: A fee rental companies charge for revenue lost while a damaged car sits in the shop.

Rove: A startup rewards program that sells its own miles cheaply for award bookings on partner airlines like SAS.

Saver award: An airline's lowest mileage price level for an award seat, usually the scarcest.

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