Amex EveryDay Vs. Chase Freedom — Which Is Better?

Reader Django asked the following question on my post about the 2015 Chase Freedom 5% bonus categories:

"Lucky – do you have a recommendation between this card and the Amex Everyday cards you blogged about a few weeks ago? I presume part of the answer has to do with the value of Membership Rewards points and, as I’ve never had them, I’m not really sure how they stack up vis-a-vis Chase points. Your thoughts would be really helpful here."

As far as I'm concerned, the Chase Freedom and Amex EveryDay are the two all around most lucrative no annual fee credit cards. But they're also very different in terms of their value propositions.

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Alaska’s Seats Can Be Your Carry On, United’s 7 Hour Tarmac Delay, and Emirates Slaps Airbus Around – Puts Them Back in Line

News and notes from around the interweb: After speculation that Airbus could terminate the A380 program, they’re now saying that they’ll consider a new engine version of the plane which Emirates has been asking for and considering a ‘stretch’ variant for more passengers as well. (HT: Alex B.) We’ll see what they actually do, but […]

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from View from the Wing http://viewfromthewing.boardingarea.com/2014/12/12/alaskas-seats-can-carry-uniteds-7-hour-tarmac-delay-emirates-slaps-airbus-around-puts-back-line/

50% Off Virgin America First Class Tickets

As I've written about a countless number of times before, airfare has been way up the past couple of years as a result of consolidation and an improved global economy. One interesting result of this is that we've seen the gap between economy and first class fares narrow quite a bit. In many cases first and business class fares have actually decreased, to the point that they're almost similarly priced to economy.

Anyway, Virgin America is an airline that seems to run quite a few promotions offering discounts on First Class and Main Cabin Select, and they're back with another one of those promotions for the holidays.

Virgin America is offering 50% off First Class and Main Cabin Select fares booked by 11:59PM PT on Sunday, December 14, 2014, and for travel between December 19, 2014, and January 2, 2015. Simple use promo code MERRY50 at the time of booking.

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Explorer: The Jura Mountains, a Cross-Country Wonderland

Straddling the border of France and Switzerland, the area boasts a network of more than 2,100 miles of groomed cross-country ski trails.

















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Do the Math: Best Bang For Your Buck at Amazon

I’m constantly trying to figure out the best way to get the most bang for my buck whenever I shop. It used to just be figuring out the best price. Now it is about which credit card to use, what online shopping portal to use, what coupon to use, is that coupon stackable with other […]



from Frugal Travel Guy http://www.frugaltravelguy.com/2014/12/do-the-math-best-bang-for-your-buck-at-amazon.html

Put A Value on Your Freedom: $200 Limited Time Offer

Just in time for those last minute holiday purchases: for a limited time, apply with Chase Freedom and earn a $200 bonus after you spend $500 on purchases in your first 3 months from account opening. Santa’s come early but he’s skipping out on December 17! All those extra details to help you hang your […]



from Frugal Travel Guy http://www.frugaltravelguy.com/2014/12/put-a-value-on-your-freedom-200-limited-time-offer.html

Bidding secrets of air travel insiders

from Elliott http://elliott.org/advice-you-can-take/bidding-secrets-air-travel-insiders/

Free $5 Statement Credit for Amex Cardholders with Mobile App

American Express is offering targeted cardholders a $5 statement credit for downloading its iPhone or Android Amex Mobile app and logging into it for the first time from their smartphone by December 31, 2014. To get the $5 statement credit, you must be a first-time user of the app, you must not have logged into […]



from The Points Guy http://thepointsguy.com/2014/12/free-5-statement-credit-for-amex-cardholders-with-mobile-app/

Is This The Hardest Job In The Airline Industry?

Unarguably the biggest tragedy in our industry this year has been with Malaysia Airlines. They were already in trouble financially at the beginning of the year, and having two 777s go down in a matter of months made the situation even worse. It goes without saying it's a heartbreaking tragedy for the loss of life, but also for all the people that work to make Malaysia Airlines as successful as it can be.

Can Malaysia Airlines be saved? I don't know enough about their situation to say one way or another. But I sure don't envy the person in charge of doing that.

One story I meant to cover last week was about Christoph Mueller being tapped as the next CEO of Malaysia Airlines. His contract at Aer Lingus runs out May 1, 2015, at which point he should be transitioning to Malaysia Airlines.

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Here’s the 12 Days of Big Giveaways from Milepoint’s Christmas Promotion

The Milepoint frequent flyer community‘s big ’12 days of Christmas’ prize giveaway starts tomorrow, December 13. What I’ve got for you is a list of the prizes. I do not know the order in which they’ll be given away. You’ll want to be sure to sign up for the daily entry reminder and prize information […]

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7 things travelers want for Xmas

"ravelers can be a pain in the ass to Christmas-shop for. We tend to be non-materialistic types, more interested in accumulating foods tried, experiences had, and countries visited than things gathered. But this by no means that you can’t buy good Christmas presents for the travelers in your life."



from Matador Network » Matador Network http://matadornetwork.com/goods/7-things-every-traveler-wants-christmas/

Executive's snack tantrum delays flight

A Korean Air executive delayed a flight because of the way macadamia nuts were served by a flight attendant.

from CNN.com - Travel http://www.cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/us/2014/12/11/ac-ridiculist-nutty-airline-executive.cnn.html

Watch this year's most insane ski run

Need a rush? Watch this! Jeanne Moos has the year's most insane ski run. It's not a ski slope, it's a ski NOPE.

from CNN.com - Travel http://www.cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/us/2014/12/11/erin-pkg-moos-insane-ski-run.cnn.html

Romantic Caribbean With Kids?

National Geographic Traveler columnist Heather Greenwood Davis is the magazine’s family travel advocate, guru, and soothsayer. Here’s her latest advice.



from Intelligent Travel http://intelligenttravel.nationalgeographic.com/2014/12/12/romantic-caribbean-with-kids/

In Transit Blog: Surf City, Chicago

Chicago Surf, a pool that simulates ocean waves, is expected to open on the city’s beachfront next spring.





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