<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>AikJrk news</title><link>https://aikjrk.com/news/</link><description>Credit card, points and travel deal news</description><language>en-us</language><item><title>Citi AAdvantage Platinum Select and Business cards head to a $150 annual fee</title><link>https://aikjrk.com/news/#citi-aadvantage-fees-rise</link><guid isPermaLink="false">aikjrk-citi-aadvantage-fees-rise</guid><pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate><description>American is raising the fee on the Citi Platinum Select and Citi Business cards to $150, with new benefits arriving at the same time: Walmart+, a $100 inflight credit, better earning on AAdvantage Hotels and Cars, and some travel protections. View from the Wing says existing cardholders see the change from Jan 24, 2027. Spend on the Business card can also count toward elite status for two people.</description></item><item><title>Bilt announces 2027 changes: Daily Rewards, new defaults and shorter Bilt Cash life</title><link>https://aikjrk.com/news/#bilt-2027-changes</link><guid isPermaLink="false">aikjrk-bilt-2027-changes</guid><pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate><description>Bilt&#x27;s Daily Rewards starts on Jan 15, 2027. The default reward moves to housing points at up to 1.25x, and the 4% Bilt Cash option now requires you to apply and accept by Dec 31, 2026. Bilt Cash will expire 12 months after you earn it, hotel Bilt Cash discounts move to half-yearly, and the Palladium card&#x27;s benefit becomes $600 of Bilt Cash.</description></item><item><title>SAS EuroBonus offers paid status matches, including from Southwest Companion Pass</title><link>https://aikjrk.com/news/#sas-status-match</link><guid isPermaLink="false">aikjrk-sas-status-match</guid><pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate><description>SAS is offering paid matches into EuroBonus tiers for €89, €199 or €349, depending on tier, from several programs. Frequent Miler&#x27;s update notes the chance of a soft landing for other programs too. The news file listed it only for SkyTeam elites, so check the offer&#x27;s current rules.</description></item><item><title>United raises welcome bonuses on all four personal MileagePlus cards</title><link>https://aikjrk.com/news/#united-raises-four-card-bonuses</link><guid isPermaLink="false">aikjrk-united-raises-four-card-bonuses</guid><pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate><description>United now advertises 100,000 miles on the Club Card, 90,000 on Quest, 80,000 on Explorer and 50,000 on Gateway. These are headline totals, so check Chase&#x27;s page for the spend requirement and any part of the bonus tied to extra steps such as adding an authorized user. View from the Wing also reports better earning on United flights for cardholders.</description></item><item><title>Citi ThankYou to Cathay Pacific: 10% transfer bonus</title><link>https://aikjrk.com/news/#citi-cathay-10-bonus</link><guid isPermaLink="false">aikjrk-citi-cathay-10-bonus</guid><pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate><description>Frequent Miler reports a 10% bonus when you transfer Citi ThankYou points to Cathay Pacific Asia Miles. No end date was listed in the report, so confirm the offer in your Citi account before moving points.</description></item><item><title>Citi AAdvantage Executive adds a $200 inKind dining credit</title><link>https://aikjrk.com/news/#citi-executive-inkind-credit</link><guid isPermaLink="false">aikjrk-citi-executive-inkind-credit</guid><pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate><description>The $695 Citi AAdvantage Executive World Legend Mastercard now carries a $200 yearly dining credit at inKind restaurants.</description></item><item><title>AT&amp;T customers can earn 5,000 AAdvantage miles for linking accounts</title><link>https://aikjrk.com/news/#att-aadvantage-5000-miles</link><guid isPermaLink="false">aikjrk-att-aadvantage-5000-miles</guid><pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate><description>AT&amp;T is giving 5,000 AAdvantage miles to the first 65,000 customers who link their accounts, then 2,500 miles after that. View from the Wing and Frequent Miler both flagged it as a limited-time offer.</description></item><item><title>Citi ThankYou adds Copa Airlines as a transfer partner</title><link>https://aikjrk.com/news/#citi-thankyou-copa</link><guid isPermaLink="false">aikjrk-citi-thankyou-copa</guid><pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate><description>Copa ConnectMiles joins the list of airlines Citi ThankYou points can move to. Ratios and timing for Citi partners differ by card, so check the transfer page in your account before you move points.</description></item><item><title>British Airways raises Silver and Gold tier-point targets from Apr 1, 2027</title><link>https://aikjrk.com/news/#ba-tier-points-2027</link><guid isPermaLink="false">aikjrk-ba-tier-points-2027</guid><pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate><description>Silver moves from 7,500 to 8,000 tier points, and Gold from 20,000 to 21,000. The new targets start on Apr 1, 2027.</description></item><item><title>Amex Platinum lodging credit will need two-night stays from Jan 1, 2027</title><link>https://aikjrk.com/news/#amex-platinum-lodging-credit-2027</link><guid isPermaLink="false">aikjrk-amex-platinum-lodging-credit-2027</guid><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate><description>From Jan 1, 2027 the $600 Platinum lodging credit works only on stays of at least two nights at Fine Hotels + Resorts, The Hotel Collection and the newly added Airbnb Luxe. A one-night Fine Hotels + Resorts stay still gets the property perks but no longer uses the credit. Until then, an unused 2026 credit can still cover a one-night stay. Amex also added 5x on Airbnb bookings through Amex Travel and a $250 yearly Airbnb Experiences credit.</description></item><item><title>Amex Business Platinum adds ZO coworking, then narrows two credits in 2027</title><link>https://aikjrk.com/news/#amex-business-platinum-zo</link><guid isPermaLink="false">aikjrk-amex-business-platinum-zo</guid><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate><description>From Oct 22 the card includes a ZO coworking membership. Starting Feb 17, 2027 the wireless credit and the 2x shipping earning are limited to select providers.</description></item><item><title>Amex Delta Reserve: 50,000 miles and two Comfort certificates, ends Nov 4</title><link>https://aikjrk.com/news/#delta-reserve-offer</link><guid isPermaLink="false">aikjrk-delta-reserve-offer</guid><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate><description>Spend $10,000 in six months and get 50,000 miles plus two Delta Comfort round-trip certificates. The Points Guy notes the offer ends Nov 4, 2026.</description></item><item><title>Citi AAdvantage record welcome offers flagged as ending soon</title><link>https://aikjrk.com/news/#citi-aadvantage-record-offers</link><guid isPermaLink="false">aikjrk-citi-aadvantage-record-offers</guid><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate><description>The Citi AAdvantage Executive World Legend card is advertising 125,000 miles after $15,000 in five months, and the Platinum Select card 80,000 after $3,500 in four months. The Points Guy says both are the best it has seen and marked them as ending soon, without a date.</description></item><item><title>Capital One to Virgin Red / Virgin Atlantic: 30% transfer bonus</title><link>https://aikjrk.com/news/#capital-one-virgin-30</link><guid isPermaLink="false">aikjrk-capital-one-virgin-30</guid><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate><description>Transfer Capital One miles to Virgin Red by Nov 20, 2026 and 1,000 miles become 1,300 Virgin points. Virgin Atlantic Flying Club points can be used on its own flights and on partners such as Delta.</description></item><item><title>Amex Membership Rewards to Marriott Bonvoy: 35% transfer bonus</title><link>https://aikjrk.com/news/#amex-marriott-35</link><guid isPermaLink="false">aikjrk-amex-marriott-35</guid><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate><description>Move Membership Rewards points to Marriott Bonvoy by Dec 10, 2026 and 1,000 points arrive as 1,350. The normal ratio is 1:1.</description></item><item><title>World of Hyatt sells points at a 20% discount through Dec 21</title><link>https://aikjrk.com/news/#hyatt-points-sale</link><guid isPermaLink="false">aikjrk-hyatt-points-sale</guid><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate><description>Buying Hyatt points during the sale works out to about 2.08 cents each. That is only worth it if you need the points for a specific stay soon.</description></item><item><title>IHG One Rewards sells points with up to a 100% bonus through Nov 5</title><link>https://aikjrk.com/news/#ihg-buy-points</link><guid isPermaLink="false">aikjrk-ihg-buy-points</guid><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate><description>IHG&#x27;s sale gives 80%, 90% or 100% extra points depending on how many you buy, and it raises the annual purchase limit. It ends at 11:59 p.m. ET on Nov 5, 2026.</description></item><item><title>United MileagePlus buy-miles sale: up to 95% bonus through Oct 31</title><link>https://aikjrk.com/news/#united-buy-miles</link><guid isPermaLink="false">aikjrk-united-buy-miles</guid><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate><description>Buying 5,000 to 19,000 miles earns a 75% bonus, and 20,000 or more earns 95%, which works out to about 1.93 cents per mile at the top tier. Limits are 50,000 miles per 90 days and 200,000 per year. The sale ends at 11:59 p.m. Central on Oct 31, 2026.</description></item><item><title>Emirates Mile-a-Minute: earn Skywards miles for time spent in Dubai</title><link>https://aikjrk.com/news/#emirates-mile-a-minute</link><guid isPermaLink="false">aikjrk-emirates-mile-a-minute</guid><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate><description>Register and book between Oct 21 and Nov 5, 2026, travel by Dec 13, and you earn one Skywards mile per minute spent in Dubai, up to 7,200 miles.</description></item><item><title>JAL Mileage Bank bonus: fixed miles per flight segment to Japan</title><link>https://aikjrk.com/news/#jal-mileage-promo</link><guid isPermaLink="false">aikjrk-jal-mileage-promo</guid><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate><description>Register by Dec 31, 2026 and fly through Mar 4, 2027 to earn fixed bonus miles per one-way segment: 2,500 in Economy, 5,000 in Premium Economy and 10,000 in Business. This replaces the &#x27;60% mileage bonus&#x27; listed in an earlier news file, which we could not confirm.</description></item><item><title>Hilton Honors adds Pay with Points at digital checkout</title><link>https://aikjrk.com/news/#hilton-pay-with-points</link><guid isPermaLink="false">aikjrk-hilton-pay-with-points</guid><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate><description>Silver, Gold and Diamond members can apply points to part of a hotel bill through digital checkout in the Hilton app.</description></item><item><title>Citi AAdvantage Platinum Select makes its Turo credit permanent</title><link>https://aikjrk.com/news/#turo-credit-permanent</link><guid isPermaLink="false">aikjrk-turo-credit-permanent</guid><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate><description>The $30 per trip Turo credit, capped at $180 a year, is no longer a temporary perk, according to Frequent Miler.</description></item><item><title>Admirals Club passes from Citi cards are still honored when day passes are limited</title><link>https://aikjrk.com/news/#admirals-passes-honored</link><guid isPermaLink="false">aikjrk-admirals-passes-honored</guid><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate><description>Cardholders with the Citi Strata Elite and AAdvantage Globe annual passes can still get in when the club limits one-day passes for capacity, Frequent Miler reports.</description></item><item><title>Atmos Rewards Summit returns at 100,000 points; Ascent offers 80,000</title><link>https://aikjrk.com/news/#atmos-summit-ascent</link><guid isPermaLink="false">aikjrk-atmos-summit-ascent</guid><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate><description>Bank of America&#x27;s Atmos Summit Visa Infinite is back with 100,000 points plus a 25,000-point Global Companion Award after $6,000 in 90 days. The $95 Ascent card offers 80,000 points and a $99 companion fare. Atmos replaces the Alaska Airlines Visa Signature and combines Alaska and Hawaiian rewards.</description></item><item><title>Capital One Venture X Business: up to 300,000 miles plus a $1,000 credit</title><link>https://aikjrk.com/news/#venture-x-business-300k</link><guid isPermaLink="false">aikjrk-venture-x-business-300k</guid><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate><description>The headline offer pairs 150,000 miles after $40,000 in four months with another 150,000 miles and a $1,000 travel credit after $120,000 total. The Points Guy&#x27;s listing shows conflicting figures, so check Capital One&#x27;s page first. The fee is $395.</description></item><item><title>Chase Southwest Rapid Rewards Plus: 80,000 points through Dec 2, 2026</title><link>https://aikjrk.com/news/#southwest-plus-80k</link><guid isPermaLink="false">aikjrk-southwest-plus-80k</guid><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate><description>A public link now shows 80,000 points after $1,000 in three months, and it runs through Dec 2, 2026. The earlier news file said 2027, which is wrong.</description></item><item><title>Discover it Cash Back: $200 bonus plus Cashback Match</title><link>https://aikjrk.com/news/#discover-200</link><guid isPermaLink="false">aikjrk-discover-200</guid><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate><description>Spend $500 in three months and get $200, plus Discover matches all the cash back you earn in year one. Doctor of Credit says the $200 now also appears on referral links. Q4 5% categories are restaurants, entertainment and utilities.</description></item><item><title>Targeted Amex Offers: Delta Stays, Virgin Atlantic, Grubhub, Miraval, Kroger</title><link>https://aikjrk.com/news/#amex-offers-targeted</link><guid isPermaLink="false">aikjrk-amex-offers-targeted</guid><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate><description>Offers seen this week include $100 back on $600 at Delta Stays through Nov 30, $200 back on $2,500 with Virgin Atlantic, $6 back on $20 at Grubhub (twice), $200 back on $1,000 at Miraval Resorts and up to $15 back at Kroger stores. Most are targeted, so you may not see them.</description></item><item><title>IHG refreshes its Chase cards and adds Premier Select</title><link>https://aikjrk.com/news/#ihg-premier-select</link><guid isPermaLink="false">aikjrk-ihg-premier-select</guid><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate><description>The new $350 IHG One Rewards Premier Select shows 200,000 points after $5,000, the $150 Premier shows 180,000, and the no-fee card 125,000 after $2,000.</description></item><item><title>Bilt adds JetBlue TrueBlue as a 1:1 transfer partner</title><link>https://aikjrk.com/news/#bilt-jetblue</link><guid isPermaLink="false">aikjrk-bilt-jetblue</guid><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate><description>Bilt Rewards points can now move to JetBlue at 1:1. We could not load Bilt&#x27;s full partner list, so we show only this verified addition.</description></item><item><title>Amex Blue Business Plus 50,000 points, Business Cash $500</title><link>https://aikjrk.com/news/#amex-blue-business-offers</link><guid isPermaLink="false">aikjrk-amex-blue-business-offers</guid><pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate><description>Frequent Miler reports 50,000 Membership Rewards points on Blue Business Plus and a $500 statement credit on Business Cash after $5,000 in three months. Others see lower numbers, so these may be targeted.</description></item><item><title>Hyatt and Aeroplan dual earning: register by Nov 11</title><link>https://aikjrk.com/news/#hyatt-aeroplan</link><guid isPermaLink="false">aikjrk-hyatt-aeroplan</guid><pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate><description>Register by Nov 11, 2026 and you earn 1.5 Aeroplan points per dollar on eligible Hyatt stays through Feb 14, 2027, on top of your Hyatt points. Aeroplan is also running a status challenge.</description></item><item><title>Atmos Rewards plans transferable points in 2027, a debit card and lounge changes</title><link>https://aikjrk.com/news/#atmos-2027-changes</link><guid isPermaLink="false">aikjrk-atmos-2027-changes</guid><pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate><description>Alaska and Hawaiian&#x27;s combined Atmos program announced changes on Oct 6. We list the headline items only: transferable points in 2027, a debit card and lounge updates. Details were not verified.</description></item><item><title>Capital One to British Airways: 20% transfer bonus in October</title><link>https://aikjrk.com/news/#capital-one-ba-20</link><guid isPermaLink="false">aikjrk-capital-one-ba-20</guid><pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate><description>Capital One miles transferred to British Airways Avios earn a 20% bonus from Oct 1 through Oct 31, 2026, according to Doctor of Credit&#x27;s Oct 27 roundup. Capital One&#x27;s standard ratio to British Airways is 1:1.</description></item><item><title>Chase Hyatt transfers drop to 4:3 for Sapphire Preferred and Ink Preferred</title><link>https://aikjrk.com/news/#chase-hyatt-ratio</link><guid isPermaLink="false">aikjrk-chase-hyatt-ratio</guid><pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate><description>Transfers from Chase Ultimate Rewards to World of Hyatt stay 1:1 with Sapphire Reserve, but Sapphire Preferred and Ink Preferred get 4:3. It applies to applications from Jun 15, 2026, and existing holders moved to 4:3 on Oct 1, 2026, according to point.me.</description></item><item><title>Chase Freedom Flex and Discover announce Q4 2026 5% categories</title><link>https://aikjrk.com/news/#q4-bonus-categories</link><guid isPermaLink="false">aikjrk-q4-bonus-categories</guid><pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate><description>Chase Freedom Flex&#x27;s fourth quarter 5% categories are grocery stores (excluding Walmart and Target), dining and the American Red Cross. Discover&#x27;s fourth quarter categories are restaurants, entertainment and utilities. First quarter 2027 Chase categories (grocery and streaming) open for activation on Dec 15.</description></item></channel></rss>