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  • A Korean Air Card, Bask Bank, and a DOT Rule Bites Back

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    A new 70K Korean Air card, Bask Bank's American miles bonus, the last days of a $1,000 Chase Ink deal, and a DOT rule that could leave you paying for the hotel.

    Sources:

    • Doctor of Credit: U.S. Bank Korean Air SKYPASS Select
    • Frequent Miler: Bask Bank 20,000 American miles
    • Doctor of Credit: Bask Bank 20,000 American miles
    • Miles to Memories: Chase Ink Cash & Unlimited $1000 bonus
    • View from the Wing: DOT hotel cost rule
    • DansDeals: Alaska Atmos award sale
    • Miles to Memories: CSR DoorDash $15 credit
    • r/CreditCards: Paze Sept 10 cutoff timing
    7 min
  • Stackable Chase Shopping Credit and a $200 Ski Deal

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    A stackable Shops at Chase discount, an Amex ski offer with a hard deadline, the Dunkin Paze limit lifting, and a CSR fraud quirk worth knowing before you travel.

    Sources:

    • r/chasesapphire: Shops at Chase discount
    • The Points Guy: Ikon Pass Amex Offer
    • r/chasesapphire: Paze Dunkin limit removed
    • r/CreditCards: $600 of Paze Dunkin in one sitting
    • Doctor of Credit: Paze $100 back per card
    • r/chasesapphire: CSR fraud AI blocking foreign tips
    • r/CreditCards: Robinhood Gold auto-redemption
    • View from the Wing: Hotel best rate guarantees
    7 min
  • Southwest Builds Lounges, American Kills First

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    Southwest confirms an airport lounge network and a new premium Chase card, American's Flagship Suites take off as first class gets a shutdown date, plus a Safeway gift card discount, an Avis miles play, and an Aeroplan rumor.

    Sources:

    • One Mile at a Time
    • Doctor of Credit
    • View from the Wing
    • The Points Guy
    • View from the Wing
    • One Mile at a Time
    • Doctor of Credit
    • Frequent Miler
    • Doctor of Credit
    • r/CreditCards
    7 min
  • The DoorDash Credit That Isn't Really DoorDash

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    A new CSR monthly credit you can spend on anything, a 30% Amex to Hilton bonus racing a deadline, a Virgin Atlantic points sale, the Paze countdown, and lifetime hotel status for free.

    Sources:

    • Doctor of Credit
    • r/CreditCards
    • Frequent Miler
    • Doctor of Credit
    • DansDeals
    • One Mile at a Time
    • r/CreditCards
    • r/ChaseSapphireReserve
    • View from the Wing
    • DansDeals
    7 min
  • A New Transfer Partner Lands With a 40% Bonus

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    Rove adds Copa with a 40 percent transfer bonus, Discover's Q4 5 percent categories are set, plus a Japan Airlines bonus, an inKind dining deal, and a CSR Edit hotel play.

    Sources:

    • Doctor of Credit
    • View from the Wing
    • r/CreditCards
    • One Mile at a Time
    • Doctor of Credit
    • r/ChaseSapphire
    • r/CreditCards
    6 min
  • Eighty-Five For Eighty-Five, And An Edit Trap

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    A DISH Chase Offer that pays you back in full, a smart way to rescue your CSR shopping credit, a hotel-credit gotcha, plus a 60K business-class sweet spot and Thanksgiving nonstops for cheap.

    Sources:

    • Doctor of Credit: DISH Chase Offer
    • r/ChaseSapphireReserve: Shops credit + Apple trade-in
    • r/chasesapphire: The Edit standard room gotcha
    • View from the Wing: Frequent flyer sweet spots
    • r/awardtravel: SFO-MCO Thanksgiving Aeroplan
    • DansDeals: Office Max/Depot Mastercard gift cards
    • Doctor of Credit: Giftcards.com Kroger deal
    • r/ChaseSapphireReserve: Paze credits at Sephora
    6 min
  • Where Your 175K Sapphire Offer Is Hiding

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    How to check for a targeted 175K Reserve or 125K Preferred bonus, plus Bilt's authorized-user trick, a New Jersey bank bonus, a transcon Avios steal, and salvaging your Paze credits.

    Sources:

    • r/ChaseSapphireReserve
    • View from the Wing
    • Doctor of Credit
    • r/awardtravel
    • r/CreditCards
    • One Mile at a Time
    • r/awardtravel
    • r/chasesapphire
    7 min
  • Bilt's Virgin Bonus and a New Ink 100K

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    Bilt's Rent Day sends up to 100% to Virgin Atlantic starting Monday, the Ink Business Unlimited hits a record 100K, plus a CSR cancellation credit with a catch and the Exclusive Tables shuffle.

    Sources:

    • Frequent Miler: Bilt Rent Day Virgin Atlantic bonus
    • View from the Wing: Bilt 100% Virgin bonus September 1
    • Doctor of Credit: Bilt Rent Day September 2026
    • r/awardtravel: Bilt Rent Day Virgin Atlantic data point
    • One Mile at a Time: Ink Business Unlimited 100K bonus
    • r/ChaseSapphireReserve: $300 travel credit after cancellation
    • Frequent Miler: Sapphire Reserve Exclusive Tables changes
    • r/chasesapphire: Sapphire restaurant changes
    • r/chasesapphire: Back-to-back The Edit booking credit works
    • View from the Wing: JSX $49 first class companion fares
    7 min
  • Glamping Half-Off and Google Learns to Book Points

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    A weekend glamping flash sale with a Sunday deadline, Google's AI now pricing award flights, buying Flying Blue miles cheap, and what CSR's 'guaranteed' late checkout is really worth.

    Sources:

    • The Points Guy: Under Canvas flash sale
    • View from the Wing: Google AI award search
    • r/awardtravel: Google Gemini award search
    • One Mile at a Time: Buy Flying Blue miles, 80% bonus
    • r/ChaseSapphireReserve: Guaranteed late checkout
    • View from the Wing: Park Hyatt Sydney late checkout
    • View from the Wing: Rove up to 14 miles per dollar
    • One Mile at a Time: Delta Amex up to 200K
    • r/chasesapphire: Price match data point
    • Doctor of Credit: Fetch Rewards Sam's Club
    7 min
  • The 125K Branch Whisper

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    An in-branch Sapphire Reserve bonus that beats the public offer, honoring a bigger sign-up you didn't sign up for, $15 Marriott Platinum, and Rakuten opens up to Bank of America.

    Sources:

    • r/ChaseSapphireReserve
    • r/chasesapphire
    • View from the Wing
    • Doctor of Credit
    • Frequent Miler
    • Miles to Memories
    • r/awardtravel
    • The Points Guy
    7 min

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Points Wire is a quick daily rundown of credit card points, miles, and travel deals. Every morning, hosts Alex and Sam break down what actually changed overnight: transfer bonuses worth grabbing, new…