✈️ The ultimate guide to Rove Miles

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Good morning and happy Friday!

We’ve got some fun stuff on the docket to finish off the week, so let’s get into it:

✈️ The ultimate guide to Rove Miles
🏨 30% transfer bonus to Preferred Hotels
🤑 Get the max value from your premium card benefits
💳 Current Transfer Bonuses

✈️ The ultimate guide to Rove Miles

You’ve probably noticed that Rove Miles has been in the news a lot lately… they’re kind of hot shit in the points and miles world.

And I know you all have been pretty excited about them – but also have a lot of questions.

So I put together a brand-spankin’-new Ultimate Guide to Rove Miles for your reading pleasure.

It covers things like:

Earning Rove Miles
Booking flights and hotels through Rove
Best ways to redeem Rove Miles
Sneaky tricks for getting maximum value

So check it out:

🏨 30% transfer bonus to Preferred Hotels

In the olden days, we really only had to pay attention to the heavy hitter hotel programs like Hyatt, Hilton, and Marriott…

Nowadays, there are tons of loyalty programs worth paying attention to.

One we don’t often talk about is Preferred Hotels and its loyalty program, I Prefer Rewards.

And right now, you can get a 30% bonus when transferring ThankYou points to I Prefer until June 13.

The normal transfer ratio between these programs is 1:2.

So with this bonus, transferring 1,000 ThankYou points will result in 2,600 I Prefer points, which isn’t half bad.

This means that when you see scary high points pricing for hotels, you don’t have to be so worried.

For example, this nice-looking hotel in Chicago costs 50,000 I Prefer points per night:

But with this transfer bonus, that’s less than 20,000 ThankYou points per night, which isn’t terrible for a hotel that costs hundreds of dollars per night.

And it’s not just local spots where you can get these rates…

This hotel in Shibuya, Tokyo also costs 50,000 I Prefer points per night:

Plus, if you’re looking to book a trip around Europe, the deals get even better.

Take this hotel in Berlin, Germany, which costs just 30,000 I Prefer points per night.

With the transfer bonus, that’s around 11,500 ThankYou points per night, which is fantastic.

Anyway, here’s the bottom line:

We don’t often think about Preferred Hotels, but it can be a pretty useful program.

So let this be a reminder to always explore your options when booking a trip. If you can snag this solid transfer bonus, that’s just icing on the points cake. 🎂

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🤑 Get the max value from your premium card benefits

Are you one of the lucky ducks who signed up for this premium card recently — with the record-breaking welcome offer?

Well… I’m jealous. But also, you’ve got to make sure you’re getting the full value out of all those sweet benefits — otherwise, what are you paying that annual fee for??

And there are a lot of benefits to keep track of: travel credits, restaurant credits, entertainment credits, meal delivery credits... Miss a few of those and suddenly your "premium" card isn't feeling very premium, amiright?

Not to mention, if you're juggling two or three premium cards across different banks, the mental gymnastics it takes to remember everything is too much. 😵‍💫

That’s why I love MaxRewards. It keeps all your benefits organized in one place across all your cards, so you always know what's active, what's expiring, and what you haven't touched yet.

And it doesn't just track your benefits passively: it auto-enrolls you in them too AND sends you smart reminders before credits expire, so you're never leaving money on the table by accident.

Managing benefits across multiple bank portals is a nightmare. Each one buries the perks in a different corner, uses different terminology, and resets on its own schedule.

Think of it like this: if you DON’T use those credits, the bank is making money. They're not exactly motivated to make redemption easy. And consolidating everything from multiple banks into a single dashboard? That's not happening without a tool like MaxRewards.

Do yourself a favor and use MaxRewards to squeeeeeze every last drop of value out of that card.

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