Amex Drops Etihad in 3 Days, Asiana Is Canceling Your Awards Mid-Transfer, and Alaska's 100K Offer Dies Monday

This was a brutal week for anyone who made plans and then stopped paying attention.

🔥 The One Thing To Act On This Week

Alaska Airlines' 100,000-mile card offer - their best-ever - closes Monday, June 30. If you've been sitting on this one, that's your deadline. Alaska miles are genuinely one of the more flexible currencies out there, and this offer won't come back at this level anytime soon.

The same post covers Asiana's Star Alliance exit chaos - awards are being canceled mid-transfer, which is a mess you need to know about before moving any miles.

🏆 The Story of the Week

Amex Is Killing Etihad as a Transfer Partner - and You Have 3 Days Left

Amex confirmed it's dropping Etihad Guest as a Membership Rewards transfer partner, and the window to move points closes in days. Etihad has been one of the more underrated partners in the Amex lineup - solid for business class redemptions on routes other programs price through the roof.

The question worth asking before you transfer: do you have a specific redemption in mind, or are you just moving points to beat the deadline? Parking miles in a program you don't have a plan for is how they expire unused.

The same post has a same-day buy-points window that may still be live and the Southwest Companion Pass shortcut worth knowing about - it's a dense one, but worth your full attention this weekend.

📌 Also Worth Your Time

Wyndham's New 45,000-Point Tier - and the Bilt Math That Doesn't Hold Up

Wyndham just added a 45,000-point redemption tier, which sounds like more options until you run the numbers on what you're getting per point. There's also a Wyndham devaluation deadline buried in here that affects anyone with a stash sitting idle.

The Bilt 200% Hilton bonus from Rent Day is the other story - the headline is flashy, but the actual value equation has some real caveats worth reading before you transfer anything.

Qatar Qsuite Just Got Harder to Book for Two

Qatar introduced new companion booking restrictions on Qsuite awards, which is a real hit for anyone who books business class as a pair. If a couples trip in the double suite was on your list, the strategy just changed.

The Chase Ink Preferred's 100K bonus is also back - one of the cleaner business card offers out there if you've been looking for an entry point into the Chase ecosystem.

Chase Is Clawing Back the $100 Hotel Credit - Here's the Gotcha

If you have the Chase Sapphire Preferred and haven't used the $100 hotel credit the right way, there's a specific trigger condition that's catching people off guard - and Chase isn't being subtle about enforcing it.

JAL also gutted award availability this week, which matters if you've been stacking miles for a Japan redemption. The window that existed six months ago is meaningfully smaller now.

Have a good Sunday - and don't let that Alaska deadline sneak past you.

- Jack