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☀️ TRENDING MILES & POINTS NEWS

• 💳 Chase News: Ink Business Preferred is back at a 100,000-point sign-up bonus with just a $95 annual fee

• ✈️ Alaska News: Atmos Rewards launches a 90% bonus on purchased points at 1.98 cents each - but is it worth it?

• 🏨 Alliance News: Oneworld and Taj InnerCircle NeuPass launch a first-ever airline alliance-hotel loyalty partnership

• ✈️ Lounge News: Alaska Airlines opens its brand-new Portland PDX lounge today after a $18 million renovation

100,000 Chase points for a $95 annual fee. That number is doing a lot of heavy lifting this week - and it should be on your radar right now.

Today's newsletter is stacked with both card strategy and points purchasing angles - two of the most actionable levers you can pull in this hobby. Let's get into it.

🤓 Miles & Points Trivia

Chase Ultimate Rewards points can be transferred to all of the following loyalty programs EXCEPT one. Which program is NOT a Chase transfer partner?

• 🏨 World of Hyatt

• ✈️ Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer

• 🏨 Marriott Bonvoy

• ✈️ Delta SkyMiles

The answer is waiting for you near the bottom of today's newsletter... keep scrolling. 👇

💳 Chase Ink Business Preferred Is Back at 100,000 Points

One of the Best Bank Card Offers Available Right Now

The Chase Ink Business Preferred has returned to its 100,000-point welcome bonus - and at a $95 annual fee, this is one of the most efficient point-earning offers in the market. To put that in context: 100,000 Chase Ultimate Rewards points is enough for Business Class to Europe, multiple domestic round-trips through partners like United, or a week-plus of free Hyatt nights.

Chase UR transfers to an impressive list of partners: Hyatt, United, Air France/KLM Flying Blue, British Airways, Singapore Airlines, and more. The 100k bonus alone covers a ton of aspirational redemptions - and the card earns 3x on travel, shipping, advertising, and internet/cable/phone purchases, which makes ongoing spending genuinely valuable for anyone running a business or side hustle.

One important note: this is a business card, which means it counts against Chase's 5/24 rule differently - it won't add to your count. If you've been watching this offer, now is the time to move. There's no announced end date, but elevated bonuses like this don't stick around forever.

✈️ Alaska's 90% Buy Bonus - 1.98 Cents Per Point, Worth It?

Running the Math on Alaska Atmos Rewards

Alaska Atmos Rewards (the rebranded Mileage Plan program) just launched a new buy-points promotion offering a 90% bonus, bringing the cost down to 1.98 cents per point. That sounds compelling on paper - and for certain redemptions, it genuinely is.

We covered Alaska's Atmos Rewards changes in depth earlier this week - and the program still has strong sweet spots, particularly on partner carriers. The key question with any buy-points offer is whether your target redemption delivers more than 1.98 cents per point in value. Premium cabin redemptions on carriers like Japan Airlines, Finnair, or Cathay Pacific via Alaska can hit 3-5+ cents per point in value - making this buy potentially very worthwhile.

That said, this isn't the best buy-points offer Alaska has run historically. If you have a specific redemption in mind and you're short on points, this is a reasonable top-up opportunity. If you're speculating on future value, proceed with caution - especially given recent program changes.

Want to compare what all the current buy-points offers look like side by side? Check out the full buy-points tracker for the complete picture.

🏨 Oneworld and Taj Hotels Just Did Something Airlines Have Never Done Before

A Loyalty First for an Airline Alliance

This is genuinely new territory. The oneworld alliance - home to American Airlines, British Airways, Cathay Pacific, and Qatar Airways among others - has launched a loyalty partnership with Indian Hotels Company (IHCL) and its Taj InnerCircle NeuPass program. It's the first time an airline alliance (not just a single airline) has partnered directly with a hotel brand at the program level.

The partnership means members of any oneworld frequent flyer program can earn and redeem points/miles across IHCL's 300+ properties - primarily Taj Hotels, which are concentrated across India, Southeast Asia, the UK, and the Middle East. For frequent travelers to those regions, this opens up a genuinely useful earning pathway that didn't exist before.

The concept is more interesting than the immediate utility for most US-based readers, but it signals something worth watching: airline alliances are starting to compete at the loyalty ecosystem level, not just the network level. If this model expands to larger global hotel brands, the points landscape gets more interesting fast.

✈️ Alaska's New Portland Lounge Opens Today - And It's Stunning

$18 Million and Two Years in the Making

Alaska Airlines officially opens its new Portland International Airport (PDX) lounge today - and by all accounts, it's the nicest lounge in that airport by a wide margin. The space sits one floor above ground level, overlooking PDX's striking departures hall, and came in at nearly $18 million after more than two years of construction.

Design-wise, the lounge is described as a love letter to the Pacific Northwest - expect Pacific Northwest-inspired materials, local food and beverage offerings, and a sense of place that most airport lounges completely miss. Alaska is clearly investing in the lounge product as a tangible differentiator, especially as its Alaska Lounge+ access becomes a more prominent card benefit.

If you're transiting through PDX, this is worth building extra time into your airport arrival. For planned trips, you can check estimated security wait times at PDX on FlightQueue before you head out.

🚨 Deal Alert: Buy Amex Blue Business Plus - The Underrated Points Machine

There's a card that rarely gets the spotlight but earns 2x Amex Membership Rewards points on every purchase up to $50,000 annually - with no annual fee. The Amex Blue Business Plus has a modest welcome offer, but the ongoing earning rate is the actual story here. For anyone who wants to funnel everyday business spending into transferable Amex MR points without paying an annual fee, this card has almost no competition.

Amex MR points transfer to Air Canada Aeroplan, Flying Blue, British Airways, Singapore Airlines, and more. If you're building a stash for a big redemption, this card is one of the most efficient ways to accumulate without a fee drag.

💰 Transfer Bonus Expiring This Saturday

Quick heads-up on the transfer side: Rove Miles is offering a 25% bonus on transfers to Air Canada Aeroplan, and that deal expires this Saturday, June 6. Aeroplan remains one of the most flexible and partner-rich programs in the world - it's a Star Alliance sweet spot with good availability on United, Lufthansa, and others.

If you have Rove Miles sitting around, or you're building toward an Aeroplan redemption, this is a meaningful top-up opportunity with just two days left on the clock. You can track all active transfer bonuses at the transfer bonuses page.

🌎 Trivia Reveal

The answer is Delta SkyMiles. Despite Delta being one of the most popular US airlines, Chase Ultimate Rewards does NOT transfer to Delta. Chase's airline transfer partners include United, Southwest, British Airways, Air France/KLM Flying Blue, Singapore Airlines, Iberia, Aer Lingus, Emirates, and others - but Delta is absent from the list. This is one of the reasons many points enthusiasts consider Amex (which does transfer to Delta) as the better card ecosystem for Delta loyalists.

💬 Quick Question

The Chase Ink Business Preferred's 100k bonus is one of the best offers out there right now - but a lot of people overlook Chase business cards because they assume they don't qualify. Do you currently hold any Chase Ink cards? Hit reply and let me know - I read every response and I'm always curious how many of you are maximizing the Ink lineup!

That's a lot of value packed into one Thursday. The Chase Ink offer is the one I'd move on fastest - 100k points for a $95 fee doesn't come along every day, and there's no announced end date. Don't be the person who finds out it ended while they were thinking about it.

If you're hunting for award space to put those points to work, our friends at Award Travel Finder track live availability across all the major programs daily - worth a bookmark.

See you tomorrow with more.

- Jack

💳 Best Card Signup Offers Right Now

These are the top credit card welcome bonuses we're tracking. Offers change frequently - see all cards.

1. The Platinum Card: 175,000 points after spending $12,000 in 6 months ($8.95/yr)

2. Hilton Honors American Express Aspire Card: Earn 150,000 Hilton Honors Bonus Points after you spend $4,000 on purchases in y... ($5.5/yr)

3. Chase Sapphire Reserve: 150,000 points after spending $6,000 in 3 months ($7.95/yr)

🔥 Points Redemptions Worth Your Attention

Whether you're spending hotel points or airline miles, these are the standout deals right now via Award Travel Finder:

Hotels:

• W Osaka - Osaka, JP | 2.0cpp value | 58,000 pts/night

• The Ritz-Carlton, Kyoto - Kyoto, JP | 1.8cpp value | 110,000 pts/night

• Waldorf Astoria Park City - Park City, UT, US | 2.4cpp value | 110,000 pts/night

• Milaidhoo Maldives, an SLH Hotel - Baa Atoll, MV | 2.1cpp value | 150,000 pts/night

• Hotel Indigo Grand Cayman - Grand Cayman, KY | 3.1cpp value | 50,000 pts/night

Status Matches & Challenges:

• Flying Blue Status Match - Air France / KLM | SkyTeam

• Flying Blue UK (BA Status Holders) - Air France / KLM | SkyTeam

• Flying Blue (Iberia) - Air France / KLM | SkyTeam

Live Transfer Bonuses:

• Rove Miles → Air Canada Aeroplan: +25% bonus - ends June 06, 2026

Buy Points & Miles Deals:

• American Airlines (AAdvantage®): 40% discount at 2.26¢ (ends June 13, 2026)

• Copa Airlines (ConnectMiles): 80% bonus at 1.61¢ (ends June 10, 2026)

• Garuda Indonesia (GarudaMiles): 20% bonus at 1.79¢ (ends June 13, 2026)

• JetBlue (TrueBlue): 125% bonus at 1.43¢ (ends June 10, 2026)

• United Airlines (MileagePlus): 100% bonus at 1.88¢ (ends June 24, 2026)

• Leading Hotels of the World (Leaders Club): 100% bonus at 6.0¢ (ends June 12, 2026)

Full live tracker → milesandpointsdaily.com/buy-points-promotions

Browse every award deal we track at AwardTravelFinder.com →

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