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The Points Daily
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Wednesday, July 29, 2026
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| 🔥 FIRE | | Great Wolf Lodge Flash Sale: $84 Rooms on August 4th Through December | | Great Wolf Lodge is running a 1-day flash sale on August 4th with rooms priced at $84 per night using promo code 84DEGREES. You must book on August 4th, but travel is valid through December 17th at participating U.S. locations. Standard room occupancy limits apply, with an extra charge for more than 2 guests—solid if you have kids and flexibility, but only if you're ready to book next week. | | source → |
| 🦨 STINKER | | Delta's Basic Fares Now Hit $500 Change Fees, a 400% Jump | | Delta just updated its fees page with a nasty surprise: change and cancellation fees on Basic tickets have jumped more than 400%, now reaching up to $500 for the new Basic fares in premium cabins (Delta First Basic, Premium Select Basic, and Basic Business), which already strip out upgrades, standby, and most mileage earning. The fees went up with no advance warning, making the Classic fare a lot easier to justify for premium cabin bookings. | | source → |
| ✅ SOLID | | Wells Fargo and US Bank: 10% Cash Back at Best Buy, Up to $30 | | Select Wells Fargo and US Bank cardholders can get 10% cash back at Best Buy, up to $30 back. You need to activate the offer first, then use your eligible card in-store only by July 31st, which caps out at $300 in spending and is one-time use. Online orders and buy-online-pickup-in-store don't count, but Best Buy carries third-party gift cards in-store, which makes this more flexible than it looks. | | source → |
| ✅ SOLID | | Amex Offer: $80 Back on $400 Alaska or Hawaiian Airlines Spend | | American Express has a new targeted Amex Offer for Alaska Airlines or Hawaiian Airlines: spend $400, get $80 back by September 30th. That's a 20% return on direct flight bookings, and the offer also covers upgrades, seat selection, and checked bag fees, though it excludes gift cards, Alaska Lounge memberships, and anything not purchased through alaskaair.com or the Alaska app. Check your cards and add it if you have flights coming up. | | source → |
| ✅ SOLID | | Amex Adds Leading Hotels of the World as Fourth Transfer Partner | | American Express added The Leading Hotels of the World Leaders Club as its fourth hotel transfer partner. Membership Rewards transfer at 4:1, meaning 16,000 Amex points can book the cheapest award nights at around 4,000 Leaders Club points across more than 400 independent luxury properties like The Ritz London and The Fifth Avenue Hotel in New York. Leaders Club uses dynamic pricing tied to room rates, so award costs will swing widely—only transfer if you have a specific redemption in mind and have confirmed availability first. | | source → |
| 🔥 STEAL OF THE DAY | | SoFi Checking & Savings is offering a bonus up to $735 when you stack the bank promotion with a Swagbucks offer. That is real cash, not points math, and it puts this above the usual churn-and-earn checking bonuses. The $735 figure only works if both offers are live and you qualify for the top tier of each, so check Swagbucks first and read the SoFi requirements before opening anything. | | source → |
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| 💳 CARD OF THE DAY | | United Explorer Card. United just released a wave of transcontinental Polaris business class awards at 27,000 miles one-way for cardholders only, down from the standard 35,000. Availability is mostly for August and September, but some routes connect instead of going nonstop and some flights use recliners instead of flatbeds, so check the aircraft type before you book and search now before the inventory gets picked clean. |
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