MastercardGiftCard, VanillaGift, & AmexGiftCard are all waiving purchase fees with promo codes | jetBlue: Boston – Los Angeles (and vice versa). $237 (Basic Economy) / $347 (Regular Economy). Roundtrip, including all Taxes
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Wednesday, May 13, 2026
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| 🔥 FIRE | | Three Major Gift Card Sites Waive Fees Through Graduation Promos | | Three major gift card sites—MastercardGiftCard.com, VanillaGiftCard.com, and AmexGiftCard.com—just dropped their purchase fees with graduation-themed promos that waive fees on $50+ purchases using various promo codes. This is manufactured spending gold: buy gift cards without fees, liquidate them, and earn credit card points on the float. The sites pivoted immediately from Mother's Day promos to graduation season, which signals these offers are working well for them. Worth pursuing if you have a solid liquidation plan and can use these to hit minimum spends or category bonuses; otherwise, skip it. | | source → |
| ✅ SOLID | | JetBlue Boston–LAX Roundtrips Drop to $347 | | JetBlue dropped Boston-LAX roundtrips to $237 in basic economy and $347 for regular economy, with the $347 fare being the effective price most people will actually pay since basic economy's bag restrictions don't work for cross-country trips. This is solid pricing for a route that usually runs $400-500+ roundtrip and beats most competitors by a meaningful margin. Book this if you need Boston-LA travel. | | source → |
| 🔥 FIRE | | Hyatt Awards Jump Next Week—Book Now Before Prices Rise | | Hyatt's award chart changes hit May 20, and premium properties that were already stretching your points balance are about to cost even more. Hyatt's giving you a week's notice to book before prices jump, betting most people won't scramble to use their points and thereby generating more breakage for them. If you have a specific Hyatt redemption you've been considering with points in your account, book it now; otherwise, you're paying the new higher rates starting next Tuesday. | | source → |
| ✅ SOLID | | Delta $350 Gift Card Nets You a Free Year of Paramount+ | | Delta's offering a year of Paramount+ when you buy a $350 gift card through May 31st, which effectively gives you a 17% return on money you'd probably spend with Delta anyway (the streaming service normally runs about $60 annually). The math works if you fly Delta regularly and can use the gift card within a reasonable timeframe. Paramount+ isn't Netflix, but it has enough content to justify the value if you don't already subscribe. | | source → |
| 🔥 FIRE | | SAS Drops Transatlantic Business to 48K Miles with 25% Sale | | SAS is running a 25% discount on award bookings with EuroBonus miles—better than their usual 20% sales—which brings transatlantic business class down to 48,000 miles for adults and 24,000 for kids. This is legitimately useful if you have EuroBonus miles or can transfer points from a program like Chase, and 48,000 miles beats most other Star Alliance options right now. Book this if you can use it for specific travel plans. | | source → |
| 🔥 STEAL OF THE DAY | | Steal of the Day: Etihad's Global Sale offers up to 30% off flights to 40+ destinations worldwide, but you have roughly 24 hours left to book since the sale ends May 14, 2026. Travel must be completed by October 2026, so this is strictly for trips in the next five months, and the deal includes waived change fees through March 2027 for added flexibility. Not earth-shattering savings, but 30% off international flights is solid if Etihad serves your destination. Book by tomorrow or miss it. | | source → |
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