New Orleans Will Pay Tourists $100 To Visit This Summer On 2 Night Stays [Roundup]

News and notes from around the interweb: Similar to an offer we see regularly from Vancouver, New Orleans will rebate $100 on 2-night hotel stays this summer. It’s hot an humid there! Rakuten will give new members $50 (5,000 points) after you make your first purchase of $50 or more. You can even spend the $50 on a gift card, and they’ll offer additional rebates on purchases through giftcards.com. You can keep it as cash, or $50 transfers as 5,000 points to American Express Membership Rewards or points transfer 1:1 to Bilt Rewards (even better) if you have Silver status or higher in that program, but only 1:0.5 if you do not have any status. This offer appears to be valid through September 30, 2026. The Alaska Airlines flight attendants union (AFA-CWA) is big mad that Hawaiian intra-island flights will be operated by Alaska 737s. Who’s gonna tell them? (My favorite comment: ‘do they fly to Uranus?’) Istanbul in 1905 (HT: Astral Codex Ten) TIL the secretive J.P. Morgan Reserve Card – a Sapphire Reserve meant for Private Bank customers (generally $10+ million in assets on deposit) that includes a United Club membership – has a magazine. Topics on this page