Germán Ceballos

Every major transferable points currency (Chase Ultimate Rewards, Amex Membership Rewards, Capital One Miles) lives behind a credit card application. Rove doesn’t. Launched in 2025, it lets you earn miles from hotel bookings, flights, and online shopping without a credit card, then transfer them to 17 airline and hotel loyalty programs across all three major alliances (1:1 for airlines, 1:1.5 for Accor).

Bill Kill has just rolled out a major new version of the app in both Norway and Sweden. The update brings AI invoice scanning, a redesigned card vault, a travel goal tracker, and a full reward program called the Zen Path. Alongside the launch, the AwardFares perks have been refreshed: more free months of Bill Kill Master for AwardFares users, and a new set of codes for the +Biz program.

Lotusmiles elite status has always been a flying-only achievement. You earned Titanium, Gold, or Platinum by piling up Qualifying Miles and Sectors, end of story. But that’s no longer true: Vietnam Airlines now runs four separate products with Loyalty Status Co. (company behind StatusMatch.com) that let you skip the work. One matches your status from another program. Another multiplies the miles you earn flying. A third sells you temporary status outright. The fourth lets you gift status to someone else.

April has been a busy month for Delta. The airline stacked three announcements that matter for SkyMiles members: a $1 billion fleet upgrade putting Delta One Suites on the incoming A350-1000 and retrofitting the entire A330-200/300 fleet, a long-term deal with Amazon Leo for next-generation satellite Wi-Fi across the fleet, and a new Delta Sync partnership adding The New York Times (news, games, cooking, The Athletic, Wirecutter, audio) onboard for free for logged-in members.

For nearly two years, the SkyTeam Premium Economy chart existed on paper but you couldn’t actually book those seats online with EuroBonus points. That appears to have quietly changed this week. Now, Premium Economy award bookings on SkyTeam partners are live, starting with three carriers (SAS, Virgin Atlantic, and Delta). SAS has not yet issued an official confirmation, but we’ve been watching the availability show up on AwardFares for days, and there’s enough here to call out some genuine sweet spots worth chasing before more members notice.

Etihad Guest has just launched one of the more straightforward status fast-tracks we’ve seen in a while. One round trip to Abu Dhabi from a long list of Asian and Middle Eastern cities is all it takes: economy gets you Silver, business class gets you Gold. No existing elite status required. Book by April 30, 2026 and fly before July 15.