Plastiq is an online bill payment processing system that allows you to pay bills you’d normally pay in cash or with a check on a debit card (for a 1% fee) or credit card (for a 2.5% fee). Right now Plastiq is running a promotion to lower that credit card fee to 1.5% if you use your MasterCard to pay three mortgage payments before the end of 2017.

The cap you can save on fees is $200, which means the promo fee rate of 1.5% applies to just your first $20,000 in mortgage payments.

I tweeted this deal first from @MileValueAlerts. Follow @MileValueAlerts on Twitter and follow these directions to get a text message every time I tweet from that account.

Last week I shared my most embarrassing travel goofs as well as Scott's, and asked for you guys to share your biggest travel goofs with us–the most embarrassing, cringe-worthy mistakes or situations you’ve gotten yourself in. I narrowed down the entries to the top two, and then let you vote on a winner who will receive a $101 Southwest Gift card.

And the people have spoken.

Congratulations Tom! You received the most votes.

Alaska Airlines and Singapore Airlines have announced a new partnership.

American Express is offering a couple lucrative incentives to spend on their cards at the moment.

Bank of America issues an Asiana Visa Signature Card, and it comes with 30,000 Asiana miles after spending $3,000 on the card within three months of opening it.

Quick Facts

Sign Up Bonus: 30,000 Asiana miles after $3,000 in spending in the first three months
Category Bonuses:

3x on Asiana purchases
2x on gas station and grocery store purchases

$100 rebate on Asiana purchases annually
Cardmember anniversary retention bonuses: 10,000 Asiana Mile Bonus Certificate and two Asiana Lounge invitations
No foreign transaction fees
Annual Fee: $99

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We're giving away another Southwest gift card (thanks to the ever generous, long-time reader Caveman), but this time the conditions of the giveaway are going to be a little different.

While most of you reading this blog probably consider yourself travel experts, at least to a degree, that doesn't mean we haven't made embarrassing mistakes. We're all human here. There's nothing more endearing, and humanizing, than stories of ourselves being idiots. We want to hear yours!

Tell us your cringiest screw-ups and embarrassing moments traveling.

WOW Air has just announced four new routes between Reykjavik and the following American cities:

Detroit
Cleveland
Cincinnati
St. Louis

WOW Air is an Icelandic low cost carrier. It offers flights from Baltimore, Washington D.C., Boston, Los Angeles, Miami, Newark, Pittsburgh, and San Francisco to Reykjavik with connections to Europe at rock bottom prices--like $69 one way, all the way to Europe (more on baggage fees below).