Barclaycard sent me a targeted email because I have The US Airways® Premier World MasterCard®.

You have one week left to make your last free $1,000 transfer on Amazon Payments with a credit card. The ability to manufacture spending this way ends October 12, 2014.

Amazon Payments is a payment service very similar to PayPal with one major difference.

Amazon Payments charges no fee to pay someone with a credit card. You can send $1,000 per month per account without fees on Amazon Payments.

My former law professor penned a fascinating article for Slate that touches on the Coase theorem, endowment effects, and social norms.

I'm sharing it here because I think the article has some amazing nuggets on how to get the guy in front of you not to recline your seat.

My last Allegiant flight, this guy on the left is praying no one reclines

The last few times I've flown economy, I got my own row or ponied up for Allegiant's Giant Seats, but the next time I'm not so lucky, I may try one of

How long does it take to transfer Starwood Preferred Guest Starpoints to Asiana Club Miles?

An astounding 17 days.

Why would you want to transfer Starpoints to Asiana Miles?

Starpoints transfer 1:1 to Asiana miles. As with all 1:1 Starpoints transfers, you get 5,000 bonus miles for every 20,000 points transferred.

Asiana has an incredible award chart.

Starting in 2015, you will only be able to transfer 250,000 Membership Rewards to Delta miles per year and 200,000 Starwood Preferred Guest points to 250,000 Delta miles per year.

Update: A Chase Secure Message reply says: "Chase has decided to no longer offer Ink Bold effective 11/16/14." (Hat Tip: Cave Dweller)

The Ink Bold is going to die very, very soon I predict.

How soon?

Commenter RH Dailey asked me for a list of direct flights from the west coast to Europe and to let him know which ones have flat beds in Business Class.

There are direct flights from five west coast cities plus Vancouver and Las Vegas to Europe.

These flights are operated by all the major transatlantic players and by some airlines that perhaps you've never heard of.

For each North American city, I've listed the European cities served and by which carriers.

Reader Trevor was snail mailed a 50,000 mile bonus offer on The US Airways® Premier World MasterCard®. He sent along the following scan of the offer.

The offer is identical to the publicly available 40,000 bonus mile offer on The US Airways® Premier World MasterCard® except for the extra 10,000 miles.

Can you get the 50,000 mile offer?
How can you get these targeted offers?
Will the public offer go to 50,000 miles before the card disappears?

Can You Get the 50,000 Mile Offer?
Trevor's offer directs him to the URL usairwayscard.com/5676.

American Airlines' and El Al's partnership ends October 31, 2014.

To use American Airlines miles to fly to Israel on El Al, you must book by October 31, 2014. You can book American Airlines awards up to 11 months in advance, so you can travel on tickets booked October 31, 2014 until about the end of September 2015.

Once the partnership ends, you will still be able to use American Airlines miles to book US Airways flights from Philadelphia to Tel Aviv.

American Express Small Business Saturday is back the Saturday after Thanksgiving--November 29, 2014.

This year, you can get up to three $10 statement credits per American Express card. Since I have five American Express cards, I could get $150 in statement credits, but I'll be out of the country. Don't miss out on your free $150.

When can you register for Small Business Saturday?
How do the statement credits work?
What counts as a small business?

Register
Registration for Small Business Saturday opens on November 16.