GIVEAWAY: Pair of United Club Passes that Expire October 31

Generous reader Lien is donating two United Club passes that expire October 31, 2015–in about four months–to one lucky winner.

United has lounges all over the world. The clubs are a pleasant place to relax in a comfortable chair, use free wifi, and enjoy free snack and drinks. Here are the amenities. One-time entry goes for $50, so this giveaway could be worth up to $100.

There are two ways to enter this contest:

Comment on this post for a chance to win the passes. Include your real email address while commenting, so I can contact the winner.

Complete Guide to Citi Prestige Free Golf Benefit

This golf benefit expires July 23, 2017.

The Citi Prestige® Card offers cardholders three free rounds of golf per calendar year at over 2,400 public and private courses.

Complete Guide to Citi Prestige Free Golf Benefit

This golf benefit expires July 23, 2017.

The Citi Prestige® Card offers cardholders three free rounds of golf per calendar year at over 2,400 public and private courses.

New York to Oslo for $277 Roundtrip All In

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New York to Oslo for $277 Roundtrip All In

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

Ends Tomorrow June 17, Buy Hilton Points for 0.5 Cents. Good Deal?

This 50k Hilton offer has expired. Check out the best current travel credit card sign up offers here.

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Until June 17, 2015, you can buy Hilton HHonors points and get a 100% bonus on the points purchased.

Hilton points normally cost 1 cent each. With the 100% bonus, the price drops to 0.5 cents per point.

If you buy 80,000 Hilton points before June 17, you’ll receive 160,000 points for $800.

Brussels Airlines Now Searchable on United.com, Great Space to Europe Africa

Brussels Airlines award space is again searchable and bookable on united.com. Brussels Airlines flies flat bed Business Class award seats from Washington and New York to Brussels and beyond in Europe and Africa.

Even when the award space was not searchable on united.com, Brussels was bookable with United miles by searching on other Star Alliance carrier sites and calling United to book the award space.

DREAM BIG: Five Things I Can Do with My Miles that I Wouldn’t Do with Cash

Cash is great because it can buy everything from travel to your basic necessities. But sometimes miles are better. There are a lot of things I can easily do with miles that I would never do with cash (at least until my bank account had a few more zeroes.)

Dream big with your miles. Better yet, dream big before your miles. Then get the right miles to turn that dream into a reality.

News of the Year? Chase Fights Churners with Denials

Chase is now denying applications for the Sapphire Preferred, Slate, and Freedom if you have five or more new credit card accounts total from any banks in the last two years.

This change does not affect your ability to be approved for other Chase personal cards that are co-branded with banks and hotels like the United, Marriott, Southwest, or British Airways cards or any Chase business cards.

What do we know about Chase's new churning rules?
How do we know it?
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Starting last month, Chase began to deny applications for its