Which Citi AA Promotion Did You Get
August 17, 2012
A few weeks ago I got this letter in the mail:
Always read your junk mail from credit card companies!
My offer is 3x American Airlines miles on purchases at supermarkets, restaurants, pharmacies, and gas stations up to a maximum of 2,500 bonus miles. Since I would normally earn 1x at those places on this card, I take it to mean that I get my first $1,250 at 3x miles.
I went to the website, typed in my "Invitation Number" and received confirmation I was registered.
Free First Class Next Month: Organizing with Award Wallet
August 17, 2012
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Anatomy of an Award: Using United Miles and Avios to Hop through Asia
August 16, 2012
This is another post in my Anatomy of an Award series, in which I take a real award I’ve booked and break it down step-by-step to elucidate the award booking process.
Save $25 or More on Last Minute United Award Bookings
August 15, 2012
Anyone without United status is charged a hefty $75 fee to book an award within 21 days of departure. There are two tricks to reduce or eliminate this fee.
Trick 1- Transfer your Ultimate Rewards to a Status-ful spouse's United account
Ultimate Rewards can be transferred to your United account or your spouse's.
Free First Class Next Month: Maximizing Your Category Bonus
August 13, 2012
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Anatomy of an Award: Hilton AXON Award for Four Nights at the Sydney Hilton
August 12, 2012
This is another post in my Anatomy of an Award series, in which I take a real award I’ve booked and break it down step-by-step to elucidate the award booking process. If you have a real award you’d like to write up in a similar post, please contact me, and you can write a guest post.
Yesterday, I talked about transferring 10,000 Hawaiian Miles to 20,000 Hilton points.
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Tranferring Hawaiian Miles to Hilton
August 11, 2012
Hawaiian Airlines Miles transfer to Hilton points at a ratio of one Hawaiian Miles to two Hilton points. This is the same ratio as Virgin Atlantic miles transfer to Hilton points.
While I recommended transferring Virgin Atlantic miles to Hilton points--I personally transferred 45,000 Virgin Atlantic Miles to Hilton points last month--because of the huge fuel surcharges imposed on Virgin Atlantic awards, I don't generally recommend transferring Hawaiian Miles.
Hawaiian Miles are valuable because Hawaiian releases incredible amounts of award space on its flights and flies to more mainland destinations from Hawaii than any other carrier.
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What to Do with an American Express Annual Fee Coming Up and Unused Membership Rewards
August 9, 2012
Samir asks:
Hi Scott,
I discovered your blog recently and am loving it. Your miles-related knowledge is pretty impressive and I most definitely appreciate the tips/advice I have gotten from your site so far. Needless to say, I have started reading your site daily.
Anyway, I have an issue that I was hoping you could help me out with. Last summer, I signed up for the AMEX Premier Rewards Gold card when it had a nice signup bonus at the time.
Free First Class Next Month: The Rundown Transferable Points Programs
August 9, 2012
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This is the ninth post in a monthlong series. Each post will take about two minutes to read and may include an action item that takes the reader another two minutes to complete.
TODAY ONLY: 75,000 Membership Rewards Sign Up for American Express Business Gold
August 8, 2012
Today only is a bit misleading, since similar one day offers happened in February and June if memory serves. American Express seems to have a pattern of offering this, so if you can't get it today, you may have another shot soon.
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