American Express,Avios,Membership Rewards,Delta
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.
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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Don’t Get the Starwood Preferred Guest American Express without Reading This Post
August 8, 2012
This offer has expired. Click here for the current Starwood Preferred Guest American Express offer.
The Starwood Preferred Guest American Express Card temporarily increased its sign up bonus from 25,000 SPG points to 30,000 SPG points after $5,000 in spending within six months of getting the card. Here are the stats:
Issuing Bank: American Express
Absolute Value of the Sign Up Bonus: $732+
Rebate Percentage of the Sign Up Bonus: 14.6%+
This card's sign up bonus is denominated in SPG points (Starpoints), the proprietary points of the Starwood Preferred Guest loyalty program.
Free First Class Next Month,Rapid Rewards,US Airways,American Express,Citi,Hawaiian Airlines,United,Hilton,AAdvantage
Free First Class Next Month: The Best Current Card Offers
August 6, 2012
Hey there, you're reading an outdated post! The updated series from April 2015 can be found here.
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Nuggets 7.25.12
July 26, 2012
I'm rebooting the Free First Class Next Month series. It will basically be the same content as before, but the posts will be enhanced, updated, and reordered to improve them. See directly below this post for post #1.
My dad uncovered my first loyalty card ever. I would guess this is from about 1993, but I'm not sure.
Even as a little kid, I was earning miles.Type in your name and email address here for a 20% off code for you (and a companion if you like) on a Virgin America flight.
Anatomy of an Award: 23 Hour Layovers
July 5, 2012
Recently I had two clients of my Award Booking Service want to add a few 23 hour layovers onto their United award from Cleveland to South Africa. All the legacy US carriers have a rule in place that on international layovers, under 24 hours is just a layover, but over 24 hours is a stopover.
This distinction is crucial since no US carrier allows more than one en route stopover internationally.