Until November 17, 2015, the Gold Delta SkyMiles Credit Card is offering 50,000 bonus SkyMiles after spending $2,000 in the first three months, and a $50 statement credit after your first Delta purchase during the same period.

The normal bonus is 30,000 miles and no statement credit.

Contents of this article:

Offer details
My valuation of the offer
Are you eligible for the bonus?
Best uses of SkyMiles

Offer Details
The Gold card is the “standard” airline credit card.

50,000 bonus SkyMiles after spending $2,000 in the first three months
2 miles per dollar on

Log into your Hawaiian Miles account or create one and log in. You should see an offer of 50,000 bonus Hawaiian Miles after spending $1,000 in the first 90 days on a new Hawaiian Airlines World Elite MasterCard from Barclaycard. The offer expires November 30, 2015.

This offer is a big improvement on the normal 35,000 mile sign up bonus on the card.

This offer is expired. See the new offer and analysis here.

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A few readers have reported to me that they applied for the Citi Prestige® Card and either got a response that their application was pending or denied. What are their options?

The Citi Prestige® Card has been one of my favorite cards since I got it in March.

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All these offers are expired.

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I got the Citi Prestige® Card this week. (Here's why I got the Citi Prestige.) It makes two of the other cards I have less valuable.

The Citi ThankYou® Premier Card is flipping its category bonuses on April 19 to nearly mirror the category bonuses I'll have with the Citi Prestige® Card.

Now is a special time to earn American Airlines miles.

The personal American Airlines credit card is offering 50,000 bonus miles after spending $3,000 in the first three months.
The business American Airlines credit card is offering another 50,000 bonus miles after spending $3,000 in the first three months.

The personal deal has been the official offer since late October and the business deal since late November, so they've been around for three and two months respectively.

How much longer can we expect these amazing deals to last?

First, a quick word on why the deals

Now is a special time to earn American Airlines miles.

The personal American Airlines credit card is offering 50,000 bonus miles after spending $3,000 in the first three months.
The business American Airlines credit card is offering another 50,000 bonus miles after spending $3,000 in the first three months.

The personal deal has been the official offer since late October and the business deal since late November, so they've been around for three and two months respectively.

How much longer can we expect these amazing deals to last?

First, a quick word on why the deals

I get almost all my miles from credit cards.

I rarely fly a paid flight on an airline that offers miles (and when I do, it's usually not paid by me)
I don't do much online shopping through airline portals
My dining program earnings are minimal

For me, it starts and ends with sign up bonuses and category bonuses on credit cards.

Many people can get a small business credit card. Opening small business cards roughly doubles the number of amazing miles and points cards available to you.

Every small business credit card I've gotten I opened by putting my social security number as the tax ID, and by saying that my business is a sole proprietorship.