Get a $10 Statement Credit on Each of Your American Express Cards During Small Business Saturday
November 26, 2013
Register all your American Express credit and charge cards today, spend $10 on each one this Saturday November 30 at a small business, and receive a $10 statement credit on each card.
This is the easiest win-win-win promotion of the year.
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Top Ten Rewards Card Offers That Are About to Disappear
November 13, 2013
Many of the offers originally published below have expired and been removed.
Hurry! Deal Will Die in Hours! Lufthansa Award Space is Bookable on Two Flights From April 2014 to October 2014
November 7, 2013
Update: I've booked myself Seoul to Frankfurt to Munich to Toronto to Los Angeles one way for 70k miles. The long legs are in Asiana First Class and Lufthansa First Class. I can check out the First Class Terminal in Frankfurt from whenever I get to the airport until 10 AM.
Get 5% Off Your United Fights Before December 15
November 5, 2013
A reader emailed me a discount code for United flights flown before December 15, 2013.
He described it as a 13% discount, but I am only getting a 5% discount, capped at $60.
How Daily Getaways Has Already Saved Me Over $920 Cash
October 23, 2013
Daily Getaways was a monthlong sale that lasted from mid-June to mid-July. Every day different travel packages went on sale, including the ability to buy hotel points, car rental status, gift certificates, hotel nights, and vacation packages.
I was selective, buying packages only four days.
Citi Offering 3 AAdvantage Miles Per Dollar on Gas, Groceries, and More. Targeted?
October 1, 2013
Many of the credit card offers below have expired, so their links have been removed. Click here for the top current credit card sign up bonuses.
Yesterday I got an email with the subject line "Earn 3X American Airlines AAdvantage® Miles | Enroll in one click!"
By clicking the button inside the email, I enrolled myself for 3 American Airlines miles per dollar at department stores, restaurants, gas stations, and grocery stores through 12/31/13 on purchases made with my Citi AAdvantage card.
Earn 18 JetBlue Points Per Dollar on Flights Booked by 9/10/13
September 9, 2013
JetBlue has announced a 5x points promo on flights booked by Tuesday.
Ordinarily one earns 6 TrueBlue points per dollar on JetBlue bookings made online.
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Are Under-Categorized Hotels the Best Use of Hotel Points : Review of the DoubleTree Kuala Lumpur
September 2, 2013
I am a lodging cheapskate. My ideal trip length is four weeks, so hotel bills would add up quickly. Right now I haven't been in the US since February, so I've had to come up with creative ways to sleep cheaply.
But just because I'm a cheapskate doesn't mean I don't want to stay at fancy hotels sometimes too. I'm jealous that Rookie Alli has two nights at any Hilton worldwide.
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Limited Time: 50k AA Card Offer Plus Expiring SPG Cards’ Offer Means Round-the-World Business Class Award
September 1, 2013
Update: American Airlines got rid of its RTW awards, so the best way to book RTW awards now is elucidated here.
Key Links:
Citi® / AAdvantage® Platinum Select® MasterCard®
Starwood Preferred Guest® Credit Card from American Express
Starwood Preferred Guest® Business Credit Card from American Express
Explorer Award chart (eliminated April 2014)
Explorer Awards: The Rules (eliminated April 2014)
Combined, the cards offer enough American Airlines miles for a round-the-world business class award with up to 15 stopovers.
You could take this trip in business
Great Deal: 15k American Airlines Miles to Hawaii All Fall if Booked by 9/13/13
September 1, 2013
American Airlines has a great promotional award price to Hawaii this fall of only 15,000 miles each way in economy if you book by September 13 and fly September 11 to December 17.
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Honolulu <-> Dallas, Los Angeles, and Chicago
Kahului <-> Dallas and Los Angeles
Kona <-> Los Angeles
Lihue <-> Los Angeles
How good is this deal? Are there currently better deals to Hawaii?