Tim Steinke
My wife Erin and my first big journey together went around the world in 100 days for
our honeymoon, a trip in which I had one car accident and got one speeding ticket in every country that we visited (I think that I may still have an arrest warrant in New Zealand for an unpaid ticket, but we’ll keep that between us). We currently
live in Washington State; we own a winery, ski after work and hike as much as our elderly knees will let us.
(EXPIRED) Safeway/Albertsons: 10x on United Airlines Portal, 8x on Delta and Alaska Airlines
United Mileage Plus Shopping Portal is offering 10x miles at Safeway, Albertsons and Shaws. The Delta and Alaska Shopping Portals are offering 8x as well. This is for online grocery orders only, but it's not...
(Expired) Chime: Earn $300 in Swagbucks with new account opening and a $200 deposit
Chime has increased their ever-present Swagbucks offer, and it's now $300 (30,000 SB) on new accounts. Chime is an app with a debit card tied to an online checking account without any particularly noteworthy...
Le Meridien Maldives: wide-open almost every day until February 2023 (30-40K pts/night)
Earlier today, Greg wrote about the Best Uses of Marriott Free Night Certificates, where he highlighted some of the best options worldwide for spending the 35K,40K and 50K certificates that are awarded via Marriott...
(EXPIRED) American Airlines Shopping Portal: 3x miles at Giftcards.com (+500/1000 mile stack)
The American Airlines Shopping Portal is tripling its normal payout on GiftCards.com to 3 miles/points per dollar on up to $2000 in spend (per month). There is an additional, stackable bonus of 500 miles...
(EXPIRED) American Airlines Shopping Portal: one day only, 4x miles at Apple (+500/1000 mile...
The American Airlines Shopping Portal is offering 4x miles on Apple purchases (normally 1x), today only. There is an additional, stackable bonus of 500 miles on $100 in purchases through the portal or 1,000 miles...
(EXPIRED) Qantas Premium Economy to Australia starting at 47.5K miles
Update 3/6 - Western Australia is now open to vaccinated tourists, making the Perth option discussed below viable. Availability has lessened quite a bit in the two weeks since we first posted this, but I'm...
(EXPIRED) Qatar Qsuites available for 70,000 Aadvantage Miles from US – Maldives
Thrifty Traveler Premium reported that Qatar Airways has open Business Class availability to the Maldives from airports throughout the US all the way through January 2023. Since they sent out the e-mail this morning,...
American Airlines Loyalty Points Game: Tim’s Progress
I'll be honest, stepping into a points and miles game with Greg the Frequent Miler and Nick Reyes feels a little like playing Tom Brady and Patrick Mahomes...at the same time (if you don't...
Blue Apron: Up to 3400 AAdvantage miles and 6-12 meals for $25.
Update: SimplyMiles now has a targeted offer for 1200 miles on a purchase of $50 or more. This will stack with the Citi merchant offer (but not the Amex Offer) for a total of 3400...
American Airlines is finally fixing its elite upgrade process
American Airlines has announced that they are finally rejigging their bizarre upgrade process for elite members. Starting March 2nd, all levels of elite status will be eligible for complimentary upgrades without requiring 500-mile upgrade...
(EXPIRED) 2200 AAdvantage Miles and 6 meals for $34 with Green Chef and Chase...
Green Chef has a boosted rate on the American Airlines Shopping Portal, giving 2200 AAdvantage Miles and Loyalty Points when paying for one order on a new sign-up. There is also a stackable Chase...
(Now $40) Public.com and Swagbucks: $70 cash + free stock after $5 deposit
Update 3/1 - Offer has been reduced to 3500 SB ($35). This offer seems to go up and down, so probably worth waiting for a better payout before signing up.
Swagbucks is currently offering 6500...
United Airlines: Another upgrade to the award calendar?
This seems to be the week that everyone is working on their award calendars. Earlier, both Marriott and IHG made changes that made it easier to look at award availability and pricing over a...
IHG Rewards Calendar: Two ways to find it
IHG is an increasingly appetizing program due to soon-to-be enacted changes to their award program and their credit card portfolio. There have been a couple of historical challenges to the program, though. First, IHG...
