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Get 20K points per referral on Gold card (YMMV)

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In late 2018, Greg wrote about Maximizing value from Amex multi-referrals. That year, American Express debuted the ability to generate a referral link that enables you to earn referral credit while enabling your friend(s)...
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(EXPIRED) Targeted 20% transfer bonus to Qantas from Membership Rewards

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American Express Membership Rewards is offering a targeted 20% transfer bonus to Qantas Frequent Flyer. As is often the case with Amex's targeted transfer bonuses, there isn't an end date listed, so this one may...
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Wow! Alaska joins Oneworld in mid-2021, expands partnership with AA

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In a surprise move that I don't think anybody saw coming, as reported by The Points Guy this morning, Alaska Airlines and American Airlines are scrapping plans to reduce their partnership and rather expanding...
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Hyatt Category changes 2020: A mixed bag

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Hyatt category changes for 2020 have been announced today and will take effect on March 22, 2020. In total, 117 properties increase in price and 100 decrease in price. That sounds pretty mild (especially in...
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Capital One adds Accor and Wyndham as transfer partners

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Capital One has introduced two new transfer partners today: Wyndham Rewards and Accor Live Limitless at the following transfer ratios: 2 Capital One miles = 1 Accor Live Limitless point (i.e. 1,000 Capital One miles = 500 ALL...
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(EXPIRED) Miles without flying: Singapore KrisFlyer referral promo

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Singapore KrisFlyer is offering an interesting promotion: get 500 miles for each person you refer who opens a Singapore KrisFlyer account and has activity, which looks like it could be relatively easy to meet. While...
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Have an old Marriott travel package you can’t use? You might be able to...

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Marriott's handling of the old Marriott Travel packages was extremely poor to put it charitably. Between an announced conversion that made most package holders losers to an about-face that offered partial refunds for the travel-package-hosed,...
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(EXPIRED) 100K (maybe 110K) Hilton points + 4 nights in Orlando / Vegas for...

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Hilton Grand Vacations is currently offering a pretty nice vacation package that requires attending a timeshare presentation. This deal is scheduled to end tonight, but I just booked it myself and got an even better...
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(EXPIRED) [Targeted] Up to 12K bonus Southwest Rapid Rewards points with flight activity

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Southwest Airlines is sending out targeted offers for bonus points with paid flight activity. In my case, I received an offer for 12,000 bonus Rapid Rewards points with 3 round trip flights -- but the catch...
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Transfer bonus to Cathay Asia Miles from Amex Membership Rewards [Targeted]

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Greg wrote the other day about using Cathay Pacific's Asia Miles to get excellent value on premium-cabin flights through mixed-cabin tickets (See: Cathay Pacific Asia Miles mixed cabin award pricing. First class for less.)....
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Easy AA miles w/ new bank account through Bask Bank

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View from the Wing reports on a new, easy, and potentially fairly lucrative offer to earn miles with a savings account from Bask Bank. While many long-time readers will remember BankDirect, this is actually...
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(EXPIRED) Buy Hilton points for half a cent each through 2/19/20

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Hilton is once again offering a 100% bonus on the purchase of points when you buy 10,000 or more points. While I don't generally recommend buying points speculatively, this can make sense if you...
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(EXPIRED) 30% transfer bonus to Marriott from Membership Rewards [Targeted]

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American Express Membership Rewards is offering a targeted 30% transfer bonus to Marriott Bonvoy. While we weren't targeted on this one, Doctor of Credit reports on some readers being targeted. This is a poor value, so...
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(EXPIRED) Cathay Pacific transfer bonus from Amex/Citi (10% bonus)

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Cathay Pacific is offering a 10% transfer bonus when you transfer points from American Express, Citi, or Diners Club to Asia Miles from January 1-31st, 2020 when you register and then transfer during January 2020. The...

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