Great Amex Offer: 20K points for $1,000 spend with Air France
American Express has a great new Amex Offer for 20,000 Membership Rewards points on a cumulative $1,000 in spending with Air France by April 14th, 2017. This offer may be targeted, but it appears...
The best rewards for $50K spend
The current signup offer for the Amex Blue for Business Card has been extended to February 22, 2017 . The offer is different from most signup offers because rather than giving you a set...
Retraction: 1800Flowers 1 month free shipping trick might not work
Yesterday I published "30X Amtrak at 1800Flowers. Here’s why that’s a great deal…" In that post I showed how to get a fantastic point rebate from 1800Flowers, with the caveat that you have get...
South African Wine Country on Marriott points: Protea Hotel Stellenbosch Dorpshuis & Spa
As Greg pointed out when introducing me, I am currently on a round-the-world trip -- after all, we collect these miles and points with the intent to use them. I think Greg hit the...
30X Amtrak at 1800Flowers. Here’s why that’s a great deal…
Miles Momma reports that Amtrak is offering 30 points per dollar through 1800Flowers. To get 30X Amtrak points, you must apply promo code AMT56 when checking out. The offer is good through February 28th.
Amtrak...
The Amex Business Platinum awesome 1 time exception
Update: This post references an American Express Business Platinum benefit that has changed. As of June 1, 2017, the pay-with-points rebate has changed to 35% for your chosen airline or any airline in business...
Should you call when your application goes pending?
When applying for credit cards, it is common to not get an instant decision. At that point, you have a decision to make: Do you call the bank's reconsideration line to force a quick...
Earn up to 25,000 Delta Skymiles with partners
Delta has a targeted offer to earn 25,000 bonus SkyMiles through partner activity -- up to 1,000 miles per participating partner up to 25,000 total bonus miles. From the terms and conditions:
It appears that...
From Sapphire Preferred to Freedom Unlimited, No Waiting
On Saturday morning I published "Freedom Unlimited plan thwarted." Since I now have the top-end Sapphire Reserve card, I wanted to downgrade my Sapphire Preferred to Freedom Unlimited. This way, I could continue to...
Last Chance Deals: Great airfare to Europe, Discounted Cash & Points, and more!
In life, we can assure you of three things: death, taxes -- and a good deal doesn't last forever. In an effort to help you take advantage of the best deals before they are...
Freedom Unlimited plan thwarted
Ever since signing up for the Chase Sapphire Reserve card, I've planned to downgrade my Sapphire Preferred to a Freedom Unlimited card. The former gives 3X for dining and travel, whereas the FU (Freedom...
Hawaii round trip from NYC as low as $362 per person for Alaska Airlines...
As per this Secret Flying post, Alaska Airlines is currently offering round trip airfares from New York (Newark) to Maui, Hawaii as low as $557 round trip. Alaska Airlines Visa Signature and Visa Business...
Eight Tips for Extreme Stacking 1-800-Flowers
Now that Amex is once again offering $15 off $50 at 1-800-Flowers, and eBates is offering 20% cash back, and United is offering 30 miles per dollar, it's time to revisit Extreme Stacking 1-800-Flowers.
As...
AA and United offer up to 1,000 bonus miles each via Valentine’s Day portal...
Both the AA and United online shopping portals are offering up to 1,000 bonus miles, as follows:
Tier 1 bonus: 500 miles for qualifying purchases of at least $125;
Tier 2 bonus: 1,000 miles...
