Roll your own airline elite status
You can get elite treatment without paying the price for elite-level loyalty. This week on Frequent Miler on the Air, we talk the perks of investing your time, money and effort in elite status...
(EXPIRED) (Targeted) Earn 4.5k-13.5k Bonus American Airlines Loyalty Points Via Credit Card Spend
This past week American Airlines sent out targeted offers to some cardholders. I received an offer giving bonus Loyalty Points when spending enough on one of their credit cards in October and/or November, while...
Delta’s new elite requirements: Blatant copies of United
I knew that the general idea of Delta's new elite requirements seemed to follow United and AA's lead (see: Delta’s 2024 elite program - it ain’t pretty), but until I started crunching the numbers...
(EXPIRED) Frontier Status Match From Hotel Or Airline Programs
Frontier Airlines has another year-end promotion where you can "match" status from other airline, cruise and hotel programs. In reality, the promo is Frontier selling status to elite members of other programs. There's no...
(EXPIRED) American Airlines back with instant status pass for Hyatt Elite Members (targeted)
Hyatt and American Airlines have offered reciprocal benefits for elite members in one or both of the programs for several years, involving points-earning and promotions such as earning 1,000 bonus AAdvantage miles when staying...
Delta’s 2024 elite program: it ain’t pretty
Update 10/18/23: Delta has walked back many of the changes described here and has announced new benefits: Delta revises SkyMiles changes: more SkyClub visits, lower elite thresholds, better 1-time rollovers, vastly improved lifetime status.
The...
(EXPIRED) New American Airlines / Hyatt status match & challenge; get Globalist with 20...
A few years ago American Airlines and Hyatt launched a partnership offering reciprocal benefits and earnings. At times we've seen status matches and challenges and a new opportunity has started today which gives temporary...
Greg predicts Delta’s SkyMiles changes
A lot has been written lately about a Reddit post that suggests that big changes to Delta's SkyMiles program will be announced on September 14th. We don't have any details about what the changes...
Amex Platinum cardholders can get Hertz President’s Circle status
Update: Since we originally published this at the end of last year, the enrollment link has been frustrating, working on and off or blanking out. Skye at Award Wallet found a redirect that appears...
(EXPIRED) Targeted LifeMiles offer to get elite status with a single flight
I received a targeted email reminder today from Avianca LifeMiles about a targeted opportunity to earn their lowest level of elite status with a single flight on Avianca metal. This offer isn't great as...
Bilt card first impressions
In a recent post (First steps towards rebuilding my point fortune: Bilt and AA) I reported that I had been approved for a Bilt credit card. Since then, I received the card, started using...
PSA: IHG rollover nights don’t count towards Milestone Rewards
In 2022 IHG revamped their loyalty program where they changed status levels and elite night requirements, added Milestone Rewards and rollover nights and more. This has, overall, been a very positive development, but I...
(EXPIRED) FoundersCard: Get Hyatt Globalist status with 20 nights in 90 days with status...
If you missed out on the Hyatt Globalist status fast-track promotion offered by Bilt back in April, there's some potentially great news. FoundersCard is offering a similar promotion, but it'll be more costly as...
AA “enhances” the Citi Executive card and encourages spend elsewhere
With the announced changes to the Citi AAdvantage Executive World Elite Mastercard, we no longer have a cheap way to grant American's Admirals Club lounge access to everyone in the family. However, we now...
