Plastiq 2% Promo

I heard from the people at Plastiq yesterday about their latest promo. If you use an American Express card, you’ll pay a 2% fee on any payment made by February 28th. This tends to  be a popular option for some of you guys. Pretty good rate if you’re looking to meet any minimum spends from the couch.

Southwest Business Offer

If you (somehow) haven’t applied for a bunch of credit cards in the last 2 years, Chase is offering 60,000 points for their Southwest Business Premier. Obviously, this would help shave a big chunk off the Companion Pass mountain. Spend $3,000 in 3 months for the bonus.

Virgin To Alaska

I didn’t have many Virgin America points left, so I transferred all of them to Alaska miles. There’s a lot of value there now that the option is available.

Alaska continues to have valuable currency in the world of miles, so getting 1.3 for each Virgin point is worth looking at. And if you’re looking to use your Alaska account to book Virgin America flights, cross-country for 25,000 each way in First Class is one of the interesting new options available.

No need to make a transfer until you’re ready to book a flight (I just did it because I have spazoid tendencies).

Catching Up After The Weekend

  • Refresh your AwardWallet balances to see if a surprise 10,000 miles shows up in your Alaska account. Not sure why it’s there or if it’ll stay, but a bunch of you got this one (so did I).
  • Register for this Club Carlson promo and pick up some extra points for stays (actually more than just some if you have enough nights coming up).
  • Here’s a 25% bonus on transfers from Citi ThankYou to Virgin Atlantic. Ok for most. Very good for a few.

End-Of-Week Pair

  • If I had a reader with 5 American systemwide upgrades expiring at the end of next month, there wouldn’t be anything I could do about it. Not if I knew these upgrades could be purchased cheaply by other readers. You may be wondering why I wouldn’t do my part to make people happy? Because I know American’s rules about buying/selling these things. We all understand how I follow rules. No way I would ever make this type of introduction. Theoretically, of course.
  • It was a busy week so I haven’t gotten the chance to talk about my new feature for 2017…

    There have been a few suggestions over the years for things like podcasts or video posts. I never really felt the interest. But reader Kevin had an idea that got me excited. I’m going to try this one out. Because of my particular brand of whatever-you-want-to-call-it, he suggested a new series called “Dear MileNerd” would be fun for all involved. You can email any questions about random topics (relationships, sports, or whatever) and I’ll post a uniquely opinionated response on the blog. I have no idea how it will go, but I’m guessing it will be interesting. No schedule on this but not more than one post per week. Just type “Dear MileNerd” as the subject and I’ll try to get to all of them eventually. Thanks for the idea, Kevin. Have a great weekend, nerds!