American Airlines Gift Card

Only a couple of these posts left.

Again, thanks to the amazing response from you guys in May, I’ve had some good stuff to give away…

Been trying to space these out the best I can. So far, I’ve given out 13 United Club passes and free rentals with National. Today, I have $247 in American Airlines gift cards (technically split into 3 virtual cards but they can all be used for the same booking). Yes, I’m trying to build up in order of value. Huge thanks to my friend and long-time reader who donated these. He doesn’t want his name posted but you know who you are. I really appreciate this, man. Here’s the deal:

  • One person will win all 3 of the gift cards.
  • As with all of these giveaways, I know a bunch of you will be disappointed and only one person will be happy. It sucks and I’m sorry, but hey…that’s the way it goes. Still a lot better than the other alternative (not giving away anything).
  • One email per person please. Send by 11:59 PST tonight.
  • That inbox is for contest entries only. Other than the winner, no emails sent there will be read or responded to.
  • Send to the address below with the subject “American Gift Cards.”

Tuesday Triple

  • Thanks to fancy pants reader Rob who earned a bunch of American miles from this Neiman Marcus promo.
  • Pretty decent batch of choices from IHG this time. As always, their PointBreaks options are 5,000 points per night. Still one of the best values in the hotel game (if you find somewhere you want to stay on the list).
  • Thanks to non-fancy pants Alex for sharing this link to the American Express Ameriprise Gold card. The bonus is 25,000 points and the fee is waived for the first year.

2 Weekend Tips

A couple of good email tips from over the weekend that I wanted to share…

Chris with a reminder of how helpful Twitter can be – “Southwest debacle. My flight was one of the many cancelled today.  I had much better luck getting through to Southwest on Twitter DM than the phone, although I eventually got a nice lady on the phone after 50 minutes of hold time.  Unfortunately I did have to call to make changes due to a companion pass reservation attached to my booking, I wished I could have done the changes through the app.  This may help anyone affected.”

Steve with some data on the new world of Chase card applications – “I wasn’t sure if you were aware of this or not, but just in case, some people are keeping tabs on which Chase cards don’t seem to be included in 5/24 yet – Reddit, Google sheet results, and submission.

tip jar

A Pair Of Offers For Cardholders

  • Starwood cardholders are getting 2,500 points for adding a user.
  • And United is giving a billion miles away to its cardholders.

Expedia Hotel Discounts

It was nice getting this reminder of an Expedia deal I’d forgotten about. $25 off a $100 stay and you can apparently get 3 (or more) of these.