Wednesday Triple

  • One last post about the JetBlue promo. If you got your confirmation email back from them, you might want to book your flight today. There’s a good sale happening that ends tonight. Can’t help it guys…the great promos don’t come around often anymore. I went a little overboard talking about Discover last year too, but they were basically handing out thousands of dollars to people. With this JetBlue deal, I’ll probably get around $1,500 in value from those 75,000 miles. If all it costs me is 3 hours for a $100 flight, then it’s absolutely worth it.
  • Thanks to reader John for sending a new working link for the Virgin Atlantic card. It’s the same 75,000 to 90,000 mile offer that I’ve posted a lot over the years. Good to see it back, as always.
  • And from reader Robert, here’s a contest to win 2 nights at the Hyatt Gainey Ranch in Scottsdale. I don’t post many contests but I’ve been to this property, loved it, and had a great weekend there with friends. Also, I’m melting right now so their amazing pools sound great at the moment.

Better Hilton Card Offer

Thanks to reader Laura for sending an updated link for Citibank’s Hilton card. The bonus is up to 75,000 points again so if you don’t see that, try opening the link in an incognito browser. With Chase being a much bigger pain in the ass than ever, these increased Citibank offers are looking a lot more attractive.

Cheap Flights For The JetBlue Promo

You know the JetBlue promo was good when I broke my one-post-a-day rule for it on Friday. Not something that happens more than once or twice a year. A bunch asked for cheap flight recommendations after registering. So here’s how I found mine:

  • I went to Google Flights and looked for the shortest trip (for me that was Long Beach to Las Vegas).
  • Selected JetBlue as the only airline in my search.
  • Put in a 0 day trip since I don’t have much free time and need to get the trip done in a few hours.
  • Looked at the price graph for my cheapest date options.

In my case, I did this search for 3 nearby destinations and narrowed it down to these cheap options:

  • $136 round-trip to Vegas on July 11th (or $127 on August 3rd).
  • $91 round-trip to Oakland on July 19th.
  • $127 round-trip to San Francisco on July 13th.

Some of you like to use the map on Google Flights, but this method works for me. Didn’t take more than a couple minutes. Another option to get there would have been:

  • Going here and selecting Long Beach as my departing airport.
  • Putting Oakland as my destination and clicking nearby to select Vegas and San Francisco.
  • Selecting “See a calendar of lowest fares.”
  • Typing 0 for length of stay.

No matter how I get the search done, spending 100 bucks for 75,000 JetBlue points is a killer deal. It will absolutely be worth 3 hours of flying next month.

Do This Now

One of the better promos of the year if you have Virgin America points.

If you don’t, you might want to seriously consider transferring Starwood points over.

Common Questions – Business Card Success

One of the questions I hear a lot goes like this:

“Hey MileNerd, do you have any tips on getting approved for more Business credit cards?”

Not shockingly, I do have an opinion on this. The first thing that pops in my head is that an LLC helps. I’ve seen this personally and also with many others. Even though you don’t actually need one for approvals, I’ve seen the difference it can make. Remember, the cost to form an LLC will vary like crazy. If possible, save some bucks and do it in a “cheaper” state. No guarantees this tip will help in your case but it made a big difference for me.

And now back to your regularly scheduled recession…