Thanks to reader Scott for sending the updated American Reduced Mileage Awards page. Find your card and your discount. And don’t forget you’ll get 10% of the miles back with some of the cards. Always worth a look.
Big Miles For Flying United
Many were targeted for miles by flying United. Some of you up to 25,000 and a few up to 50,000. Nothing for me but this takes under 10 seconds and is worth a look.
Parking Money For Miles
This is one I get asked every few weeks…
“MileNerd, where should I deposit (insert large dollar amount) to earn miles?”
My main 2 answers for you rich people have been the same for a while:
- Fidelity – American Airlines here, United here, and Delta.
- Deposit $100,000 and pick up 50,000 miles.
- People have been churning these bonuses every 12 months.
- Keep the money in your account 9 months from receiving the bonus.
- Can transfer the assets from another bank/brokerage.
- BankDirect – Mileage Checking With Interest
- 1,000 American miles to open the account.
- Every month you get 100 miles per $1,000 deposited. This is up to $50,000.
- You also get 25 miles for every $1,000 over $50,000.
- One-time bonuses of 5,000 to 10,000 miles for using your debit card, bill payments, and direct deposit.
Those are usually the options I recommend. When Citibank checking bonuses hit 50,000, I like and post those offers too.
The Top 25 Credit Cards
(If you see any errors or missing cards, please let me know. I try to keep a full list, but it’s a lot of information and I do make mistakes).
Significant Changes Since Last Month:
-Alaska increases to 30,000 miles.
-American Airlines Executive card up to 60,000 miles.
-United up to 55,000 for some and 75,000 for others.
-Delta up to 50,000 and 60,000 miles.
-Hawaiian back to 50,000 miles.
-Hilton Surpass up to 100,000 points.
-Marriott Business also up to 100,000.
-American Express Platinum 100,000 points came and went.
Time for the monthly edition of my Top 25 Credit Cards. I call it “Top 25” out of tradition, but you get a lot more links than that below. Again, if you’re a rookie, make sure you read The Newbie Guide. It’s a little outdated but many of your questions can still be answered there. Basic things like not applying for 3 Chase cards at the same time should be known before you continue. For people running out of cards, remember there’s often a Business card option. I listed a few here but not many, so it might be worth exploring more Business cards. Also, “churning” might be an option. The dates here were a guideline but things always tend to vary individually.
Miles and points aren’t an equal currency. 50,000 Delta Skymiles are worth less to me than 50,000 miles from Singapore Airlines. 25,000 Hyatt points mean more to me than 25,000 Hilton points. And so on. These links work right now (June 2nd at midnight). If you read this later, many of the offers will have changed. Things move fast in this game so read offer details and terms before applying. Especially all that small print when you’re trying to get bonuses more than once on the same card. Ok, enough blabbering…here we go! My “Top 25” current credit cards in order are below…
June AwardWallet Codes
Here are this month’s free AwardWallet codes for you quick clickers. Log into your account, click on your name, and select “Upgrade Using A Coupon” to apply a code. This will upgrade your account for 6 months (even existing users). Please only take 1 of these each. I’ll try to edit the post in the morning. If you’re new, AwardWallet is a must for tracking all your accounts, balances, user names, passwords, and expiration dates.
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