Tuesday Triple

  • Spend $42 to pick up 6,500 United miles and some average wine
    (Edit: Thanks Carl. Skip this “deal.” The wine sucks and it’s only 2,500 miles on the first shipment).
  • Another Rocketmiles deal for British Airways points this time.
  • The Business link to yesterday’s Delta offer is here. With Chase a lot less useful these days, it’s worth paying more attention to the bonuses from these other banks.

3 Increased Card Offers

  • American Express is showing 50,000 Delta miles for a gold card and 60,000 for platinum.
  • A few of you reached out to say you were targeted for 70,000 United miles from Chase (plus 5,000 for adding an authorized user). If your offer is lower, you should be able to call or message Chase to match it.
  • 30,000 Alaska miles from Bank of America. The old 25,000-mile offer with a $100 credit should still be working if you prefer that one.

End Of Week Deals

  • With their usual back and forth, Uber copied Lyft’s New York City deal and is now offering 50% off through Monday. You can get half off (up to 25 bucks) on two rides with code MDWNYC50. 
  • See if you’re targeted for any promos from United. I wasn’t, but a bunch of you emailed your different offers.
  • 50 American miles per dollar spent at Magazines.com is back. This one comes and goes and, obviously, you can rack up a good amount at this rate.

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Annual Flight Deal Reminder

Banks are tougher with credit cards. Airline miles keep devaluing. Anyone who doesn’t see that the game has changed is blind, new, or dumb.

So this is my annual-ish reminder that you should be keeping up daily with The Flight Deal. Frankly, if you haven’t paid for any flights the last few years, that’s going to change. Some of you got in on a great $400 round-trip to Paris yesterday. Might as well know about those non-mile deals too if you’re going to pull out the wallet.

100% Bonus Buying United Miles

Through Friday, get double the United miles if you buy at least 40,000 of them. Blasphemous for some but makes mathematical sense for others. Under 2 cents per mile isn’t a bad deal at all if you are in the market for this.