Wednesday’s Deals

  • Google Earth Pro (usually 400 bucks) is now free. Obviously, this is useful for most of us travel nerds.
  • We are now able to redeem US Air miles for American flights and vice versa. You can also log into either account and set your miles up to combine (will take effect soon).
  • Capital One is giving 100,000 miles for loans (new or refinance). As with all home loans, shop around and try to play them against each other for the best rate.
  • Some people (mostly Hilton Diamonds) might pick up 100,000 points here. I’m not one of them.

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Miles For Being Romantic

If you believe in the ancient male art of sending flowers after screwing up, this might be for you. Also, the clock is ticking for Valentine’s Day. If you’re a man who doesn’t buy flowers every February, you must know some secret voodoo. Either that or you’re a jerk. The deals include:

  • Get 30 United miles for every dollar you spend at FTD.
  • Grab 1,750 Southwest points if you spend $29.99 at 1-800-Flowers.
  • Pick up 30 American miles per dollar spent at FTD.

Thanks for sending these to me. I’ll try to keep the list updated as you send new deals over the next 2 weeks.

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Free 30 Bucks From Uber

Uber just brought back a free $30 ride for new users for a limited time. I think most of you have probably signed up already. If not, I’m a big fan of these guys. Haven’t written an Uber post in a while, so here’s what I think:

  • Free money is good.
  • The app couldn’t be easier to use.
  • I’ve only ridden in 2 taxis since I learned about these guys. Taxis suck.
  • UberX is a lot cheaper, so it’s usually what I choose.
  • Even though Uber is 457 times better than taxis, it isn’t perfect.
  • By biggest pet peeve with them is cell phone use by drivers.
  • I’ve reported that in my ratings every time it happened. I got almost instant responses.

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Last Day To Buy American Miles

Some of you are VERY well stocked with American Airlines miles. I know you took advantage of the big credit card offers, especially when you were able to pick up 100,000 miles a pop. Right? Right??

Well, if not, you can buy a few today. That isn’t my favorite strategy, but it’s a decent price for the right buyer. The sweet spot is 70,000 miles with 35,000 more as a free bonus. It’ll cost you around 2 cents a mile…4 times as much as the annual fee would have been on that 100,000-mile Executive card. Still a good deal for some. Not me, but some. Have a great weekend!

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New FlexPerks Card

If you spend thousands at grocery stores on…well, you know…the FlexPerks card is incredible. For every 20,000 points, you get another free flight up to $400. Such an underrated card for people who use it well. And now there’s a new 20,000-point bonus from Amex here. That’s in addition to the ol’ US Bank Personal and Business versions (20,000 each). If that isn’t enough, there are also the 10,000-point cards.  No shortage of ways to rack up these points…

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