Catching Up

So many deals lately! Rapid-fire, here are some delayed posts:

  • Get 7,500 American miles for test-driving a Cadillac. Prepare for long hold times.
  • Pick up a 35% bonus transferring Amex Membership Rewards points to Virgin Atlantic. Could be a decent-ish use of points.
  • There’s also a 50% bonus to Starwood.
  • Uber has added uberPLUS as a ride option. The standard free $30 for new Uber members is still going. Sync your Amex card to Twitter and tweet #AmexUber for a $10 statement credit after a $10+ Uber ride this year.
  • I’d write an official goodbye to Amazon Payments but I just don’t care that it’s gone.
  • Use just one Amex point to get $20 off at Amazon.
    • Link your Amex Membership Rewards card to Amazon here.
    • Add any shipped item $20 or more to your cart (not Amazon gift cards).
    • At checkout, select your linked card and click “choose a different amount.”
    • Enter .01 and enter code SWP20AMR on the next page. 
    • This is a widely targeted offer, but not working for everyone.
  • Another commonly targeted offer is 3X at restaurants with your Amex Membership Rewards card.
  • Get $20 back starting Sunday at Staples when you buy $300 or more in Visa gift cards.

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E-Miles

A couple of decent offers if you’re the type who doesn’t mind doing a few surveys. Personally, I mind them. If you’re a (much) more patient nerd, get 350 Alaska bonus miles from e-miles. Or choose 1,000 points from Hilton.

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Barclaycard Community

Interesting email from reader Jake today. Apparently there’s a Reddit post where a guy claims to have made almost 200,000 Barclays Arrival points here. The interesting part isn’t the amount of points. It’s the fact that he earned them without using his credit card. I know next to nothing about the Barclaycard Travel Community, but apparently people are racking up the points there. Seems a little tedious, but hey…if there’s a crowd for that kind of thing…

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5,000 Southwest Points

My up-and-down commentary about Rocketmiles is on an upswing again. Why? Because 5,000 Southwest points for a first booking is pretty strong. I don’t remember seeing  any offers above 3,000 miles/points before. The only catch here is that you need to use a Southwest credit card to book the room.

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American Airlines Card

Every couple days, I get an email asking about the 100,000-mile American Airlines card offer. Unfortunately, there are no signs of it coming back. But reader Sam sent me a link to an offer I wasn’t aware of. This is a lower spend requirement than what I usually see. It’s 50,000 miles after spending $3,000 in 3 months. Business and Personal cards are both at the link. Have a great weekend!

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