American Airlines Checking

It may not work for everyone, but 3 different people did email this to me. So apparently it’s working for a bunch of you. I’ve seen this offer come and go with different codes. Pretty simple:

  • Go to www.offer.citibank.com
  • Enter code DON42OQL3X (One email had a zero instead of an “o” before the “Q.” Try both ways, if necessary).
  • Open a CitiGold account.
  • Within 60 days, do 2 things – A Bill Pay for 2 consecutive months. Spend $750 with the debit card.
  • Collect 30,000 American miles.

The catch is that they charge $30 a month for this account unless you’re a CPA, an attorney, or have $50,000 in it. But I was told the fee is waived for the first couple months. If you do your bill pays and spend the $750 quickly, you should be able to collect the miles and close the account before paying more than a couple of $30 fees. Of course, the BankDirect checking accounts are still out there as another option for American miles. Pretty easy miles with either of these…

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Tuesday’s Deals

  • Save 35% buying United miles. In addition to the other bonuses – 100% US Air for some and 30% American for all.
  • 30,000-mile Korean Air card from US Bank and another decent-ish new Wells Fargo card.
  • A few does-anyone-still-collect-these Delta SkyMiles for Hertz rentals.
  • 1,500 to 5,000 much-more-handy American miles for an Avis rental.

(For those who asked me to post my TV appearances, you can catch me in the first of 3 General Hospital episodes today. Next is The Fosters on June 16th. After that is an NBC comedy pilot with Mary Louise Parker Feed Me if it gets picked up. Yeah, I know…I rarely remember, but will try to post future dates.)

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2 Marriott Promos

Earn 2,000 Marriott points a month for some social media nerdiness. Clicking “like,” retweeting, and all the usual stuff. Nothing too complicated. You can also buy $440 in tires and get 2 nights at a Marriott. Keep in mind, most of the fancy Marriotts aren’t on the list. But if you do need tires, this is an interesting option.

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Buying Visa Gift Cards?

Let’s look back at what your last couple weeks may have been like. The first assumption is that you have a Chase Ink Bold and an Ink Plus card. With them, you’ve been buying $200 Visa gift cards every day. Conservatively, maybe 9 of them on each card. That means you’ve been earning 18,000 Ultimate Rewards points every day. Considering, you’ve also been making a few bucks doing this, it has been well worth the effort, right? Wait…you haven’t earned 100,000+ points in the last 2 weeks? Sorry! Well, here’s the way I’ve been doing it:

  1. Making sure my Visa Business cards are registered with Visa Savings Edge. This gives me 1% back on the Staples purchases.
  2. Accessing Staples through Swagbucks. That was the best portal for a while. Now their 6% back has dropped to 4%. Upromise is a good portal choice at 5%.
  3. Buying gift cards.
  4. Waiting on my friendly mailman to deliver them.
  5. Cashing them out. Maybe by using Amazon Payments and/or loading Bluebird at WalMart. I’m assuming you have access to multiple accounts with each. Or maybe you have a friendly store willing to sell you money orders with debit cards.
  6. Racking up points.
  7. Taking fun trips.

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A Whopping $1

In what has to be the smallest deal in the history of MileNerd, you can get a free buck from Hotel Tonight. A buck?? Obviously (I hope), the point of this deal isn’t the dollar. It’s that you can delay your Hotel Tonight credit balance from expiring for another year.

If you already use Hotel Tonight:

  1. Open the app.
  2. Click “Credits.”
  3. Type HEYMAMA in the “Redeem Promo Code” box.
If you don’t use Hotel Tonight:
  1. Download the app on your phone or iPad.
  2. Open the app.
  3. Click “Credits.”
  4. Type RWALIA3 in the “Redeem Promo Code” box. This gives you a free $25.
  5. Do the 3 steps above.

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