Free Hilton Status

Get Silver status here. This isn’t the greatest status to hold, but definitely grab it if you have nothing with Hilton. Also at the “Accenture” link is an offer to get Gold status with 4 stays in 90 days. Hilton Gold is the best mid-level hotel status out there, so this is a strong offer if you don’t want to get the Hilton Reserve credit card.

Things I Haven’t Gotten To This Week

  • While others seem to have no problem posting referral links that aren’t in your best interest, here’s 2 that are. It’s win-win for all, so spread the word to friends and family. Pick up 5,000 Ultimate Rewards points referring people to Chase Sapphire or Freedom. (Max of 50,000 points)
  • 2,000 American Airlines miles for spending $35. (Promo run by Cartera – flaky in the past)
  • Chase Ink is now a Visa instead of MasterCard. Worth trying to get the 50,000 point bonus again? 
  • 3,000 United miles for dining.

What’s Better Than Miles? Money!

Even though I have my personal (and probably irrational) problem with BankDirect, it’s still the best mileage checking account if you have big sums of cash. Definitely the easiest, most passive way to earn miles every month. Also, if you do have those big sums, let’s be friends.

Trade stocks?

  • Get 2,000 United miles for one trade with Sharebuilder.
  • Those with more cash can get up to 50,000 United, Delta, or American miles from Fidelity.
Looking for a checking account?
  • Suntrust offers 5,000 Delta Skymiles and 1 mile for every dollar spent.
  • 1 American mile for every $2 spent from UFB.
  • 1 Hawaiian Airlines mile for every $2 spent from Bank of Hawaii.
  • BankDirect offers American miles every month for checking accounts:
    • 100 miles for every $1,000 checking account balance each month
    • 1,000 miles for opening the account
    • 5,000 miles for using BillPay for 6 months
    • 10,000 miles for Direct Deposit

Cards I Missed

Thanks to reader John for sending me another blogger’s post about unadvertised credit card offers. There are a couple good options that I didn’t have listed yesterday. Sad to break it to you friends, but ol’ MileNerd is far from perfect. Other revelations? Santa Claus isn’t real and sweet potato fries are secretly gross.

Free Hilton Gold Status For A Few

A rare bit of love for my European readers. If you live in select countries (Turkey, Sweden, Spain, Slovakia, Romania, Poland, Latvia, Italy, Greece, France, Czech Republic, Cyprus, Bulgaria, or Austria) then try to grab your status here. Also, I have no idea where 3 of those countries are.