Nerds with Inks can relieve their feelings of non-spending anxiety this week. Head to Office Depot/Max through Saturday for $15 off of $300 Mastercard gift cards. Or just head to a computer for an online offer at Staples (up to three $100 Mastercard gift cards with no fee). As always, the idea with office store deals is to use an Ink or SimplyCash cards for 5 points per dollar.
Delta’s latest award sale is another strong deal. Some of you reached out over the weekend to say you took advantage of this one. Obviously, 50,000 miles for a round-trip to Australia is a good offer. But is it enough to get me to use the proper term “SkyMiles” again? For today…yes.
I hereby mute myself from using any snarky Delta nicknames for the rest of the day.
Dongless Monday begins now.
If you’re a FlexPerks cardholder, take a quick peek at your offers page to see what new promos have popped up. Readers are seeing different stuff in there lately (worth anywhere from 500 to 2,500 points). Shouldn’t take more than a minute to check out what you’re targeted for. Have a great weekend, nerds!
Dear British Airways:
You were fine for approximately 98 seconds, but your website is in full-on garbage mode again.
Why are you this way?
I believed all of my readers who reached out lately, but just experienced this debacle for myself.
And, man, it’s ridiculous…
For 3 straight days, I tried to make Avios bookings.
Selected my flights, entered personal information, and submitted the payment.
I got an error on that final step.
All.
Three.
Days.
I finally picked up the phone to call you.
At one point, your representative actually said these words…
“Did you see 7 seats available? Oh. Yeah, when you see 7 seats, that probably means it’s not real availability.”
I don’t understand how you can be this way.
Sincerely,
MileNerd
P.S. If you need me, I’ll be drinking heavily and crying for at least another month.
