Hilton Points

Thanks to reader Scott for sharing a potential 100,000 Hilton points for military members transitioning back to civilian life. I’m clueless about this one but Scott says these contacts should help readers in some states who might qualify. The points are meant to “support travel related to job search activities.” Please let me know if this ends up working for you. If it’s legitimate, this is cool enough of Hilton that I might have to bite my tongue and stop criticizing them (at least for a few weeks).

 

Shopping Contests

I rarely post contests anymore, but I’m firing up the ol’ spam email address to enter these. Shouldn’t take more than a couple of minutes total for all 3. Win 100,000 miles and $2,500 from Alaska, American, and United. Get 100 entries each if you opt-in for emails. Have a great weekend, nerds!

Aeroplan Pair

Get a small number of Aeroplan points for a small amount of time watching this. It’s 100 points to be exact. And pick up a more significant amount of points if you have Marriott stays coming up in Canada.

Midweek Flight Deals

  • Use fewer SkyDongs to Alaska or Hawaii here.
  • Air Asia is offering some impressive $4 flights on their extremely unimpressive website.
  • Speaking of unimpressive, today is the last day for 90% off from Frontier.

British Airways Events

Reader Joan saw the Wyndham post yesterday and reminded me that the “Above and Beyond” Space Shuttle dinner is coming up in LA. Personally, I’m not much of a space geek so I’ll skip it. But I am a legendary fat-ass, so I’d definitely go to the Chicago option if I lived there. Really, if you have British Avios points to burn and live in Los Angeles, NYC, or Chicago…take a look at that page. It’s going to run 20,000 points for you and a guest. All three are pretty decent choices, in my opinion.