Category Archives: Promotions

Off-Peak United Awards to Europe

Posted on November 8, 2012 by Chris

United is offering 20% off the redemption cost of coach bookings made between now and November 15th to Europe for travel dates between January 15th, 2013 and March 13, 2013.  This brings the total for a US-Europe roundtrip to 48k … Continue reading →

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Best Points Purchases

Posted on November 4, 2012 by Chris

I’ve started a listing of the best options for purchasing points outright.  While these are only occasionally a good value, the option to buy points can often be useful in topping up  an account for a specific award redemption.

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Buy Club Carlson Points for $7 per 1.5k

Posted on November 4, 2012 by Chris

Club Carlson is offering a 50% bonus on points purchases from now through November 10th, 2012.  As points are normally priced at $7 per 1k points, this brings the cost to $4.67 per 1k points.  Club Carlson imposes a 40k … Continue reading →

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20% Off Purchased SPG Points

Posted on November 3, 2012 by Chris

SPG is currently running a 20% off promotion on purchased SPG points, bringing the cost down to $28 per 1k points.  SPG limits accounts to purchasing 20k points per year.  The promotion ends November 30th, 2012. If tied to particular … Continue reading →

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Double Redeemable/Elite Miles on AA

Posted on November 2, 2012 by Chris

I am exceedingly late to the party announcing double redeemable and elite qualifying miles on American Airlines as an apology for recent operational performance troubles, but here goes. For everyone, AA is offering: Double EQMs between November 1st and December … Continue reading →

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US Airways 100% Bonus on Purchased Miles

Posted on November 2, 2012 by Chris

As a follow-up to last month’s 100% bonus on shared miles, US Airways is now offering a 100% bonus on purchased miles to the general public. US is charging $37.625 per 1k miles (inclusive of taxes), bringing the total cost … Continue reading →

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An Overlooked SPG/Aeroplan Promotion

Posted on October 26, 2012 by Chris

As I had a string of Starwood stays last week, I was far more concerned with SPG’s Better by the Night promotion and overlooked the other promotions that were more quietly announced.  Loyalty Traveler notes another promotion, one for Aeroplan … Continue reading →

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United Alters the Deal

Posted on October 8, 2012 by Chris

United has altered the terms of its unadvertised promotion (at least in the United States) for credit card spending between August and October. It looks like my British Airways and Alaska Airlines (offering 3 points per dollar on gas/groceries/drug stores/restaurants … Continue reading →

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5k United Bonus

Posted on October 6, 2012 by Chris

United is currently offering a 5k mileage bonus for spending $1k between August 1st and October 31st, including spending from prior to registration.  Given that these sorts of promotions ought to encourage marginal spending, the lack of advertising for it … Continue reading →

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Premium Cabin Mileage Bonuses

Posted on October 4, 2012 by Chris

American and British Airways recently kicked off  a promotion for roundtrip travel in premium cabins/near-full fare economy between the U.S. and Europe, September 25th, 2012 through January 31st, 2013.  The promotion has tiers according to the number of trips taken: … Continue reading →

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