Category Archives: Promotions

United Redemption Promotion: 20-25% Off Europe and Africa Economy Tickets

Posted on January 6, 2012 by Chris

United is advertising 20-25% off redemptions to Europe and Central/Southern Africa.  There are a handful of restrictions:  tickets must economy saver tickets, the trip must include a Saturday stay, and tickets must be booked by January 16th. Rather oddly, they’ve … Continue reading →

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Hertz Promotion: Two Free Weekend Days for Three Rentals

Posted on January 6, 2012 by Chris

FlyerTalk reports a possibly targeted Hertz promotion:  Get 500 gold plus points for two rentals or 1000 gold plus points for three rentals.  1000 gold points is enough for a two day weekend rental. I was able to register, but … Continue reading →

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Mileage Plus Explorer “60k” Offer

Posted on January 5, 2012 by Chris

FlyerTalk and Million Mile Secrets have found a 60k Mileage Plus explorer offer offering 50k miles on first purchase and 10k miles after $25k in spending.  dabearz73 on FlyerTalk suggests logging into one’s United account and then going to the … Continue reading →

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My 2011 Mile and Point Earning and Burning

Posted on January 1, 2012 by Chris

I traveled just over 144k miles this year, approximately 125k of which were revenue flights: I wound up with four redemptions: 2 nights at the Westin Ka’anapali Ocean Resort Villas as part of Starwood’s Free Resort Nights promotion. 1 upgrade … Continue reading →

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Double and Triple SPG Points

Posted on December 24, 2011 by Chris

SPG is offering bonus points on multinight stays between 1/9 and 4/8.  Two night stays earn double points; three night or more stays earn triple points.  The offer has a number of nonparticipating hotels.

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Free 1k Priority Club Points

Posted on December 21, 2011 by Chris

MilesQuest points out a Priority Club promotion for watching a short video: Go to priorityclub.com/visa1000 Enter in one of the promo codes SKAEXGTNC4 SKAEXR6WC4 SKAEX8M4C4 SKAEX9KYC4 Watch the video.

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US Airways Grandslam Wrap-up

Posted on December 21, 2011 by Chris

I ended up scoring 37 hits for the US Airways Grand Slam this fall.  The ease of repeating this obviously depends on one’s purchasing habits:  I frequently rent cars and stay at hotels, for example.  I’ve italicized the hits that … Continue reading →

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A Use For Those Membership Rewards Points

Posted on December 5, 2011 by Chris

Back in August, I applied for the Amex Premier Rewards Gold card.  I met my minimum spend of $1k for a 75k Membership Rewards point bonus and was temporarily foiled in September with the pullback by Amex on the “bump … Continue reading →

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Halfway to Executive Platinum

Posted on November 22, 2011 by Chris

One of the main tipping factors for my decision to do OneWorldMegaDo was the ability to challenge for AA Executive Platinum from my status with United/Continental.  I sent an email with a screenshot of my Continental Platinum credentials on Sunday … Continue reading →

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Another Round of Credit Cards

Posted on November 20, 2011 by Chris

Over the summer, I applied for and received a few credit cards:  The Starwood Amex (30k signup bonus), the Amex Premier Rewards Gold Card (75k signup bonus, after much argument with Amex), the Bank of America Alaska Airlines Visa (40k … Continue reading →

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