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Via Deals we Like, Southwest if extending the double points offer for booking paid flights AND traveling on those flights up to June 15, 2013. You can register for the promotion via this page on the Southwest website.
Double Points on Southwest
Posted in Aeroplan, American Airlines, Southwest, United Airlines
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1. Fewer Miles with BankDirect Checking Accounts
I’ve written previously about earning American Airlines miles with a checking account with BankDirect. You earn 100 miles (per month) for every $1,000 in your account, up to $200,000 in your account. For every $1,000 above $200,000 you would earn 25 American Airlines miles per month.
This meant that a deposit of $200,000 would earn 240,000 American Airlines miles in a year!
That said there is monthly service fee of $12, but it is well worth it for folks (note: I’m not an investment advisor, so consult yours!) with large deposits of liquid cash who leave the money in other bank accounts. That’s because you don’t pay tax on the miles (but you do pay tax on interest earned at other banks) and also because the American Airlines miles are worth more than the small amounts of interest which banks pay.
Posted in American Airlines, Marriott, US Air
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Dan’s Deals reports that Hyatt has added two new French hotels which can be booked using points, the Hotel du Louvre, in Paris, and the Grand Hyatt Cannes Hotel Martinez overlooking the Mediterranean.
Paris Hotel du Louvre
Grand Hyatt Cannes Hotel Martinez
In addition, the Concorde Lafayette, Paris and Palais de la Mediterranee, Nice will soon be added to this list. Continue reading
Posted in American Airlines, British Airways, Hyatt, Priority Club
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Over Spring Break in March, Emily and I visited Maui in Hawaii. This was our first time to Hawaii so we were very excited! We spent only $570 dollars for a trip which has a retail cost of $8,731 for some Big Travel with Small Money!
Of course we wouldn’t pay the retail price ourselves, which is why we collect miles and points.
Can’t Wait to Go Back!
I always thought that I’d “save” Hawaii for when I retire because it would be relatively easy to visit and explore later in life. But one of the most common reader questions is “How do I get to Hawaii?”
And almost everyone who has visited Hawaii wants to go back (if that isn’t a ringing endorsement, what is?) so we decided to go! As luck would have it, I fell sick the first 2 or 3 days, but still had a wonderful time. Continue reading
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Million Mile Secrets reader Jefferey (thanks!) passed on an interesting link for folks who have a Southwest Companion Pass. Via Miles, Points, and Mai Tais, Virgin America is matching Southwest Companion Pass holders (in addition to American Airlines and United elite members) to their top-tier Gold Elevate level.
Match Your Companion Pass Status to Virgin Elevate Gold
Virgin America has two tiers of elite status, Elevate Silver and Elevate Gold. Continue reading
Posted in American Airlines, Southwest, United Airlines, VIrgin America
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You used to be able to get approved for 2 personal Citi cards (of the exact same type) at the same time (or one after the other) and get the bonus on both cards. This worked with the Citi American Airlines cards, the Citi Hilton cards, and the Citi Hilton Reserve cards!
However, Citi has recently changed the “rules” for how they approve applications. And you can’t get more than ONE Citi card approved per day.
Note that these “rules” are based on my experiences, reader feedback and posts on Flyertalk and MilePoint, which means that your experience could be different.
The new “rules” are that you can get only ONE card – either personal or business – per day. It doesn’t matter if you apply for a business card or a personal card. Or if you apply for different co-branded cards (say, 1 Hilton and 1 American Airlines card).
You won’t get approved for the 2nd card, on the same day, and calling in to the reconsideration line doesn’t seem to help. Continue reading
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1. 50% Bonus on US Airways Miles Shared or Transferred from Hotels
Now through April 30, 2013 US Airways is offering a 50% bonus for sharing miles.
You can earn only 25,000 miles as a bonus, so you’re effectively paying ~2.27 cents for 1 US Air mile. So you’d have to share 50,000 miles to max out on the share mile bonus. 2.27 cents per mile is more than other US Air promotions, but it could be worth it to top off for an award.
50% US Air Share Bonus
Loyalty Lobby writes about a 50% bonus when you transfer your hotel points to US Air. US Airways hotel transfer partners include Best Western, Choice hotels, Club Carlson, LaQuinta, Marriott, Starwood, and Wyndham . Continue reading
Posted in American Airlines, Hilton HHonors, Hyatt, Starwood (SPG), Uncategorized, US Air
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American Airlines launched a new award map which makes it somewhat easier to see where your American Airlines miles can take you.
American Airlines Award Map
This award map will NOT show you award flights on ALL American Airlines partner airlines, but only a select few partners such as Air Berlin, Alaska Air, British Airways, Hawaiian Air, Finnair, OpenSkies & Qantas. However, American Airline has ~XX partner airlines, so the award map isn’t that useful. Continue reading
Posted in American Airlines, oneworld
[Disclosure: Emily and I do NOT get a referral for any of the cards listed below as of the post publication date. The link to the Citi Executive card is currently better than the public offer for the same card.]
1. American Express Business Gold. I mentioned that the American Express Business Gold card will offer 75,000 miles after spending $10,000 within 4 months up to March 14, 2013. However, some readers have been writing in to ask if the offer is still available.
I was able to click on the application page so the offer should be available until the end of day on March 14, 2013. $10,000 spending within 4 months is a lot of spending so be sure that you can complete the spending before applying. Continue reading
Posted in American Airlines, American Express, Citibank
Note: This post is satire and you shouldn’t follow any of Points Envy’s suggestions, nor should you break the law. Any resemblance to the truth is purely coincidental.
While we recognize that most people are not so quick to associate romance and the Points Game (aside from maximizing earnings on gift purchases and hotel rooms), this week on Billion Mile Secrets we recount the touching story of one points-enthused couple for whom lounges and premium cabins provided the backdrop for a thrilling but turbulent romance.
Like most of you, the first time we heard Rihanna sing that she had “found love in a hopeless place,” we assumed she was referring to the Admiral’s Club at LAX, a depressing place where we too had found love more than thirty times in 2012. Once, while finding love in the shower room, we noticed the initials S.P. and D.M. carved into a heart in the ceiling. We added the initials “P.E.” inside the heart for fun, and then vaguely remembered that we had seen the same initials in a heart in a Thai Airways first class restroom once, where we had also made our mark. Continue reading
Posted in American Airlines, Credit Cards, Southwest, Trip Reports, US Air
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