Best of Million Mile Secrets – December 2016

January 1, 2017 By Meghan Hunter

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1. It’s the perfect time to earn the Southwest Companion pass, because all 3 Southwest cards are offering 50,000 points!

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2. Did you know you can now fly from 6 US cities to Ireland for only 26,000 British Airways Avios points round-trip?

3. Read this post to find out whether gift cards qualify for the AMEX Business Platinum $200 airline fee credit.

And don’t forget, through January 25, 2017, the Business Platinum Card from American Express OPEN is offering a 100,000 AMEX Membership Rewards point sign-up bonus after meeting minimum spending requirements. That’s worth $2,300 in airfare!

4. Here’s how to use AMEX Membership Rewards points for United Airlines award tickets.

5. Just because you apply for lots of credit cards doesn’t mean you can’t keep an excellent credit score.

~~6. Here are tips & tricks to get the Southwest Companion Pass with Marriott flight packages. So you and a loved one can travel for free for nearly 2 years!~~ Note: This no longer works! 🙁

7. I showed you how to select an airline with the AMEX Business Platinum card & why I chose Southwest.

8. I let you know about better sign-up bonuses on these Citi American Airlines cards.

9. The Alaska Airlines and Virgin America merger was approved. And we learned Virgin America points will convert to Alaska Airlines miles at a 1:1.3 ratio.

10. Wondering how to use your Marriott or Starwood points? Check out my posts about great Marriott & Starwood hotels in places like Italy, Tokyo, New York City, Miami Beach, New Orleans, Washington, DC, San Diego, San Francisco, Orlando, Chicago, Australia, and Barcelona.

Bonus: I created a step-by-step guide to see which miles to collect based on your home airport.

And I let you know about cheap flights across the US, a Delta award sale to Asia, and flights to Europe under $350.

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