• Intercontinental Hotels Group is my favorite lodging group. They have properties almost everywhere. How about 5 night's free lodging in Paris, for example. Or a free one night in the Intercontinal Hotel in Budapest with an absolutely spectacular view across the river. The numerous Holiday Inn Expresses and some of its other brands offer a free breakfast.

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Can You Through Check Bags On Separate Tickets?. Best to book the entire trip on the same ticket. This is usually possible if the two airlines are in the same alliance. Sometimes you have to book the ticket by phone, making it very clear what you want.

• Ultimate Rewards points can be transferred to United or Singapore Airlines or British Airways or Iberia or Aer Lingus or Air France KLM’s Flying Blue or Emirates miles or Southwest Airlines, JetBlue, Virgin Atlantic, or Hyatt, Intercontinental Hotels Group (Priority Club), Ritz-Carlton, or Marriott hotel points, 1,000:1,000. Also see 5 “Secret” Unofficial Chase Transfer Partners

30% bonus for transfer of Membership Rewards points to Hilton through September 30, 2024. The bonuses for transfer to Avios points are still available for all three airlines.

Earn 1,500 Hilton HHonors Points when you ride with Lyft. Link your Hilton Honors account and take five rides by September 3, 2024.

Earn 1,000 Bonus Marriott Bonvoy Points With Uber August 2024

This Simple Hotel Room Hack Will Transform Your Family’s Mornings—Say Goodbye To Early Wake-Ups

Beware if you book a limo driver from an airport, and what to do about it.

Register for 2,500 bonus points for stays at Hilton properties, even those paid for by points. Offer valid for stays completed September 3, 2024 through December 31, 2024 (“promotion period”) at any hotel or resort within the Hilton Portfolio.

The standard offer for the personal credit cards for British Air, Aer Lingus, and Iberia is 25,000 Avios for spending $5,000 in 3 months. But there is an offer of an additional 25,000 Avios for spending $25,000 in your first 12 months. Of course you could get $500 for spending that on a 2% cash back offer instead. See the offers starting here.

• Intercontinental Hotels Group is my favorite lodging group. They have properties almost everywhere. How about 5 night's free lodging in Paris, for example. Or a free one night in the Intercontinal Hotel in Budapest with an absolutely spectacular view across the river. The numerous Holiday Inn Expresses and some of its other brands offer a free breakfast.

• 1,000 points gets you 1,300 Avios through September 30, 2024, for British Air, Aer Lingus, and Iberia.
• 1,000 points gets you 1,200 miles through August 31, 2024 for Hawaiian Air.

My listing of surveys is way out of date. There are lot of them for many different miles and points offers. My links to them should work.

Amex Hilton Cardholders Can Earn 10,000 Bonus Points for Delta Flights

Still waiting on American Airlines .

The bonuses for acquiring the Choice Privileges free and annual fee credit cards were increase to 70,000 and 100,000 points, respectively.

Southwest Rapid Rewards 20% Off Award Sale

The IHG One Rewards Traveler Credit Card now offers 100,000 points after spending $2,000 on purchases in the first 3 months. It has no annual fee. This makes the card a keeper, as using it keeps your points from expiring.

Alaska Mileage Plan Global Getaways promotion, you can save up to 50% on award travel to select destinations, valid for travel between October 1, 2024, and January 31, 2025.

I now have a link to an online offer of 120,000 Ultimate Rewards points for acquiring the Ink Business Preferred Credit Card with 120,000 points for spending $8,000 in the first 3 months.

• Intercontinental Hotels Group is my favorite lodging group. They have properties almost everywhere. How about 5 night's free lodging in Paris, for example. Or a free one night in the Intercontinal Hotel in Budapest with an absolutely spectacular view across the river. The numerous Holiday Inn Expresses and some of its other brands offer a free breakfast.
• Usually there are excellent IHG^® Rewards Club credit card offers available - currently 140,000 points for each of two cards with an annual fee and 100,000 points for a free card. That could be lots of free nights.

Book a Southwest® flight on Southwest.com or swabiz.com using your Rapid Rewards® points from June 14 through June 17, 2024, and receive 25 percent off when you fly between June 14-November 20, 2024 with travel blacked out July 6 and July 7, 2024. Enter code SAVE25 in the Promo Code box when booking. Details.

Amtrak summer sale: 25% off Northeast travel

In addition to the 85K offer, British Airways has an up to 100K offer for its credit card. Both here.

For, say, a family of 4, $160 might be enough to cover the cost and time of a trip to the airport. Public transportation?

United Airlines shopping portal bonus: 500 miles for spending $200, 1,000 miles for spending $400, by June 16, 2024.

Southwest Airlines shopping portal bonus: 1,000 points for spending $100 by J+

• 2% cash back on all purchases.
• No foreign transaction fee.
• $0 annual fee.

The American Express checking account offers 4 Membership Rewards® Points for every $2 of eligible Debit Card purchases (on up to $1,500 in spend) through July 31, 2024.