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DATE LOCATION ITEM
9/6/2010 Registration and Other Bonuses The United American Airlines short hall discount award programs were extended through September.

Possible extra bonus for booking hotel stays through American Airlines.

9/6/2010 Buying Stuff JetBlue now has an online shopping portal. (In the Shop On Line > Airline Shopping Portals section.)

Bonuses for shopping at Midwest Airlines or U.S. Airways shopping portals. (In the Shop On Line > Airline Shopping Portals section.)

The U.S. Airways - Direct TV 5,000 mile offer was extended through the end of the month. (In the Other Shopping Loyalty Programs > Satellite TV and Radio Service section.)

Netflix - Choice Privileges offer. (In the Other Shopping Loyalty Programs > Movie rentals section.)

9/2/2010 Credit Cards 50,000 bonus American Express Membership Rewards points for $10,000 spend in 4 months for its Business Gold Rewards Card(R) from American Express OPEN. Annual fee waived for the first year. (On the Annual Fee Cards page in the American Express section near the bottom of the page.)

I fixed the link to the 25,000 mile Alaska Airlines credit card offer. (On the Annual Fee Cards page.)

Three credit card offers from LAN Airlines for residents of the U.S. (On the Annual Fee Cards page.)

9/2/2010 Registrations and Other Bonuses 250 easy Continiental Airlines miles for learning how to Get In-flight Discounts.
8/28/2010 Registrations and Other Bonuses 1,500 miles for joining the U.S. Airways' miles program.

1,000 km for joining Lan Airlines' LanPass program.

Possible bonus for joining American Airlines' miles program.

4,000 - 100,000 bonus U.S. Airways miles for doing business with its many partners. Even if you do not want to fly on U.S. Airways metal (quite understandable), this program is quite valuable, as it is a Star Alliance member that does not block Star Alliance award tickets. It is this airline that got me and my S.O. to Bavaria and from Zurich for my hiking trip this summer on business class Lufthansa (very nice), Swiss Air (also very nice), and United, all for 80,000 miles each (now 100,000, I believe.)

Possible 20% bonus for transferring American Express Membership Rewards points to British Airways miles.

There are many hotel bonuses I have not yet listed and may never get around to listing. Check the links at the bottom of each of my hotel sections to get to websites that do a much better job of listing these bonuses than do I. I am considering giving up on trying to keep up with hotel bonuses, or perhaps just listing the ones that appeal to me that do not involve actually spending money for stays. Too much work for one old man.

8/26/2010 Credit Cards Chase now has online a statement that you can transfer the Chase Sapphire Preferred Visa card points 1:1 to Continental Airlines, British Airways, Marriott, or Priority Club. Also, it has liberalized its points to cash minimum to 2,000 points for $20. This is the only bank dedicated points program that I can recommend. (In the Bank and Other Travel Cards section.)
8/23/2010 Registrations and Other Bonuses Priority Club double points for partners offer. (In the Points to Miles Programs section.)
8/23/2010 Other Programs I Like New Rewards Network (iDine) dining bonus for Alaska Airlines and Priority Club. (In the Dining section.)

Hilton has reduced both the requirements and the number of bonus points for its joining offer of its Rewards Network (iDine) dining program. (In the Dining section.)

The American Airlines Restaurant Hopping Bonus for its Rewards Network (iDine) program was extended to the end of September. (In the Dining section.)

Bonus for enrolling in Amtrak's Guest Rewards for Business program. (In the Programs for Businesses > Business travel programs section.)

8/22/2010 Registrations and Other Bonuses Learn about the Continental Airlines OnePass Online Auction and earn an easy 250 Bonus Miles.

100 easy Priority Club points for answering a 3 question quiz. I give you the answers. (In the Points to Miles Programs section.)

200 Marriott Reward points for friending the Fairfield Inn Las Vegas Airport on FaceBook. (In the Points to Miles Programs section.)

United and American Airlines are offering discounted award tickets for short haul flights.

Earn double bonus miles each time you fly a Delta flight or a flight on SkyTeam® members Air France, KLM or Alitalia, and an Alaska Airlines/Horizon Air flight on the same ticket

The American Airlines offer for booking a hotel through them is temporarily 500 miles.

Bonus for buying or gifting U.S. Airways miles.

20% bonus for transferring American Express Membership Rewards points to Delta Airlines.

8/21/2010 Credit Cards Continental Airlines has added a $50 statement credit to its already excellent 30,000 mile bonus credit card offer with first year annual fee waived. (On the Annual Fee Cards page.)

One of the Priority Club credit card offers says that there is no foreign transaction fee. And I fixed the link to the business card offer. It is slightly improved. (On the Free Cards page.)

The $59 annual fee Frontier Airlines credit card now offers a 25,000 mile bonus. (On the Annual Fee Cards page.)

Some expensive Starwood American Express card offer for Canadians. (On the Free Cards page, though these are definitely not free.)

8/19/2010 Credit Cards Two amazing credit card offers from American Airlines. 75,000 miles for $1,500 spend in 6 months, or 100,000 miles for $10,000 spend in a year. All have annual fees waived. Each offer is for a Visa, American Express, and/or Business card. You should be able to get both a personal and a business card, since these applications are processed by different departments. And maybe you can get all three. Do this now. The offers are scheduled to last through October 31, 2010, but I would not be surprised if it is pulled much earlier (like maybe tomorrow) when Citbank discovers how popular it is and how fast word of it spreads through the frequent flyer miles community. (On the Annual Fee Cards page.) (And how is that for my first offer after a wonderful hiking trip in Bavaria and Switzerland?)
7/26/2010 All I will be hiking in Bavaria and Switzerland for the next three weeks, so expect nothing from me until the end of August. I am getting there on a business class miles award of course - Lufthansa non-stop San Francisco to Munich, and SWISS Zurich to Los Angeles, then a short hop Los Angeles to San Francisco on United Airlines, all for 80,000 U.S. Airways miles (booked last year before the price went up.) Four of our lodgings will be from hotel points, and the rest in the kinds of places I much prefer -charming ,locally owned, where English may be limited or non-existent.
7/22/2010 Credit Cards Possible award discounts for Amtrak cardholders. (On the Free Cards page.)
7/19/2010 Other Programs I Like American Airlines or U.S. Airways bonus miles for dining at restarurants in which you have never before earned miles though the respective Rewards Network (iDine) programs. (In the Dining section.)

All of the Rewards Network (iDine) All Double, No Trouble bonuses were extended to the end of the year. (In the Dining section.)

7/19/2010 Registration and Other Bonuses How to increase your status with U.S. Airways by trying its international destinations, the US Airways Shuttle or one of its new routes.

Register for Starwood's Rewarding Returns program to get a choice of bonuses for stays. (In the Points to Miles Programs section.)

Earn Continental or Alaska Airlines miles for purchase of a Best Western Travel Card. (In the Points to Miles Programs > Best Western section.)

Earn 25,000 Hawaiian Airlines miles for a 5 night stay at a Starwood property in Hawaii. (In the Points to Miles Programs > Starwood section.)

7/18/2010 Credit Cards The new Choice Privileges Visa Card offer. (On the Free Cards page.)

The Pentagon Federal Credit Union Platinum Promise Visa Card. Absolutely no fees, including no foreign currency transaction fee. (On the Free Cards page in the Cash Back Cards section, though this one does not offer cash back.)

An 18,000 point Amtrack credit Card offer. (On the Free Cards page.)

7/17/2010 Finance The excellent TD Ameritrade miles and points offer were extended. They have a special offer of 25,000 - 75,000 Delta or Continetal Airlines or U.S. Airways miles for transfering or depositing assets worth $50,000 - $300,000 by September 30. So perhaps you could open an account now for the opening bonus and then add more for the special offer to existing account holders. (In the Stock and Bond Brokers section.)

The Fidelity Investments offers for Delta and American Airlines offers have changed, requiring a minimum of $25,000 in assets, but they added a 50,000 mile offer. The American Airlines and American Express Membership Rewards have not changed, but are due to expire this year. The United Airlines offer still requires a minimum of only $2,500. (In the Stock and Bond Brokers section.)

The excellent 25,000 Continental Airlines miles offer for opening a Chase checking account was extended. (In the Banks section.)

The LendingTree - United Airlines special offers for refinance, mortgage or home equity were extended. (In the Home Buying section.)

The LendingTree - American Airlines 2,000 mile offer for completing a home loan requrest was extended. (In the Home Buying section.)

The LendingTree - American Airlines special offer for special offers for refinancewas extended. (In the Home Buying section.)

The LendingTree - Delta Airlines special offer for refinance was extended. (In the Home Buying section.)

7/12/2010 Credit Cards Southwest Airlines now waives the first year annual fee for both its personal and business credit cards. Each offers 16 credits, enough for a free flight. And each offers gift cards for various spending amounts. (On the Annual Fee Cards page.)

British Airways has improved its offer for its credit card for U.S. residents. (On the Annual Fee Cards page.)

The Starwood 30,000 point credit card offer is still on line, though it says it expires July 7, 2010. (On the Free Cards page.)

7/11/2010 Registration and Other Bonuses 250 free, easy Continental Airlines miles for registering to learn about how to use miles to book hotel and car rental awards.
7/2/2010 All I will be traveling next week. So please expect nothing from me until the week of July11.

I will be traveling frequently this summer. Please keep your suggestions comming, but expect little from me until late August. Thanks.

7/1/2010 Credit Cards The 35,000 mile American Airlines credit offers, first year annual fee waived, were extended. (On the Annual Fee Cards page.)
6/30/2010 Credit Cards An excellent Starwood credit card offer: 30,000 points after spending $1,000 in 3 months (easy with buying coins from the U.S. Mint.) Hurry - expires July 7. This is the best offer ever for this card. Grab it while you can. (On the Free Cards page.)

A double and triple miles purchase bonus on your Delta American Express card if you redeem at least 10,000 miles. (On the Free Cards page.)

6/28/2010 Registration and Other Bonuses The Alaska Airlines offer of 2,000 miles or $20 if your luggage arrives over 20 minutes after the airplane door opens is a super deal. I snagged 4,000 miles on my recent trip between San Francisco and Spokane. I just timed it carefully, starting my timer the instant the door opened. Luggage arrived 21 and 23 minutes after that. A quick stop at the luggage office got me the certificate. No questions, no hassle. Amazingly, I was the only person from the two flights taking advantage of the offer, even there was a sign on each carousel advertising it. This is very cheap advertising for Alaska Airlines. Online acquisition of the miles from the certificate was simple.
6/19/2010 All I will be traveling next week. My S.O. and our house sitter refuse to learn how to maintain this site. My cats probably know how (they watch me do it all the time), but they refuse to take over. They would rather sleep and play. So please expect nothing from me until the week of June 27.

I will be traveling frequently this summer. Please keep your suggestions comming, but expect little from me until late August. Thanks.

6/19/2010 Registration and Other Bonuses 30% bonus for purchase of Alaska Airlines miles.

10% and 100% flight miles bonuses offer from All Nippon Airways (ANA).

6/19/2010 Finance The excellent Fidelity Investments - American Airlines miles offer was extended. (In the Stock and Bond Brokers section.)
6/19/2010 Credit Cards The Costco American Express TrueEarnings Personal Card now offers a $25 statement credit. Both the personal and business versions of this card offer 0% interest on purchases for up to 6 months. (On the Free Cards page in the Cash Back Cards section.)

The Blue Sky from American Express® credit card - an interesting card for travel expenses. 1 point/$1 spent. Redeem every 7,500 points you earn for a $100 statement credit toward any airline ticket, hotel stay, or car rental. No annual fee. Simple. (On the Free Cards page in the Cash Back Cards section.)

I provide a link to the Flyetalk discussion on the interesting Chase Sapphire Visa card. (On the Bank and Other Travel Cards page.)

6/18/2010 Registration and Other Bonuses Free, easy 5,000 miles from Spirit Airlines.
6/14/2010 Registration and Other Bonuses 35% bonus miles for converting your hotel points to American Airlines miles with participating partners.

US Airways offers free silver status with flight.

Delta Airlines offers triple miles and MQMS for shuttle flights.

American Airlines bonus for purchasing miles.

6/11/2010 Buying Stuff Hawaiian Airlines Wine Club special miles offer. (In the Other Shopping Loyalty Programs > Wine Programs section.)

Thanks Again special offer of U.S. Airways miles. (In the Shop On Line > Other Miles Earning Shopping Portals > Thanks Again section.)

The Thanks Again program has greatly expanded since I last looked at it. It has added many merchants, and now has an online shopping portal. (In the Shop On Line > Other Miles Earning Shopping Portals > Thanks Again section.)

6/7/2010 Credit Cards I found an offer for Continental Airlines's new OnePass Plus Card that waives the annual fee for the first year and offers 25,000 - 30,000 up front miles. (On the Annual Fee Cards page.)

A business card version offer of the expensive Continental Airlines Presidential Plus World MasterCard. Could be useful for business owners who fly Continental frequently with two pieces of checked luggage. (On the Annual Fee Cards page.)

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