To easily find an offer on the indicated page, go to that page, click anywhere on it once (important), then do a word search on an obvious key word for the item.

These listings are by no means intended to completely describe the offer. Always read my writeup on each offer on the page listed, plus all of the terms and conditions of the offer, before you accept it.

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Before our recent trip to Cambodia this April, we had to provide digital “passport” photos to receive our e-visas through their official site https://www.evisa.gov.kh/. We used our iPhones to take the photos of ourselves against our off-white bedroom wall. We then used the US Department of State recommended tool https://travel.state.gov/content/dam/passports/content-page-resources/FIG_cropper.swf to crop and zoom the photos to the passport requirements. There seem to be two sites that links to the tool: https://identix.state.gov/qotw/Upload.aspx?offLwnJFx%2FOumH2xn6Soo8lNVlRk16hizA1xIEl3dutddsxd%2BGOwpxTnbdWO6xcv and https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/visa-information-resources/photos.html Total cost to take the digital photos for our family of four was $0. You could follow the same process and then print the photos at a local CVS store’s Photo center to renew a US passport. The printing cost at CVS is very low if you need to submit physical photos.

Money-Saving Memorial Day Deals and Travel Perks for Military and Veterans

I have been a veteran for 49 years, but it took me this long to find Veterans Advantage, which offers discounts (sometimes super discounts) to active duty personal and veterans. Better late than never, I suppose. I am particularly interested in its very inexpensive $50,000 MedEvac Insurance. Please tell me about your experience with it. Thanks.

Chase 5/24 Rule Explained In Detail – Everything You Need To Know

All You Need to Know about Credit Reporting on Business Cards

Air France/KLM Flying Blue miles award sale. Book on 22, 23 and 24 May 2019. Fly between 1 September and 12 December 2019. Of particular interest are 12,500 miles awards from Chicago or Washington D.C. to Europe. Beware of the often high fuel taxes. You can transfer points to Flying Blue from Chase Ultimate Rewards, American Express Membership Rewards, Marriot, and Citi ThankYou Rewards. You can also transfer Capital One miles to Flying Blue. I am told that Amex, Chase, Citi and Capital One all should process these transfers instantly, like while you are still on phone getting the award ticket.

How to Use United Expert Mode

United Flights Pricing From 3,500 Miles via Avianca LifeMiles. Avianca offers two credit cards for U.S. residents with miles bonuses. Both have an annual fee, which might be worth paying to get the cheap miles awards on United.

How to piece together an impossible award

There is an Alaska Airlines credit offer that includes a $100 credit in addition to the standard 40K miles and companion ticket.

Welcome offer not available to applicants who have or have had this Card. We may also consider the number of American Express Cards you have opened and closed as well as other factors in making a decision on your welcome offer eligibility.

Hilton Will Give You 90 Days Free Gold or Diamond Status (Keep It Easily Through March 2021) This is quite valuable. Lots of goodies, usually including free breakfast and free access to the top floor, wherein usually you can find food and free access to computers.

Redeeming Virgin Atlantic Miles On Delta: An Amazing Value

Take a look at Hawaiian's award chart:

• Round trip between North America and Hawaii is as low as 40,000 miles. (But 60K is the award more likely to be available).
• You can use Hawaiian miles to book award flights on its partners, American Airlines, Virgin America, Virgin Atlantic Airways, Virgin Australia, JetBlue, All Nippon Airways (ANA), China Airlines, and Korean Air. China Airlines is a particularly nice way to get to Asia in business class via Taiwan.

The bonuses for the JetBlue personal and business credit cards were increased to 50K and 50K or 60K, resp.

30% bonus when transferring American Express Membership Rewardes points to Virgin Atlantic Flying Club through July 1, 2019.

Check here to see if you are pre-qualified for an American Express business card. Doctor of Credit says "Hopefully this means we will start to see some higher than normal sign up bonuses when checking here, as this is often how people get targeted for the 100,000 point offer on the personal Platinum card."

Check here to see if you are targeted for a 75K American Express Delta Gold credit card with no lifetime language. If you see “PLEASE VERIFY THE INFORMATION YOU ENTERED IS CORRECT AND TRY AGAIN” after putting in your info it means you were not targeted.

United has credit cards available to people residing in many countries other than the U.S., listed here.

Register to earn Double Points on every stay starting on your second stay and Plus-Up Point Bonuses along the way, May 6 - September 8, 2019.

Amtrak: Get Up To 35% Off With Share Fares

15% off JetBlue award tickets

• Book an award flight by April 25, 2019. Applies to new bookings only & cannot be applied to existing bookings.
• Fly April 29–June 20, 2019 (excludes May 22-May 28, 2019).
• Valid on Monday-Thursday travel (excludes Friday, Saturday or Sunday and travel in Mint®).
• When you search for an eligible award flight, the fare that you see will automatically include the discount.

I can refer you to the Hilton American Express personal card with a 100,000 points bonus offer at no additional cost to you. Just click here. The standard offer is 75,000 points. You are welcome. I like Hiltons for recovering from jet lag upon arrival at a major city, and for a last night stay before a morning departure from same.

The Hilton Business credit card is still available with a 125,000 points bonus, plus a possible $50 bonus statement credit.

I list the no annual fee American Express SimplyCash® Plus Business Credit Card. Up to $500 cash back, plus a free loan - 0% interest for the first 9 months. And some interesting 5% and 3% cash back opportunities in certain categories which might be of interest to businesses.

I can refer you to the American Express Plum Business card with up to $600 cash back, annual fee waived the first year, 1.5% cash back for paying early. Just follow my directions.

Free Loan: I can refer you to several free loan cards from American Express - 0% interest on purchases for a specified period of time. All have better offers that the standard ones. Some include cash or points back offers.

• Click here
• Go to the bottom of the page and click on "0% Intro APR"
• Scroll to the the card you want.
• Click on "Continue to Card Details".

Some bloggers earn commissions for you using their links for credit card offers. Some of those bloggers will not list better offers for which they do not earn commissions. Others put the interest of their reader first. Today we have an opportunity to see which we can trust. The commissionable offers for the personal and business American Airlines credit cards earn bonuses of 60,000 and 70,000 miles resp each. But there are better offers of 5,000 miles more for each card. Here is how some of the more popular blogs deal with this.

• Doctor of Credit deals with it rather bluntly: Better Citi American Airlines Offers – Don’t Trust The Affiliate Links. Good for him.
• I always list the best offer I know of. If there is a better offer that I don't list, it is because I don't know about it. So please send me a link to it.
• FrequentMiler handles it well: 75K and 65K AA offers (non-affiliate)
• So does US Credit Card Guide: CitiBusiness AAdvantage Platinum Credit Card Review (2019.4 Update: 75k Offer!). And Citi AAdvantage Platinum Credit Card Review (2019.4 Update: 65k Offer!)
• View from the Wing touts the affiliate offer. He allows me to post better offers in the comments, but does not change his write-up to reflect those offers. His headline still says the affiliate offers are the biggest offers. They aren't. This is consistent with how he has handled previous similar situations.
• Million Miles Secrets touts the affiliate offer: Limited-Time Increased Citi American Airlines Card Offers! Earn 60,000 to 70,000 American Airlines Miles With Low Spending Requirements & Waived Annual Fees. And Is the Citi American Airlines Platinum Select Business Credit Card Worth It? YES – If You Like AA, Travel Perks, or Have a Savvy Card Strategy. I posted the better offers in the comments section of the first post I mention. That post was promptly deleted. I wrote to him about this. I was very disappointed. He has always told us that he always posts the best offers. No response.
• The Points Guy has been the most flagrant ignorer of offers better than those for which he gets paid a commission. Choosing the Best Credit Card for American Airlines Flyers. Well, the ones he list aren't the best. I tried to post the better AA miles in the comments section of his write-up. This was listed as under review, then denied. This has happened many times before, though I keep giving the opportunity to change his ways. I think only once did made the mistake of allowing my post. He has received many angry comments from the miles seeking community for his policies.
• Frugal Travel Guy partners with cardratings.com, which lists only the commissionable cards. I have not posted comments or written to him about this. Past history tells me he couldn't care less about what I say to him.
• Flyertalk usually gets it right in the blog for AA cards, though it might take us awhile to get around to posting the best offers there and then discussing them ad nauseam. (Yes, I mean us. I post on Flyertalk quite regularly.)
• If I missed a blog, or if a blogger want's to respond, please write to me.

Here is one little known points made in the article. I knew about it from my days as a U.S. Coast Guard officer, but I don't remember it being mentioned on airline safety instructions. (But then I pay as much attention to these as do you.)

Whatever you do, ensure that you do not inflate your life vest while seated, as once they are inflated, their bulk could impede upon and obstruct other passengers from safely evacuating the aircraft.

Another reason to not inflate your life vest while seated aboard the airplane is that if the airplane fills with water, passengers who have their life vests already inflated could risk floating to the top of the airplane, where they could potentially be trapped and not be able to escape — which is what reportedly happened aboard the Boeing 767-200ER airplane which operated as Ethiopian Airlines flight 961 after it was hijacked on the way from Addis Ababa to Nairobi on Saturday, November 23, 1996, which resulted in a crash landing on the water. 125 of the total of 175 people died because they inflated their life vests inside the aircraft and were trapped by rising water which filled the airplane and caused it to sink.

• I always join airline and hotel programs when there is a bonus for doing so. I never know when the miles will be useful. Vietnam Airlines is a member of the Skyteam alliance.

• The photo of the bare legged woman is really strange for this article. Isn't this an airline of a Muslim country?

Intercontinental Hotels is my favorite hotel chain. It has properties most everywhere in the world, especially including expensive Europe. I particularly like the Holiday Inn Express properties, with free breakfast.

The sign-up bonuses for the dining programs of Delta, American, United Airlines, and IHG Rewards Club and Hilton HHonors were extended. Everyone who dines out should register one or more credit cards with one or more airline or hotel dining rewards programs. You might get surprised with some miles or points you didn't expect. Restaurants advertise their membership with these programs only on the program websites. Those websites have indeed introduced me to some very good restaurants, a few of which are still around.

TRAVEL IS FREE provides an excellent write-up on how to make very good use of United's stopover rules. They are strange and incredibly useful if you understand them.

• American Airlines
• United Airlines

I update my write-up of the Chase Freedom 3% cash back card I mentioned yesterday. I compare it to the 1.5% cash back plus $150 offer, still available via referral. Sometimes the 3% is better for the first year, sometimes worse. It is never better for subsequent years. Use a 2% cash back card instead.

• I would expect Barclay Bank to match these offers soon.
• Note that the bloggers' links will take you to lesser offers - 5,000 miles less each. You are welcome.

The United Airlines personal credit card now has a 60,000 miles total bonus. The annual fee is still waived the first year.

I list the Chase Freedom Unlimited card.

• 3% cash back on all purchases in your first year up to $20,000 spent. After that, earn 1.5% cash back on all purchases, so switch to a 2% cash back card then.
• 0% intro APR for 15 months from account opening on purchases and balance transfers. The latter is not recommended because of the 3% fee.
• No annual fee.
• 3% fee for foreign transactions. So use the State Department Federal Credit Union card for these.

Register to earn double Alaska Airlines miles on qualifying QANTAS flights to Australia from Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York, and Dallas between May 1, 2019 and December 6, 2019.

• Awards may be booked effective April 1, 2019 – May 31, 2019
• Awards are valid for travel April 1, 2019 – July 31, 2019
• Awards must be claimed by May 31, 2019
• Award travel must originate in the 48 contiguous United States

The IHG Free Nights Faster promotion was extended to April 30 of this year.

• Update. The 50K offer with the annual fee waived the first year waived is still available.

Iberia Airlines is offering to Iberia Plus cardholders resident in the United States award tickets for flights from the U.S. to Madrid at a 25% discount in Avios. Book until 27th March for flights from 1st September until 14th December. Remember that you can transfer your Avios from British Air or Aer Lingus to Iberia. Also, you can transfer your Ultimate Rewards points or American Express Membership Reward points to Iberia.

The excellent Chase Sapphire Preferred card bonus was increased to 60K Ultimate Rewards points, but the $95 annual fee is no longer waived the first year.

• This card is my favorite personal card for travel expenses, as it gives double points for such things as airline tickets, cruises, hotels, and dining (even locally, and even MacDonald's). It even gives 2X points for local and other toll charges.
• 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 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.

This could be quite useful for folks traveling with an infant. It might also apply to other airlines. The Strange Way to Ticket Infant Travel on Qantas When Redeeming American Miles (How I Saved $1800 Traveling With My Daughter)

25% bonus for transferring American Express Membership Rewards point to Air France miles, through April 29, 2019. Log into your account to see the offer.

Why You Should Transfer Your La Quinta Returns Points to Wyndham Rewards Now

https://www.marriott.com/loyalty/promotion.mi?promotion=DU19Register by May 21, 2019, for double points starting with your second stay at Marriott properties March 19 - June 4, 2019.

Transfer LaQuinta to Wyndham Points Before March 31

Southwest Airlines is now selling tickets to Hawaii. Presumable these should be available with SWA points, thought I haven' checked. Time to get SWA credit cards, for their bonuses? Updates:

• Southwest to Hawaii from $49 / 2K points!
• Southwest to Hawaii, more details
• Southwest Now Selling Hawaii Interisland Flights For Just $28 Or 1,379 Points Each Way!. Finally some competition to the rip-off fares of Hawaiian Airlines.
• Airlines Respond to Southwest With Flights to Hawaii From $197 Round-Trip

30% bonus when you convert your hotel points into British Airways Avios through March 31, 2019.

I list the interesting Navy Federal Credit Union Flagship Rewards Credit Card special offer, which expires September 3 of this year. $500 bonus. 3% cash back on travel expenses; 2% on everything else.

The Delta Airlines bonus for its personal credit card has increased to 60,000 miles.

The Intercontinental Hotels Group (IHG) credit card now offers a 120,000 points bonus. This is a super deal. It also offers a free night after you pay the annual fee for the second year, and the fourth night free if you book the same property for 4 consecutive nights. I have stayed at Holiday Inn Express properties and other IGH properties (for free, of course) more that any other brand's properties. They are most everywhere in the world.