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I will attempt to list all new additions and changes on this web site here for at least the last three months or so. (But no guarantee that I won't forget to list a few.) So go ahead and use your miles to take that three month trip around the world. You can catch up when you return. (Well, at least some of the offers will still be around.)

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6/7/2023 Finance Between June 1, 2023 and August 31, 2023 Bask Bank is offering a bonus for new and existing customers who deposit funds into a Mileage Savings Account.
  • $10,000 – $24,999.99: 4,000 bonus miles
  • $25,000 – $49,999.99: 10,000 bonus miles
  • Greater than or equal to $50,000: 20,000 bonus miles
  • Details
By using my referral link you can get an extra 1% on Marcus's money market for 3 months. That's a very competitive 5.15%. Transfer of funds in and out is quite easy, especially to and from an investment account. Marcus is a subsidiary of Goldman Sachs. And yes, I get the bonus, too. Thanks.
6/6/2023 Credit Cards The Alaska Airlines business credit card offer is now 50,000 miles plus a $100 statement credit. I see no spend requirement. The personal card offer is still 72,000 miles. Read about both here.
6/5/2023 Buying Stuff Delta Airlines shopping bonus: Spend $100+ now through June 9 to earn 500 bonus miles.

I would wait a few days to see what the competition offers. Also check out the cash back portals.

6/5/2023 Credit Cards This link gets you to the 70,000 miles Hawaiian Airlines credit card offer, but with an any spend requirement instead of the $2,000 one.
6/1/2023 Credit Cards I updated the info on the United Airlines Credit cards. Still good bonuses, and two of the cards now offer free United Club passes.
5/29/2023 ?? 3500 Swagbucks plus $50 for opening a Plynk investment account via Swagbucks. Put Plynk in the Swagbucks search engine. Plynk™ is an app designed to help you start investing and learn along the way.

The Swagbucks program is a super easy way to earn a bit of money. It provides "Bucks" for searches, entering special SwagCodes, doing a daily one question survey (often fun), shopping (a pretty good shopping portal), referring others, interacting on Swagbuck's Facebook page, commenting on Swagbucks's blog, and other stuff. Bucks can be redeemed for a very large selection of gift cards and other goodies. Bucks transfer to $.01 each when used to purchase gift cards - more if you wait for the monthly sale of Amazon and Visa gift cards. You may read about the Swagbucks program here.

You and I get a bonus for using my link to sign up. Thanks.

5/26/2023 ?? Anyone With A Travel Credit Card Can Get Frontier Airlines Elite Status

Booking.com is running a sale for lodging worldwide. You can book through Swagbucks for an extra 3% (plus the bucks, I think but not sure). I have used Booking.com. It often introduces me to good lodging deals at interesting places, like B&B's and small, family owned hotels.

The Swagbucks program is a super easy way to earn a bit of money. It provides "Bucks" for searches, entering special SwagCodes, doing a daily one question survey (often fun), shopping (a pretty good shopping portal), referring others, interacting on Swagbuck's Facebook page, commenting on Swagbucks's blog, and other stuff. Bucks can be redeemed for a very large selection of gift cards and other goodies. Bucks transfer to $.01 each when used to purchase gift cards - more if you wait for the monthly sale of Amazon and Visa gift cards. You may read about the Swagbucks program here.

You and I get a bonus for using my link to sign up. Thanks.

5/25/2023 Credit Cards I updated the info on the excellent Chase Sapphire Preferred credit card. Now 60,000 Rewards points
5/23/2023 Credit Cards The Southwest Airlines offers for acquiring their credit cards have improved. The personal cards offer 60,000 points plus a 30% discount. The two business cards offer 60K and 80K, resp. You should be able to get both a personal and a business card.

Usually reliable sources tell me that the excellent Chase Sapphire Preferred card 80,000 Ultimate Rewards points offer will end tomorrow, May 24. This is a very useful card. If would be one of my go to cards for first timers. Read about it here, and the Ultimate Rewards program here.

Transfer American Express Membership Rewards points to Virgin Atlantic with a 30% bonus through 6/14/2023.

5/23/2023 ?? Multi-City Flights? Open Jaws? Crafty Ways to Book Even Better Trips. This is a pretty good description of techniques I have used to visit multiple places on one ticket. Examples: San Francisco to Moroco with a free stopover in Paris (with lodging in Paris with credit card bonuses from Intercontintal Hotels). Round trip to Glacier Bay, Alaska, with an 8 day stopover in Juno for a spectacular cruise on one of my favorite cruise lines, UnCruise. (Click here, then on Alaska, to read about this and to get a discount.) San Francisco to Dubrovnik, Croatia, with a stopover in Zurich to take a nice all day ferry rice down the Rhine River.
5/22/2023 Credit Cards Alaska Airlines offers a personal credit card bonus: $100 statement credit,50,000 bonus miles plus Alaska's Famous Companion Fare. The 72,000 miles offer is still available. See both here

I upgraded the offer for the British Airways credit card - now 75,000 Avios. These are quite valuable for partner awards, like American or Alaska Airlines, or many others flying to Europe, Asia, and Australia. British Air is a member of the One World Alliance

Wyndham has increased the bonus for acquiring its business credit card to 75,000 points.

5/18/2023 ?? How to fly to Hawaii starting at just 13,000 points each way
5/17/2023 ?? Southwest: Save 25% on July 3-7 flights with promo code J4SAVE. Ends today.
5/17/2023 Credit Cards Wyndham has increased it offers for acquiring its credit cards - 45,000 points for its free card and up to 75,000 points for its annual fee and business cards.
5/10/2023 ?? Alaska Air offers tickets to Hawaii for 12.5 miles. Purchase though May 18. Or cash purchase for as little as $119.
5/11/2023 Credit Cards The Hilton business credit card offer was increased to 150,000 points for spending $4,000 in 3 months. The personal card bonus was reduced from 80,000 to 70,000 points, but a free night was added, making this an improved offer.

American Airlines changed its cash + miles offers for both its personal and its business credit cards: Earn up to a $400 statement credit on eligible American Airlines purchases in the first 6 months of account opening. Plus, earn 30,000 bonus miles after $1,500 in purchases within the first 3 months of account opening. Compare to all of its credit card offers.

5/10/2023 ?? Wide Open Star Alliance Business Class Award Space To Asia For 2024

Fly business class to New Zealand and Australia for as low as 62,500 United or Air New Zealand miles one-way. There are also even better deals with availability if you book through other airline programs, including Virgin Atlantic (which currently has a transfer bonus from Chase Ultimate Rewards) and Air Canada's Aeroplan.

  • I highly recommend visiting beautiful New Zealand.
5/8/2023 Finance New customers may use my referral link to earn an extra 1% for three months on a Money Market account at Marcus by Goldman Sachs. That's a total of 4.9% Yes, I get the bonus, too. Thanks.
5/8/2023 Buying Stuff American, Alaska, and United Airlines shopping portal bonuses: 500 Miles for spending $100; 2,000 miles for spending $400. Through May 15, 2023.

I would wait a few days to see what the competition offers. Also check out the cash back portals.

5/6/2023 Registration and Other Bonuses Wyndham Promotions: Up to 15% Off Stays and Upgrade to Platinum, 35K bonus
5/4/2023 ?? Sign Up Now: Your Chance for Free Flights to Hong Kong from Cathay Pacific. Please let me know if you won one.
5/4/2023 Buying Stuff Southwest Airlines shopping bonus: 500 points for spending $50; 1,000 points for spending $150. Through May 12,2023.

I would wait a few days to see what the competition offers. Also check out the cash back portals.

5/3/2023 Credit Cards One Dollar Fares On Megabus are Available Now Through September 6 2023 — But Hurry.
Megabus offers very low fares (as low as $1) for bus transportation within the U.S. and within the U.K. Click on the flag of location in which you want to travel. Here is the U.S.route map. The system has greatly expanded since I last looked at it - covers much of the U.S.
5/1/2023 Credit Cards 25% bonus for transferring American Express Membership Rewards points to Air France miles through 5/22/2023.

Transfer Amex Points To Avianca LifeMiles With 15% Bonus by May 31, 2023.

30% bonus for transferring Chase Ultimate Rewards points to Virgin Atlantic Flying Club through June 15, 2023, 25% bonus to Air France/KLM through May 15, 2023, and 50% bonus to Marriott Bonvoy.

5/1/2023 Finance Bask bank increased its offer to 2.5 American Airlines miles/$1 saved and maintained for 1 year. It is still offering 2,000 American Airlines miles to first time Bask Mileage Savings Account customers for opening a Bask Mileage Savings Account between March 17, 2023 and May 31, 2023, funding your Bask Mileage Savings Account within 15 business days following the initial account opening and maintaining a minimum daily account balance of $10,000 for 90 consecutive days out of the first 120 days following the initial account opening the account. The details are at the bottom of the page to which I link. They have been awarding me 2 miles/month for my $20 deposit. This automatically keeps my AA account active.
  • A 1099 form will be issued for the value of the miles. Last I looked they say that value is 0.42 cent/mile.
  • You may read more about this account here.
    • 4/27/2023 Buying Stuff 500 Delta Airlines bonus miles for spending $100 via its shoppig portal through May 5, 2023. Details. Scroll down to see it.

    I would wait a few days to see what the competition offers. Also check out the cash back portals.

    4/27/2023 Credit Cards The IHG Rewards Premier Business Credit Card now offers 165,000 points for acquiring it. Also, there are two personal credit cards offers for 140,000 and 80,000 points. That's a lot of free nights.
    • IHG is my favorite hotel chain. Their credit card offers are usually excellent,and their properties are most everywhere in the world. How about my free 5 nights stay in expensive Paris? The brands include Holiday Inn Express (free breakfast), Holiday Inn, Candlewood Suites, InterContinental® Hotels & Resorts (best view ever from my riverside room in Budapest), and several others.

      Particularly efficient use of points comes from the 5,000 point stays available on the IHG® Rewards Club PointBreaks page.

    4/26/2023 ?? One Day Only: Fly To Europe For Just 6,000 Miles, Redeem Business Class For 62% Fewer Points using a 100% bonus for transferring Bilt Rewards points to Air France Flying Blue miles.
    • Everyone who rents should acquire the Bilt credit card. It offers 1 point per $1 spend on rent, and more for special categories. Its 1:1 transfer partners include Hyatt, AA, and UA. No annual fee. So that's a couple of domestic trips for paying the rent you would pay anyway.
    • I updated my Bilt write-up.
    4/24/2023 ?? I highly recommend visiting Iceland. Here is why.
    4/24/2023 Credit Cards The Choice Privileges® Visa® Card
    • 60,000 bonus points after spending $1,000 in the first 90 days. No annual fee. Details.
    • 90,000 bonus points after spending $3,000 in the first 90 days. $95annual fee, waived the first year. Details.

    Choice Privileges is the loyalty points program of Choice Hotels (Comfort Inn, Comfort Suites, Quality, Sleep Inn, Clarion and MainStay Suites, EconoLodge, Rodeway Inns, and many others).

    4/21/2023 Credit Cards The excellent Chase Sapphire Preferred® Card increased the bonus for acquiring it to 80,000 Ultimate Rewards points. Ultimate Rewards points can be transferred 1,000:1,000 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. Also see 5 “Secret” Unofficial Chase Transfer Partners. There are significant bonuses for spending in certain categories, including Lyft rides, travel, and dining.
    4/18/2023 Credit Cards Wells Fargo lowered its spend requirement to $500 in the first 3 months to receive the $200 cash bonus for its no annual fee 2% cash back credit card. Compare to many other cash back cards, or perhaps get more than one of them for the bonuses.
    4/10/2023 Buying Stuff United and Alaska Airlines are offering 500 miles for spending $100 at their shopping portals by April 17, 2023. I would wait a few days to see what the competition offers. Also check out the cash back portals.
    4/7/2023 ?? How stacking deals could get you a flight to Europe for under 10K miles by using the 25% transfer bonus for transferring Chase Ultimate Rewards points to Air France/KLM Flying Blue miles.

    Free Singapore tours return to Changi Airport after 2-year hiatus

    4/6/2023 Credit Cards The American Airlines personal credit card bonus was increased to 75,000 miles for a spend requirement of $3,500 in the first 3 months. The annual fee is waived the first year.

    The bonus for acquisition of the IHG premier credit card was reduced to 140,000 points, but trip cancellation insurance was added to other useful goodies, like Platinum status. The bonus for the Travelers card was reduced to 80,000 points. (Note: The trip cancellation insurance appears on what you get from my link. It does not always appear from other links. You are welcome.)

    4/4/2023 Credit Cards I am told by a usually reliable blogger that the excellent 175,000 Intercontinental Hotels Group credit card offer will end tomorrow. I don't know if this means it is gone from his commissionable offers, or really gone. We shall see.
    • IHG is my favorite hotel chain. Their credit card offers are usually excellent,and their properties are most everywhere in the world. How about my free 5 nights stay in expensive Paris? The brands include Holiday Inn Express (free breakfast), Holiday Inn, Candlewood Suites, InterContinental® Hotels & Resorts (best view ever from my riverside room in Budapest), and several others.
    The standard offer for the Delta Airlines personal credit card is 40K miles. But this link might get you to a 75,000 miles offer. If it doesn't work, try it in a private window.

    The cash plus miles offers for the American Airlines personal and business credit cards have changed.

    30% bonus for transferring your American Express Membership Rewards points to Hilton HHonors points, through April 30, 2023.

    4/4/2023 Buying Stuff 500 American AAvantage miles for spending $200 at its shopping portal. Ends April 10, 2023.
    4/4/2023 Registration and Other Bonuses Ends tomorrow: Southwest Airlines free Companion Pass.
    1. Register now, then purchase one round trip or two one-way flights by 4/5.
    2. Travel by 5/24.
    3. Companion flies free* with you 8/15-9/30/2023. Not valid on flights purchased with Rapid Rewards® points.
    4/4/2023 ?? Book Nonstop Flights to Europe from $139 One-Way with Norse Atlantic Sale
    3/31/2023 Click for Miles, Money, and Good Causes Swagbucks offer: 3500 SBs for opening an investment account with Acorns Investments and funding it with a minimum of $5. Those SBs are worth $35 - more if you wait for monthly sales of Visa or Amazon gift cards. Click on the magnifying class icon, then enter Acorns in the Swagbucks search box you get.

    The Swagbucks program is a super easy way to earn a bit of money. It provides "Bucks" for searches, entering special SwagCodes, doing a daily one question survey (often fun), shopping (a pretty good shopping portal), referring others, interacting on Swagbuck's Facebook page, commenting on Swagbucks's blog, and other stuff. Bucks can be redeemed for a very large selection of gift cards and other goodies. Bucks transfer to $.01 each when used to purchase gift cards - more if you wait for the monthly sale of Amazon and Visa gift cards. You may read about the Swagbucks program here.

    You and I get a bonus for using my link to sign up. Thanks.

    3/30/2023 Finance Bask Bank is offering 2,000 American Airlines miles to first time Bask Mileage Savings Account customers for opening a Bask Mileage Savings Account between March 17, 2023 and May 31, 2023, funding your Bask Mileage Savings Account within 15 business days following the initial account opening and maintaining a minimum daily account balance of $10,000 for 90 consecutive days out of the first 120 days following the initial account opening the account. The details are at the bottom of the page to which I link.
    • 2 miles/$1 saved and maintained for 1 year. Elsewhere the terms and conditions say miles will be awarded monthly. They have been awarding me 2 miles/month for my $20 deposit. This automatically keeps my AA account active.
    • A 1099 form will be issued for the value of the miles. Last I looked they say that value is 0.42 cent/mile.
    • You may read more about this account here.
    3/30/2023 Registration and Other Bonuses One Mile at a time says that IHG One Rewards is offering members 15% savings on award stays. You must book by April 5, 2023 and you must stay by May 12, 2023. The offer is currently open only to holders of certain IHG credit cards, but that may change. Alas, no link to the offer is provided.
    3/30/2023 Credit Cards The no annual fee 100,000 points offer for the Hilton credit card ends Wednesday, April 5, 2023. Those points can get you several nights stays in expensive cities. I have used them for very nice stays in cities like Munich, Bucharest, and Hanoi.
    3/28/2023 ?? Fly Nationwide to Japan & Back This Spring for 50K United Miles. Book before April 7, 2023.

    Fly Delta Nonstop to Europe this Summer for 47K Virgin Atlantic Points. Those points can be acquired via transfers from many different programs.

    3/25/2023 ?? How to Check Your Passport Status Amid Lengthy Delays
    3/24/2023 Click for Miles, Money, and Good Causes Swagbucks offer: SoFi offers 750, 5,000, and 50,000 Swagbucks for a free credit score, trading crypto, and for trading stocks and ETFs and Options, buying crypto, or buying fractional shares with no commision. $50 minimum for the 50,000 SBs. The 750 and 50,000 SB offers will get you at least $507.50 - more if you wait for the monthly sales of Visa and Amazon gift cards. I do not recommend Crypto. Enter SoFi in the Swagbucks home page after you are logged in to see the details.

    The Swagbucks program is a super easy way to earn a bit of money. It provides "Bucks" for searches, entering special SwagCodes, doing a daily one question survey (often fun), shopping (a pretty good shopping portal), referring others, interacting on Swagbuck's Facebook page, commenting on Swagbucks's blog, and other stuff. Bucks can be redeemed for a very large selection of gift cards and other goodies. Bucks transfer to $.01 each when used to purchase gift cards - more if you wait for the monthly sale of Amazon and Visa gift cards. You may read about the Swagbucks program here.

    You and I get a bonus for using my link to sign up. Thanks.

    3/23/2023 ?? Where to Find Accurate Airline Seat Maps in 2023. Apparently it is no longer SeatGuru.

    JetBlue sale from $44 one-way. Book by today.

    3/22/2023 ?? So you are ready to escape the weather you are getting? Hawaiian Airlines is advertising fares to Hawaii as low as $91 for flights from April 17 to May 23, 2023. This sale ends tomorrow.
    3/20/2023 Credit Cards The Southwest Airlines Plus and Premier credit cards now offer 50,000 points for their acquisition.
    3/19/2023 Credit Cards Doctor of Credit says that there is an in Chase Bank branch offer of 90,000 Ultimate Rewards points for the Chase Sapphire Preferred credit card. This is a super offer, so it is worth visiting a Chase branch office to see if it is available. The standard offer is 60K points.
    • It has been my experience that you must actually visit the branch office to get these types of offers. They won't even talk to you about them on the phone.
    • 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

    Amtrak increased it offers for its credit cards - 20K for the free card and 40K for the annual fee card. Both offer extra goodies.

    3/19/2023 ?? Delta Airlines has a page listing its award deals.

    You can travel around Spain for free by train this summer.

    The Last Leg: How to Get From the Airport to Your Destination. I find that most airport websites world wide list the options for transit from them.

    3/19/2023 Registration and Other Bonuses If you must actually pay money for a stay, from January 1 through April 30, 2023, Hilton will give you two ways to earn. Enjoy Double Points on every stay, plus 1,000 Bonus Points each time you stay with a different brand within the Hilton portfolio. Register.

    If you must actually pay money for stays, Wyndham offers extra points and other goodies for them. Register and then book direct by May 14; complete your stay by May 19, 2023.

    3/14/2023 Registration and Other Bonuses Southwest Airlines is offering a 20% discount when you redeem Rapid Rewards points for flights:
    • This is valid for bookings made through Thursday, March 16, 2023
    • This is valid for travel through Wednesday, May 24, 2023
    • Use promotion code SAVE20NOW at the time of booking
    3//2023 Credit Cards Earn Up to 5x Bilt Points on Every Lyft Ride.
    • Everyone who rents should acquire the Bilt credit card. It offers 1 point per $1 spend on rent, and more for special categories. Its 1:1 transfer partners include Hyatt, AA, and UA. No annual fee. So that's a couple of domestic trips for paying the rent you would pay anyway.
    • I updated my Bilt write-up.
    3/8/2023 Other Programs I Like SunPower, a seller of solar power systems, offers 75,000 Hawaiian Airlines miles for the installation of a SunPower Residential System.

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    5/4/2023