On Super Bowl Sunday we were supposed to fly home from our first trip of 2015 which was to Orlando, Florida.
With reports of snowstorms most likely hitting the NYC area and American waiving flight change fees I decided to call up to see what the status of our flight was. I received a call back from AA close to an hour and a half after I called in. I found out that our flight had been cancelled. Continue reading Unexpected Miles Earned From An Award Flight
It’s never a good feeling to see miles or points expire, regardless of how many…
I signed up for an American Airlines Business Extra account around two years back. I earned a bunch of points through signing up and a promo which was enough for something like a couple of lounge passes (maybe more).
Then, less than a year ago, an offer came out where I could refer up to 5 friends, earning 1,000 points for each one that signed up. Continue reading Points Being Reinstated, It Never Hurts To Ask
Last month I wrote about successfully sending a secure message to Barclaycard to get a 10,000 mile bonus bump.
A few days later I was happy to see that the bonus miles from my secure message had posted so I decided to share the good news!
The funny thing was that the additional 10,000 miles posted before the offer’s initial 40,000. Continue reading An E-Mail Bringing 40000 Miles Of Great News
With 2014 in the books it’s time to reflect and look back on how many miles and points I earned from credit card sign up bonuses.
I decided to be a bit more conservative this year and try to keep the applications down. I did manage to earn another big haul that will help us to continue to fund lots traveling for years to come. Continue reading Miles & Points Earned From Credit Card Bonuses In 2014
With Christmas just a couple of days away and Hanukkah having only a couple of nights left, I’d bet that we’ve all received our fair share of holidays messages.
Last week I wrote about an e-mail from United Airlines which had a holiday message inside (along with a link to a YouTube video). While I thought it was very nice of the airline to reach out, I suggested that maybe they could also send some miles my way as a gift next year…
Well it sounds like another airline may have listened to my suggestion (or more likely planned this giveaway all along). Continue reading Virgin America Holiday Bonus: 500 FREE Elevate Points!
Last year I decided to get the Barclays Miles & More Lufthansa card when it was offering a sign up bonus of 50,000 miles.
Considering that I fly with Kim and Lucas on pretty much all of our trips, the 50K bonus wasn’t going to get us far. I kind of thought it wasn’t the best move to get the card in the end, but I’m sure that the miles will go to use for (most likely) a couple of domestic flights.
When the fee came up for the card late last week, I knew that it was going to get closed. However, before doing so I figured that it couldn’t hurt to see if they might have a retention offer for me. Continue reading Barclay’s Lufthansa Card Retention Offer
Over the summer I wrote about how Spirit Airlines was giving away 1,000,000,000 miles.
This is how the offer worked: members could receive 8,000 miles for sharing something they hate about Spirit or any other airline.
This promo got a lot of coverage and was definitely a fun way to get some free miles. (Mine were pretty much wasted on magazines that I barely have time to read!) Continue reading Spirit Airline’s State of the Hate Report
As everyone knows, the easiest way to earn lots of miles and points is by signing up for credit cards, earning lots of lucrative bonus offers. However, in many ways it’s gotten harder for me… Continue reading Slower Year for CC Churning, Another 50K Approval Helps
This is really bizarre…
Last month I thought that I turned down a retention offer on my Citi AA Mastercard and closed my account.
I was told that the $95 balance from the annual fee would be removed and that the account was closed. However, when I checked into my Citi account a few times over the past month, it always showed that I still had a balance. Continue reading A Bizarre Retention Offer
It seems like online shopping portals are constantly offering bonus miles for doing something as simple as clicking through their site before dining out our online shopping.
Since you’re going to buy whatever it is that you need, you might as well earn some miles, points or cash back.
Here is a new offer that I received an e-mail about this morning from the American Airlines AAdvantage eShopping portal. Continue reading Up to 2,000 Bonus American Airlines Miles for Shopping
