With the first half of 2014 closing in, I thought it was time for the Almost Mid-Year Update.
At the end of 2013 I wrote a few end of year recap posts and figured that for 2014 I’d add an additional recap or shall I call it an… update.
I want to discuss a little about what’s been going on over at Michael W Travels in terms of the blog, travel and miles & points earning.
United is offering a 500 mile bonus for completing 2 “transactions” with some of it’s partners.
To earn the bonus you get to choose (2) from MileagePlus Shopping, MileagePlus Dining, OpinionMilesClub and ScoreBig.
There isn’t a lot of time to earn the bonus. Complete one qualifying transaction with any 2 of 4 partners listed by 11:59 PM CST on June 30, 2014.
Here is the offer: Continue reading Targeted: Earn 500 United Miles By Picking 2 Offers
Rocketmiles is giving away 100,000 United MileagePlus miles in the Vacation Faster Promotion.
When booking hotel stays through Rocketmiles you earn frequent flyer miles with their airline partners instead of hotel points.
You can currently earn miles with: Aeroplan, Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan, American Airlines AAdvantage, Etihad Guest, Flying Blue, Frontier EarlyReturns, HawaiianMiles, JetBlue TrueBlue, Qatar Airways Privelege Club, Southwest Rapid Rewards, Turkish Airlines Miles&Smiles, United MileagePlus, US Airways DividendMiles and Virgin America Elevate.
This month you can earn up to 5,000 Delta SkyMiles by making a donation to the American Cancer Society. While this isn’t really a way to manufacture spend, it is a way to get a small reward for donating towards a good cause.
Here is how it works:
The first 5,000 SkyMiles members to contribute will earn:
AAdvantage eShopping has been running the Fly Like You’re Famous sweepstakes where 15 winners will each win 100,000 AAdvantage miles!
I just recently found out about this sweepstakes through Twitter. You can enter daily until April 30 so there is only one week left. (Better late than never though!)
Besides getting extremely lucky and being one of the 15 winners, there is another way to pick up 100,000 AAdvantage miles relatively easily. Continue reading Win 100,000 AAdvantage Miles (15 Winners)
A great way to earn easy miles and points is with the various airline & hotel dining programs. However, one major problem that I’ve mentioned in the past is the limited amount of restaurants that participate close to home.
Odds are you won’t earn tons of points through the dining programs but they are a good way to earn some extra miles/ points and a great way to extend your accounts expiration dates.
I just received an e-mail from United MileagePlus Dining which also applies to all of the other dining program accounts.
Continue reading Register/ Update Your Cards With Airline & Hotel Dining Programs
So today is the final day for easy manufactured spend at CVS chain-wide using credit cards to purchase pre-paid cards like Vanilla Reloads.
After failing to score any at my usual, reliable location a couple of days back, I decided yesterday to give up on trying. Just a day prior to being told of the changes I had unexpected success at this same location.
All along I was hoping that the imminent demise of purchasing cards was not going to happen and for good reason- I was told some positive news at CVS over the weekend.
Over the weekend all of us miles & points enthusiasts were in a mad dash to pick up our favorite flavor- Vanilla for most likely the last time.
After being very successful with my Vanilla Reload purchases all week, I went in on Sunday looking for more. I had picked up a bunch on Saturday but cards were out of stock this time. I spoke with a couple of employees, both of whom I think were managers and asked about changes coming to VR purchases but got (what I hoped) was some good news.
Find out What My Local CVS (Brooklyn, NY) Told Me About Vanilla Reloads.
Yesterday, March 31 was supposed to be the day when purchasing Vanilla with credit cards at CVS was supposed to end. Continue reading Vanilla Reloads At CVS in Brooklyn, NY- Is It The End?
Yesterday morning I wrote about What My Local CVS (Brooklyn, NY) Told Me About Vanilla Reloads. While the usual store that I buy reloads at wasn’t supposed to have cards until Tuesday (today) at the earliest, I decided to stop by since I had a break around noon.
I mentioned in one of my later posts that I had some luck and would share the details today.
Check out the post Vanilla Reload Doomsday Updates From Around The Country where you’ll find out that quite a few cities are still selling reloads, as of 3/31 (and some that aren’t).
Thanks to all of the readers that shared their Vanilla Reload location info with us!
Here is my tale of Vanilla Reload luck that I had yesterday.
Earlier today I posted about What My Local CVS (Brooklyn, NY) Told Me About Vanilla Reloads.
This is definitely a topic/ worry on all of our (points & miles enthusiasts) minds so I think we can all agree on one thing- we love our Vanilla!
It seems like there has been a mad dash to get in those last Vanilla Reload purchases and today was supposed to be the day that it all ended or… was it an early, cruel April Fool’s Day joke?
Continue reading Vanilla Reload Doomsday Updates From Around The Country
