This post is alternatively titled, “Never Earn 1x Again.” “Never” should really be in quotes as sometimes family life is a little too crazy or busy to never just earn 1x, but it can be the very rare exception with a little planning and thought. At the Frequent Traveler University, there was some discussion about category bonuses on credit cards (for example 3x on groceries with the Amex Premier Rewards… Read the Rest.
A couple months ago, those of us with Amex cards had the chance to spend up to $10 in Austin and get it back for free via a synced Amex and a Twitter promotion. Today, that same opportunity exists in lower Manhattan. While the promo was designed for the Tribeca Film Festival that is going on in lower Manhattan, those of us who aren’t currently in Manhattan can still get… Read the Rest.
If you are not yet a British Airways Avios expert, now is a great time to learn a vast amount about this program. Prompted in part by the 50,000 – 100,000 Avios points British Airways Chase sign-up offer (depending on how much spending you can put on the card in the first year), and the American Express 50% transfer bonus to Avios that runs through May 31st, lots of my… Read the Rest.
Happy Good Friday, Passover, T-minus two days until the Easter Bunny, etc. I don’t know about your corner of the world, but it is a beautiful day outside in my corner of the world. Fortunately, it happens to be a good day for credit card deals as well (and at least one of them is not likely to disappear on us within a few hours!). Since it is too pretty… Read the Rest.
I posted a couple of weeks ago that the Daily Getaways, brought to you by American Express and the U.S. Travel Association, would be starting back up on April 9th. This morning they put up the deals that will be for sale for the first two weeks. I will highlight the Week 1 deals in this post, and will do the Week 2 deals in a separate post. While there… Read the Rest.
Presumably, airline ticket purchases are a type of purchase that all traveling families have from time to time. Heck, you can’t necessarily always use miles and points for tickets…and even if you could, sometimes it just doesn’t make sense to do so. Since this is an expense we all have, it makes sense to get as many points as possible for those purchases. I’ll share the way I have found… Read the Rest.
In case you missed the beginning of this story, my mom referred several Mommy Points’ readers for the American Express Premier Rewards Gold card offer back when the public offer was only 15,000 points, and the only way you could get 25,000 Membership Rewards points for signing up and meeting the spending requirement was via a referral from a current card member. (Though you can now get that bonus on… Read the Rest.
I just did a happy dance when I saw The Points Guy’s post that, starting in a few hours, there will be a 50% transfer bonus from American Express Membership Rewards to the British Airways Avios program that will run until May 31st. Points will transfer at a rate of 1,000 Membership Rewards: 1,500 British Airways Avios. I know that for many people the value of the BA frequent flyer… Read the Rest.
Redeeming Membership Reward points for gift cards is pretty much never going to get you a great redemption value for your points. Typically, when you redeem Membership Reward points for gift cards you get $0.01 value for each point redeemed. However, right now select gift cards are available for 20% fewer points on some accounts. That means you are getting $0.0125 value for each point. Not great, but certainly better… Read the Rest.
Admittedly I have been a bit too busy the last few days (trying to work from home to care for a kid who is home from daycare with pink-eye) to pay much attention to the new American Express Twitter promotions. However, when Dan’s Deals emailed me today to point out that I could donate money to the Austin Children’s Shelter for free, and get paid $5.00 for doing so, I… Read the Rest.
