February 10
Are your credit cards relegated to the back of a drawer once the sign-up bonus posts? While your still in possession of those cards you acquired during your past few churns, why not put them to use and earn some additional miles or points? Remember, holding cards instead of canceling right away makes sense as you can use them as leverage in your next churn, offering to give up the card in exchange for a new card and a new bonus. I’m usually not a huge fan of the various dinning offers from Rewards Network, but their 2013 promos can get you some decent easy point payouts with AA, DL, UA, US, AS, Hilton, and Priority Club.
Priority Club – 2,013 points after $40 of spend on a single dine within 30 days of registration.
Delta – 1,500 miles after $40 of spend on a single dine within 30 days of registration.
American – 1,000 miles after $40 of spend on a single dine within 30 days of registration.
United – 1,000 miles after $40 of spend on a single dine within 30 days of registration.
US Airways – 1,000 miles after $40 of spend on a single dine within 30 days of registration.
Hilton – 1,000 points after $40 of spend on a single dine within 30 days of registration.
Alaska – 500 miles after $30 of spend on a single dine within 30 days of registration.
Each promotion is for a “new” profile, meaning both a unique credit card and email address is required. Additionally, each of the promotions above requires you to complete a review in order to qualify for the bonus. The link to the review is emailed after your dine and is a simple multiple choice survey. The trick is finding a restaurant that you would dine at anyway. Of all the NYC locations, I was able to find about three restaurants that I frequent, however there were several bars that serve food that made the list as well.
Reader Elaine notes in the comments that she uses the same email for all registrations without any problems. YMMV!
I am enrolled in a few of these dining clubs and I use the very same email for each.
@Elaine – Thanks for the input. I had a UA account with the same email as an AA account denied about a year ago. I guess it’s YMMV
Southwest has one too I believe, though the reward is more paltry
$40 for a meal in NYC is probably easy, but outside the Big Apple the dining programs feature such fine establishments as Denny’s. How the hell do I run up a $40 tab at Denny’s, assuming I’d even want to eat there? And that’s still 2-4 cents per mile – hardly a bargain.
@ Scott H – Hah, very true. Unfortunately very easy to qualify for a party of two dinner in NYC.
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