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$300 back on $750+ at Holland America Cruise Line w/ targeted Amex Offer [enrollment required]
There’s an awesome new Amex Offer out with great timing for those doing the Wynn Las Vegas match or the direct cruise match with holland America: if you’re targeted and you enroll in the offer, you can get $300 back on $750 or more with Holland America Line. Paying the taxes and deposit (or an upgrade fee) on a free cruise could be a great use of this credit for those doing matches.
Judging our skills, how you can master flight deals, hiking Havasupai Falls and more [Week in Review]
Greg, Tim, and I will soon put our skills to the test in trying to see who can put together the best of the best in a last-minute travel challenge. This week on Frequent Miler, Stephen and Carrie share the judge’s criteria. Elsewhere on the blog, you’ll find an extensive update on how to find incredible deals with Google Flights, you can read about hiking to Havasupai Falls (as long as you can handle the sticker shock), check out the “new” Citi card that doesn’t feel so new and a lot more.
Podcast: Strategizing Hilton cards, credits, and free nights | Frequent Miler on the Air Ep255 | 5-17-24
Hilton’s SLH partnership is stirring up some excitement over Hilton, even for people like Greg who haven’t bothered with Hilton cards for awhile, so this week we’re discussing Hilton credit cards, credits, and free nights. Watch the full episode below, or listen on your favorite podcast platform....
20,000 bonus iPrefer points with a single stay with code MKTUFM
Loyalty Lobby reports on what could be an interesting promotion for those who enjoy the Preferred Hotels & Resorts I Prefer program. With the “Unforgettable Moments” promotion, you can earn 20,000 bonus points for a minimum 2-night stay booked by May 19, 2024 and completed by August 31, 2024. Note that you’ll need to use promo code MKTUFM, which results in slightly increased rates, but the points could certainly be worth the difference in price.
15% back at IHG, 10.1% back on rental cars, 12% back on Viator and more at TopCashBack
Shopping portal TopCashBack is offering a “Travel Week Mega Cash Back sale”, and some of the portal rates are quite attractive — including 15% back at IHG, 10.1% back on both Hertz and RentalCars.com, 12% back at Viator and more. The Deal. TopCashBack is offering a “Travel...
125K Amex Membership Rewards points offer for new Morgan Stanley Platinum cardholders (after $8K in purchases)
There are several “flavors” of Amex Platinum card, one of which is the American Express Platinum Card for Morgan Stanley. You’ll need to be a Morgan Stanley customer in order to get this Platinum card, and it does feature “family” language, but for those eligible and interested, the card is featuring a new welcome offer that features a nice increase over the standard offer.
Summer 2024: Wide open Aer Lingus business class to Europe from 45K each way
Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan partners with Aer Lingus and with its revamped award chart, business class from the East Coast to Europe rings in at just 45,000 miles each way. Right now, I’m seeing wide open business availability for up to 4 passengers on Aer Lingus routes to Europe, including during summer 2024 dates. While I find the Aer Lingus flights to be a bit too short to fully enjoy the benefit of a lie-flat seat, but business class to and from Europe can be a tough find during peak summer travel and the price is certainly right in this case. And keep in mind that Alaska Mileage Plan offers a free stopover on a one-way — so you could, for example, fly to Dublin and stop over for a few days en route to Paris.
How Carrie & Stephen will score the 2024 Frequent Miler challenge (Flying by the Seat of our Points)
In less than three weeks, Frequent Miler’s annual challenge for 2024 will kick off: Flying by the Seat of our Points. This year, we’re testing our team’s skills with last minute travel. Greg, Nick and Tim will each have to book last minute travel to three different destinations assigned just 48 hours ahead of time by Carrie and me.
Best Western promo: Stay 3 nights & earn 10,000 bonus points (Ends 9/2/24)
Stay 3 nights at Best Western properties & earn 10,000 bonus points. Earn 10,000 BWR bonus points (“Bonus Points”) for every three (3) eligible nights* stayed at any Best Western branded hotel in the United States, Canada, or the Caribbean between May 20, 2024 and September 2, 2024 (“Promotion Period”).
Earn Delta MQDs on hotel bookings, vacation rentals & car rentals (book by 6/24/24)
Delta is back with another promotion awarding Medallion Qualification Dollars when booking hotel stays, vacation rentals and car rentals via Delta. Whether that’ll be worth it though is another matter. The Deal. Earn $1 Medallion Qualification Dollar for every $1 spent (plus SkyMiles) when booking hotels, vacation rentals, and...
Announcing the 2024 Team Challenge | Ask Us Anything Ep67 | 5-8-24
(06:10) – Hi FM Team, now that we are approaching Summer, what you are most looking forward to this Summer?. (13:35) – how do you plan on handling the requirement for onward travel that many countries have in this challenge?. (15:37) – What’s the “budget” for the contestants...
Graduate Hotels: Book 1 night & get 50% off 2nd night (Book by 5/17/24 for stays through 7/31/24)
Graduate Hotels launched a new promotion last week which is still around for bookings made in the next few days for stays through the end of July. It’s being marketed as a ‘Stay one night, get your second night half-off’, but it looks like you’ll get the discount for every second night on longer stays too.
Save 100% off custom Visa gift card purchase fees from TheGiftCardShop with promo code GRAD2024
TheGiftCardShop is back with another deal on Visa gift cards, although this latest one isn’t as good as the last one as there’s no way to avoid shipping fees. Save 100% on purchase fees of custom Visa gift cards from TheGiftCardShop when using promo code GRAD2024. Direct link...
Can you upgrade to the Citi Prestige? Should you?
The Citi Prestige card has not been available new for years now. And it hasn’t been possible to product change from another Citi card to the Prestige card. Until now. Maybe. The landing page for Citi’s Strata Premier card has an FAQ item that states: “To see if you are eligible to upgrade your Citi Strata Premier℠ Card to the Citi Prestige® Card, please call the number on the back of your Citi Strata Premier℠ card.” Fascinating! Does this suggest that Citi is bringing back the Prestige card? Or is this simply a mistake? And, if it is real, is it really worth upgrading?
Citi Strata Premier now available: Earn 75K after $4K
The Citi Strata Premier has launched earlier than initially expected, with an introductory bonus of 75,000 Citi ThankYou points after $4,000 in purchases in the first 3 months. This bonus won’t be available to you if you have received a welcome bonus on a Citi ThankYou Premier card in the last 48 months, but if you haven’t earned a new welcome bonus on the Premier card within that window, you should be eligible for this card.
JetBlue card offering referral points for some [Targeted, YMMV]
Travel With Grant reports that some JetBlue credit card holders now have the ability to refer others and earn 10,000 TrueBlue points per referral up to 50,000 JetBlue TrueBlue points. This obviously may be of interest to JetBlue fans and anyone who opened a JetBlue credit card as part of the status match for Delta elite last year.
Targeted offers of 22.5% back at Dell, 15% IHG, many more
You do not need to have a Capital One card to use Capital One Shopping. I like to lead with that sentence because just last week I had a reader who wrote with a portal question who thought she needed to have a Capital One card to take advantage of Capital One Shopping — but that’s not the case. We’ve written many times before about great targeted Capital One Shopping offers and over the past few days I have seen a number of notable offers popping up in my account again.
Premier cards auto-upgraded to Strata Premier
Mother’s Day brought a surprise to Citi Premier cardholders who logged into their accounts. There, they found that they no longer had the old Citi Premier card, but now had the new Citi Strata Premier. The Strata Premier is almost identical to the Premier, but with a few minor enhancements. The most notable enhancement is that the new card has travel protections. It has long seemed bizarre to me that Citi had removed travel protections from their travel cards and so its great to see that back for what may be the best travel card they offer.
Visiting Grand Canyon’s Havasupai Falls
One of my favorite Grand Canyon experiences is actually not even part of the Grand Canyon National Park. Full of lush waterfalls that look like they belong in the rainforest, the Havasu Falls are a true oasis in the desert. In some ways the Havasupai Falls Trail experience is easier than the traditional Grand Canyon hikes…though not a cheaper one. In this post, I’ll talk about the hike down to the Supai Village, staying in the Supai Village, and the waterfalls you’ll see in that region.
F1 racing brings $275 nachos to Miami, Capital One kills Priority Pass restaurant access (again) and another buying group in trouble (Saturday Selection)
$200 baskets of wings at F1 Miami, Capital One kills Priority Pass restaurant access for the Venture X Business and another major US buying group is having issues. All that and more in this week’s Saturday Selection, our weekly round-up of interesting tidbits from other sites around the interwebs.
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