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Guest Blog Post: 23,500 American Miles for Opening a Citibank Checking Account

June 18, 2011

On Monday May 2, 2011 I announced that I will be featuring guest blog posts from some of the greatest minds in the frequent flyer world. For the first post, I introduced Joshua Pickles, also known as Mr. Pickles. In the frequent flyer community Mr. Pickles is known for his ability to analyze opportunities and [...]

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Citi 50,000 Point Bonus on ThankYou Premier Card

June 10, 2011

*update: bonus has been reduced to 30,000 points* This year has been pretty incredible for credit card bonuses. If you’ve been getting in on the right deals it’s possible to have racked up nearly half a million (or more) miles and points so far this year just from card bonuses – and we are aren’t [...]

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Free Hilton Gold Status with Visa Signature Card

June 9, 2011

Hilton is offering Gold status to Visa Signature cardholders. Simply register your card here and your account will automatically be updated to Gold Status and if you stay three times by August 31, 2011, they will extend that Gold status until March 2013. I think this is a great deal, especially since the Citi Hilton [...]

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Understanding How Your Credit Score Works

June 1, 2011

One of the easiest way to accrue a ton of miles is through credit card sign-ups. In fact, this year has been a banner year with the 100,000 mile British Airways deal (expired), 100,000 point Amex Platinum Card (expired), 75,000 AA cards (active) and 50,000 point Sapphire Preferred card (active). All it takes is a [...]

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Get 150,000 AA Miles for Free in 5 Minutes With Citi 75,000 Visa and Amex Cards

May 13, 2011

Update 10/10/11: Links no longer seem to work so I think this deal is finally dead For a variety of reasons, I never applied for the mega AA 75k/100k Citi bonuses and once the February 28 deadline ended, I didn’t think much about them. However, after I reeled in 100k for the British Airways bonus, [...]

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1,000 Free American Miles for Citi Cardholders on May 10

May 10, 2011

Update: It does indeed look like any current Citi AA credit card holder  can get the 1,000 points. Simply go here, enter your AAdvantage number and then select the box for “Already a  AAdvantage Citi Card holder? Click here for special bonus” Citi just sent an email that leaked tomorrow’s installment of American’s ”30 Deals in [...]

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Massive Email Hacking Affects Loyalty Programs

April 4, 2011

So far today, I’ve received emails from Hilton Honors, Best Buy Reward Zone and Chase notifying me that my email address and names were potentially stolen by hackers who breached the systems of their marketing vendor, Epsilon. The emails stress that financial information was not stolen and that the only risk will be an increase [...]

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Avoiding Foreign Transaction Fees on Points and Miles Earning Credit Cards

March 28, 2011

If you aren’t already aware, many credit card issuers charge ridiculous foreign transaction fees on every purchase you make on your credit card outside of the USA. In fact, you may even be charged this fee from within the US if the merchant processing the charge is based outside of the States. These fees – [...]

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American Reduced Price Awards

March 8, 2011

American just announced reduced priced awards for their credit card holders. If you don’t have an AA card, you can get the Citi Gold AA World MasterCard, which gives 30,000 bonus miles for spending $750 within four months and has a $50 annual fee. “Second quarter awards are valid for round trip travel originating in [...]

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A Million Miles in 90 Minutes… Without Stepping on a Plane

January 5, 2011

An uber savvy TPG reader just sent me his latest accomplishment: 1,005,000 miles in 90 minutes. His haul includes 405,000 Delta Skymiles and 600,000 American miles- all for opening no-fee credit cards that I posted about (Delta and American). While the Delta deal expired 12/31/10, the American 100,000 and 75,000 deals are still live. How [...]

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10 New Years Resolutions for Miles and Points Addicts

December 31, 2010

UPDATE: Few airlines continue to offer debit cards, severely limiting choices. We can all (myself included) do more to become better points masters. Here are 10 quick tips to maximize your points in the new year. 1) Open up a points-earning checking account/ debit card. Most major airlines have them, like Continental, United, US Airways, [...]

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