Earn 650 Bonus Business Extra Points on Your Next American Flight

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American Airlines' Business Extra program is celebrating its 20^th anniversary, and the carrier is offering a new promotion for the occasion: 650 bonus Business Extra points if you register and take at least one flight by March 31, 2017. That's enough points for a confirmed segment upgrade on a flight within North America or from North America to Hawaii or the Caribbean.

Earn 650 bonus miles on your next flight.

Business Extra is a separate loyalty program from American's AAdvantage, and it offers small businesses points based on revenue. Note that the program is for companies with two or more travelers, and it allows you to earn miles through you AAdvantage account in addition to points through Business Extra.

Every $10 spent earns you 2 points, and flight redemptions (within North America) start at 2,000 points (1,400 if you're booking the American Airlines Shuttle between Boston, Washington Reagan and New York LaGuardia).

You can also redeem points for confirmed one-segment upgrades (between 650 and 3,100 points), to upgrade to Gold Status and/or to buy Admirals Club passes or membership. Plus, your Business Extra account can rack up points from multiple people. (Points do expire, on December 31 two years after the points were earned.)

For this promotion, register before you travel, and then take your flight within 30 days; the points should be in your account in the next six to eight weeks. And while the promo calls out Business Extra's most popular redemption (the upgrade), you can redeem the points for whatever you want.

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Rewards rate

1X	Choose to earn up to 1X points on rent and mortgage payments with no transaction fee
2X	Earn 2X points + the option to earn 4% back in Bilt Cash on everyday purchases

Intro offer

50,000 Bilt Points + Gold Status + $300 of Bilt Cash

Annual fee

$495

Regular APR

26.74 - 34.74% variable

Recommended credit

Good Credit, Excellent Credit

Pros

Choice to earn up to 1 Bilt Point per dollar spent on rent and mortgage payments
Elevated everyday earnings with both Bilt Points and the option to earn Bilt Cash
$400 Bilt Travel Portal hotel credit per year (up to $200 biannually)
$200 Bilt Cash annually
Priority Pass membership
No foreign transaction fees

Cons

Moderate annual fee
Designed primarily for members seeking a premium, all-in-one card

Earn points on housing with no transaction fee
Choose to earn 4% back in Bilt Cash on everyday spend. Use Bilt Cash to unlock point earnings on rent and mortgage payments with no transaction fee, up to 1X.
2X points on everyday spend
$400 Bilt Travel Hotel credit. Applied twice a year, as $200 statement credits, for qualifying Bilt Travel Portal hotel bookings.
$200 Bilt Cash (awarded annually). At the end of each calendar year, any Bilt Cash balance over $100 will expire.
Welcome bonus (subject to approval): 50,000 Bilt Points + Gold Status after spending $4,000 on everyday purchases in the first 90 days + $300 of Bilt Cash.
Priority Pass ($469/year value). See Guide to Benefits.
Bilt Point redemptions include airlines, hotels, future rent and mortgage payments, Lyft rides, statement credits, student loan balances, a down payment on a home, and more.