Prior to the merger of American Airlines and US Airways, Barclays Bank would frequently run promotions on the US Airways Mastercard whereby a cardholder could earn bonus points for a moderate spend over a few month period. I am happy to see that Barclays Bank has just announced a similar promotion with the … Read More
10,000 Bonus Gold Points for Club Carlson Elites for 1 Stay
Some Club Carlson promotions have been fabulous, others are just little bouquets of points, but thank you very much, I’ll take them. Today, I received an email from Club Carlson stating: A Special Elite Offer As a Gold Elite Club CarlsonSM member, we love rewarding you with bonus points. Jump start this fall season with … Read More
Earn up to 125,000 Bonus Avios for flying BA, AA, IB or AY
British Airways has announced a new promotion, that should appeal not only to British Airway transatlantic frequent flyers, but also to American, Iberia and Finnair flyers. You must register for this promotion. Here are the basics: In celebration of five years of offering transatlantic travel with our airline partners, we’re offering you bonus Avios on … Read More
My Retention Offers from Citibank
Annual fees have just hit my account for two Citibank credit cards: the Platinum American Airlines Visa and the Thank You Premier Mastercard. The fee on each card is $95. I’ve called Citibank a few times, and here are the results: The Platinum AA Visa: In prior years, I always received some offer, be it … Read More
9,500 Easy Points – Thank You Club Carlson!
This is a classic example of “it never hurts to ask” and good customer service!
HYATT ERROR – 30,000 Points Added to Accounts
Yesterday, I noticed that 30,000 Hyatt Gold Passport Points were newly added to my account. I assumed this was a reward from a prior promotion, but then I heard some mumbles from others who also received this generous credit. I was hoping it was an impromptu gift from Hyatt to it’s Diamond members thanking … Read More
HR Block Emerald Card Suspends Debit Card Funding
I received notification by email today from H&R Block informing me that they were suspending Debit Card Funding for H&R Block Emerald Prepaid MasterCard®. Honestly, I haven’t used that card since the days of Vanilla and GreenDot Reloads so many moons ago. I’m honestly not surprised: this card was originally intended for H&R Block … Read More
Won’t Run F’d Up, AMEX Gives him 28K MR
At least 10 times this month, I’ve told Won’t Run that he should take advantage of the American Express 40% bonus for transfer of Membership Rewards to British Airways Avios. I emailed, I told him on the phone, and so on and so on. I even sent him links to blogs, with tutorials on how … Read More
Was BigCrumbs Hacked? Website Down – Investigating Possible Fraud Activity
Whenever I am making an online purchase, I check to see if there are any shopping portals which offer extra points or miles or cashback for the purchase. The first place I generally check is EVRewards. So, today, I looked there and saw that BigCrumbs offered 9% cashback on purchases at Gilt City and I … Read More
Invitation: Reach For the Miles, NYC, January 29th
Is it really 2015 already? Come join other frequent flyers, miles and points aficionados and avid travelers at our January meetup. Talk about where you’ve been and share where you’re going. In my case, lament about the loss of airline status. It’s all good – even if you’re new at this, don’t hesitate to … Read More
A New York frequent flyer who elegantly combines her passions for worldwide travel, running a gazillion marathons all over the globe and staying fit ... without sacrificing her fancy for good wine and food.