Another spend promotion for the Barclaycard Aviator Red card

Promotions for the Barclaycard AAdvantage Aviator Red MasterCard have padded my American Airlines AAdvantage account in the past. Barclaycard is back with another opportunity to earn bonus miles by meeting certain spend thresholds during the last three months of 2017. Is this an attractive offer that I will pursue?

Credit Cards, Points and MilesDerek CookOctober 19, 2017AAdvantage Aviator Red MasterCard, promotions, credit cards, points and miles, AAdvantage miles, CitiBusiness/AAdvantage Platinum Select World Mastercard, American Express Membership Rewards, Amex EveryDay Preferred Card

AAdvantage eShopping - still adding up the miles!

Recently, I received an update from American Airlines AAdvantage eShopping portal with my total points earned this year through the end of September and I have already surpassed the amount I earned in all of 2016!

Points and MilesDerek CookOctober 16, 2017shopping portal, AAdvantage miles, American Airlines AAdvantage eShopping

Fall 2017 hotel promotion: IHG Rewards

For fall 2017, IHG is offering a new version of "Accelerate." I have not been a big fan of previous "Accelerate" promotions, but I am surprised at just how lucrative the fall 2017 edition is. Let's take a closer look.

Points and Miles, Hotels, Loyalty ProgramsDerek CookOctober 14, 2017Citi ThankYou Preferred Card, Citi ThankYou Points, IHG Rewards, Chase IHG Rewards Mastercard, points and miles, hotel stays, IHG, promotions

Fall 2017 hotel promotions: Marriott Rewards

"Mega Bonus" from Marriott Reward can be very rewarding to a customer who makes only a couple of stays...literally...this fall. If you complete two stays, you will earn a free hotel night. That is a very attractive promotion!

Loyalty Programs, Points and Miles, HotelsDerek CookOctober 4, 2017promotions, Marriott Hotels, Marriott Rewards, points and miles

Fall 2017 hotel promotions: Starwood Preferred Guest

Starwood's fall promotion, "Explore More," offers up to 1,000 bonus Starpoints® per stay with an additional 10,000 Starpoints® if you stay 25 nights during the promotion period. I analyze this to see if it is an attractive offer.

Loyalty Programs, Hotels, Points and MilesDerek CookSeptember 29, 2017Starwood Preferred Guest, promotions, Hilton Honors

Fall 2017 hotel promotions: Hilton

Hilton's fall 2017 promotion, "Double Points," offers double points on stays through December 31, 2017.

Hotels, Loyalty Programs, Points and MilesDerek CookSeptember 19, 2017promotions, Hilton hotels, Hilton Honors

Downgrading the Chase Sapphire Preferred to the Freedom Unlimited

Recently, Chase changed its rules and now prohibits a user from carrying more than one Sapphire card product. My wife wants to apply for the very attractive Chase Sapphire Reserve card so we decided to downgrade her current Chase Sapphire Preferred to the Chase Freedom Unlimited. The process was fairly simple and now she will be able to apply for the Sapphire Reserve product.

Credit Cards, Points and MilesDerek CookSeptember 17, 2017points and miles, Chase Sapphire Preferred, Chase Freedom Unlimited, Chase Ultimate Rewards, American Express Membership Rewards, 5/24 Rule, Chase Sapphire Reserve, Amex EveryDay Preferred Card

Barclaycard AAdvantage Aviator: Round purchases to buy AAdvantage miles

Yesterday I received an email from Barclaycard introducing a very interesting program for its AAdvantage Aviator card. According to the email, I was invited to participate in a pilot for Flight Cents which allows you "to [round] up your purchases to the nearest dollar, and [turn] that rounded up amount into American Airlines AAdvantage® miles."

Credit Cards, Loyalty Programs, Points and MilesDerek CookSeptember 6, 2017Barclaycard, AAdvantage Aviator Red MasterCard, American Airlines, AAdvantage miles, Amex EveryDay Preferred Card

Back-to-school bonus miles

With back-to-school upon us, the shopping portals for both American AAdvantage eShopping and Delta SkyMiles shopping are offering bonus miles for achieving certain spend thresholds during the back-to-school shopping season.

Points and Miles, Shopping PromotionsDerek CookAugust 3, 2017shopping portal, American Airlines, AAdvantage miles, Delta Air Lines, Delta SkyMiles, American Airlines AAdvantage eShopping, Delta SkyMiles Shopping, promotions

Hitting spend for signup bonuses fast: charging a car down payment

Charging all or part of a new car can be a great way to earn a large amount of points or miles as well as satisfy large initial spend requirements for credit card sign-up bonuses. Just be careful that you can immediately pay off that charge because the value of the rewards that you will earn will be far less than the interest you could wind up paying!

Credit Cards, Points and MilesDerek CookAugust 2, 2017points and miles, credit cards, Gold Delta SkyMiles Credit Card, promotions, financial responsibility