One of the easiest and sure shot way of getting good value from your Amex Membership reward points is to use them for paying travel on AmexTravel.com . Normally, you would get about 1c value for each Membership reward point when you use them to pay for travel at AmexTravel.com. But if you have a Business Platinum card in your folio, you can benefit from a little-known feature to get even more value for your points. Amex 35% Airline Bonus. Images courtesy Amex. The feature is called '35% Airline Bonus,' through which get 35% of your used points back and using it you can get 1.53 cent value per point. That is even better than the Chase Sapphire Reserve pay with points feature and can be better than transferring points to an airline to book the flight as an award on many occasions. Without this feature, you can book a $100 flight for 10,000 Amex points but with the feature, the same flight will cost you only 6,500 points. That is much lower than paying, say an award price of 12,50...
As part of Alaska Airlines' merger with Hawaiian Airlines, it has made some more announcements for its upcoming plans. It includes making Seattle an international hub with routes to Tokyo and Seoul in 2025, more lounges along the west coast and Hawaii, and a new Premium Credit Card offering. We will get the full list of benefits closer to the launch but so far, they are promising 3x miles on all dining and foreign purchases, waived award ticket fees, Alaska Lounge access and new Global Companion Award Certificates, and more. The 3x earning on all foreign purchases could make it an exciting choice when traveling abroad, and the global companion award certificates could be very lucrative as well if done right. Depending on these features, the card could well be in the range of $300-$500 in annual fees. The card is set to launch in summer 2025 but they are offering 500 bonus miles if you register for their early-access list by Dec 31, 2024. You will also get 5000 more bonus miles if ...
Citi has as new offer out for its American Airlines' AAdvantage Business card which is currently being sent by mail. The offer is for 80,000 AAdvantage bonus miles after spending $5,000 in first 5 months of account opening. This appears to be the highest ever offer for the card and also waives the annual fee for the first year. You also get a generous time of 5 months to finish the expenses. Offer Details: 80,000 AAdvantage bonus miles after $5000 spend in 5 months $99 annual fee waived for first year 2x on American Airlines, Car Rentals, Gas stations, Cable, Satellite and Telecommunications merchants, 1x else where Earn 1 Loyalty Points per dollar spent American miles currently hold the most value among the big four US airlines. For e.g. you can fly from US to Asia for 70K miles in business class with less than $100 in taxes, and you can fly to Europe for 22,500 miles in Economy with few taxes. The offer lists an end date of 6/15/24 so definitely be on the lookout for it if you wi...
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