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Amex To Open Centurion Lounge In Salt Lake City

August 14, 2024 at 13:26 EDT By Spencer Howard

One Mile At A Time: "In 2025, American Express will be opening a Centurion Lounge at Salt Lake City Airport. This is an exciting development, given the airport’s current lack of lounge options. This is in addition to plans for a second Delta Sky Club, as well as a United Club. I’m looking forward to learning more details closer to when the new concourse opens."

Delta To Launch Free WiFi On Long-Haul Flights

August 14, 2024 at 13:23 EDT By Spencer Howard

Skift: "Delta is currently undergoing what it describes as a “Wi-Fi transition period.” Put simply, it means massive improvements are coming, but there are still gaps in its global coverage. Additional satellites are being positioned to boost the reach of the service, but connectivity could be patchy until then."

"To manage expectations, Delta is launching free international Wi-Fi on a route-by-route basis. The carrier is mirroring its successful domestic rollout strategy where select city pairs were prioritized."

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Qatar Airways Devalues Select Award Rates With No Notice

August 14, 2024 at 13:21 EDT By Spencer Howard

Dan's Deals: "Qatar Airways has provided an absurdly good award chart for AA and Alaska flights ever since they joined the Avios program and OneWorld."

"But outsized values never last forever and they have devalued their short-haul awards on AA and Alaska as of today."

Points Wire Note:

It's always frustrating when airlines hide award charts from consumers. This lack of transparency almost always leads to no-notice devaluations that hurt consumers.

American Cash Upgrades Now Earn Loyalty Points And Miles

August 14, 2024 at 13:15 EDT By Spencer Howard

One Mile At A Time: "American Airlines is aggressive about selling upgrades for cash. Once you ticket a reservation, it’s common to see an offer whereby you can pay cash to upgrade to first or business class. The value of this can vary significantly, and the upgrade cost will change over time, based on a variety of factors."

"Up until now, the major catch has been that these upgrade offers haven’t been eligible to earn AAdvantage miles or Loyalty Points. That has finally changed — as of August 14, 2024, cash upgrades on American are eligible to earn miles and Loyalty Points."

Amex Gold 100K Offer (Targeted, No Lifetime Language)

August 14, 2024 at 13:12 EDT By Spencer Howard

Travel on Points: "We have been seeing a lot of no lifetime language offers going out from American Express over the last few weeks. These offers allow you to get a card you have already had before because they do not carry the standard Amex no lifetime language in the offer (our full guide on NLL offers). We normally see them on business cards, like the Blue Business Plus or the Delta cards recently. I was lucky enough to be targeted for an Amex Gold no lifetime language offer last night, and it is a really great offer. Let's go over the details of it all."

Credit Card Offers That Caught My Eye (August 2024)

August 14, 2024 at 10:33 EDT By Spencer Howard

Here are several personal and business credit card welcome offers that caught my eye.

I typically focus on transferable points programs as they provide more options for booking business and first class award tickets. However, co-branded airline and hotel cards occasionally make sense for the more advanced points enthusiast.

If you're applying for a card and would like to support Points Wire, consider using the links on our sister site Straight To The Points where you can find the best offers regardless of whether they pay a commission.

Personal Cards

  • Capital One Venture: 75,000 Capital One Miles if you spend $4,000 in 3 months + a $250 Capital One Travel credit ($95 annual fee)
  • Citi Strata Premier: 75,000 ThankYou Points if you spend $4,000 in 3 months ($95 annual fee)
  • Chase IHG Premier: 5 free night awards worth up to 60,000 points each if you spend $4,000 in 3 months ($99 annual fee)
  • Sonesta World Mastercard: Up to 155,000 points - 120,000 points if you spend $2,000 in 3 months, 5,000 points if you add an authorized user within 3 months, 30,000 points on you card anniversary if you spend $7,500 in 12 months. ($75 annual fee, waived the first year)
  • American Express Gold: 100,000 Membership Rewards points if you spend $6,000 in 6 months ($325 annual fee). Only available via select referral links.

Business Cards

  • Ink Business Preferred: 120,000 Ultimate Rewards points if you spend $8,000 in 3 months ($95 annual fee)
  • Amex Business Platinum: 250,000 Membership Rewards points if you spend $15,000 in 3 months ($695 annual fee) - Direct link to see if you're targeted for this offer.
  • Ink Business Cash: Up to $750/75,000 Ultimate Rewards points - $350 when you spend $3,000 in 3 months and an additional $400 when you spend a total of $6,000 in 6 months (no annual fee)
  • Ink Business Unlimited: $750/75,000 Ultimate Rewards points when you spend $6,000 in 3 months (no annual fee)
  • American Express Business Gold: 200,000 Amex Membership Rewards points if you spend $15,000 in 3 months ($375 annual fee). Available via select referrals.
  • Capital One Spark Cash Plus: $2,000 if you spend $30,000 in 3 months ($150 annual fee). Cash back can be converted to transferable Capital One Miles.

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Card Spotlight: Capital One Spark Cash Plus

August 13, 2024 at 20:38 EDT By Spencer Howard

The Capital One Spark Cash Plus was just increased.

It's a cash back card, but you can turn the cash back into Capital One Miles at rate of 1 mile per cent if you have a Capital One Venture, Capital One Venture X, or Capital One Spark Miles for Business. This allows you to transfer the points to airline and hotel partners.

Sign-Up Bonus

  • Earn $2,000 if you spend $30,000 in 3 months
  • Earn an additional $2,000 for every $500,000 you spend during your first year with the card

This means $2,000 could become 200,000 Capital One Miles.

Bonus Categories

  • 2% cash back on all purchases
  • 5% on hotels and rental cars booked via Capital One Travel

Benefits

  • Spend $150,000 in a calendar year to get the annual fee refunded
  • No spend limit as a charge card

Annual Fee

  • $150

More info here

Amex Offer: Save On French Bee Flights

August 13, 2024 at 12:16 EDT By Spencer Howard

American Express has released an Amex Offer for flights on the low-cost carrier French Bee. You can get a $150 statement credit if you spend $750+ on one or more purchases with French Bee. Please note that French Bee operates flights to/from Paris-Orly (ORY), not Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG).

Important Details

  • Expires October 1, 2024
  • Must book via French Bee's U.S. site or via phone (1-833-376-7158)
  • Point of origin must be the U.S.
  • Purchase must be made in USD
  • Eligible purchases include, flights, extra baggage, sports equipment, seat assignment, a la carte menu orders, Plus Services, and Service Packs
  • Excluded: Mobile app and onboard purchases

Earn JetBlue TrueBlue Points On Vrbo Bookings

August 13, 2024 at 12:09 EDT By Spencer Howard

Upgraded Points: "Paisly is JetBlue‘s travel booking portal, which offers rental cars, hotels, activities, and vacation home rentals. Normally, you’ll earn 1 JetBlue TrueBlue point per dollar spent here."

"Paisly now offers bookings on over 850,000 Vrbo properties, letting you earn TrueBlue points and tiles on your reservations. You’ll also save 10% on 1-week rentals and 15% when renting for a month."

ITA Airways: 20% Off Flights From Italy

August 13, 2024 at 12:08 EDT By Spencer Howard

Loyalty Lobby: "ITA Airways is currently offering a summer “Out of Office” promotion, providing a 20% discount on flights departing from Italian airports to nearly all destinations (domestic and international) in their network."

"The discount applies to all classes of service, including Economy Light fares, for travel between September 15 and December 15, 2024."

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