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Amazon is running some deals on gift cards for the holidays and the promo includes some useful gift cards for travel.
Here are a few that stand out:
Amex continues to roll out more targeted offers on its co-branded hotel cards. In this round, they've released two targeted Amex Offers for Marriott Bonvoy Business cardholders. Keep an eye out for one of these offers:
Nice flag by Danny the Deal Guru.
The higher offer is a replica of the Amex Offer that was just released for the Hilton Business Card!
Don't forget, if you have the Marriott Bonvoy Brilliant Card, there's an Amex Offer for a Free Night Award worth up to 85,000 points.
Select Marriott Bonvoy Brilliant Amex cardholders can earn a Free Night Award worth up to 85,000 Marriott points. To earn the award, cardholders need to register then spend $4,000 by March 15, 2024. You can top off Free Night Awards with up to 15,000 Marriott points. That means you can use this award to help you book a room that requires 100,000 points.
If you have the Marriott Brilliant card, use this link to see if you have this targeted offer.
Nice find by Redditor TheSultan1.
I guess Marriott didn't want Hilton to have all the fun!
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There's a new Amex Offer for you to send $30+ to Venmo/PayPal users with your Amex Send Account and get $10 back. This offer expires March 4, 2024.
To use this offer, follow these steps.
1. Enroll in Send & Split. It's easy from the Amex app (more info here).
2. Add money to your Amex Send Account from your eligible Card (Tap the Card icon on the top left of the Amex App Home screen > Amex Send Account > ‘Add Money’).
3. Send $30+ to any Venmo/PayPal user.
Points Wire Note: CardPointers+ is an easy tool that can help make sure you don't miss an Amex Offer thanks to its Chrome extension that will automatically add all of your offers.
There's a fantastic Amex Offer for targeted Hilton Business cardmembers. The offer is for 15,000 Hilton points when you spend $3,000 by March 27, 2024.
You can use this offer up to three times which means you can earn up to 45,000 bonus points for spending $9,000.
Great find by Travel on Points.
Points Wire Note: If you can spend this $9,000 in the Hilton Business Card's 6x categories, that'd get you 54,000 points and you'd earn a total of 99,000 Hilton points.
That $9,000 also puts you close to the $15,000 required to earn a free night certificate. If you want to do this, you'll need to wait until January 1, 2024 to start spending.
Frequent Miler: "A targeted offer recently appeared that may be of interest if you’re booking travel via the Chase Travel Portal: a new Chase Offer is out that is good for $50 back on $500 or more."
"Interestingly, I found this offer on my Chase Freedom Unlimited, which isn’t the card I would ordinarily use to book travel given the much better travel protections on other cards. I don’t know whether Chase is specifically targeting this to cards without its best-in-class travel protections, but it’s worth checking your offers to see if you have it available if you book through the portal."
"Get a one-time $60 statement credit by using your enrolled eligible Card to spend a minimum of $300 in one or more eligible purchases, when you pay for your stay at participating Wynn Las Vegas & Encore Las Vegas properties from 12/4/2023 to 4/1/2024."
Terms state that you must book directly via the Wynn Las Vegas site or through their mobile app.
Log into your Amex account to add the offer.
Points Wire Note: I'm curious if a Virtuoso booking would trigger the offer as it would be a direct booking and you'd pay at the property. You just wouldn't book on their website or app.
Virtuoso perks at the Wynn Lass Vegas & Encore include: Upgrade on arrival (if available), $100 spa credit, $30 daily breakfast credit per person, and early check-in/late checkout (if available).
Earn 4,500 Amex Membership Rewards points when you spend $300+ on Delta gift cards on Delta's site. This appears to be a targeted offer.
Must purchase by January 31, 2024. E-gift and physical gift cards are eligible. Purchase must be made in US dollars.
Seems to stack with offer to get a $20 Starbucks gift card when you buy spend $300 on Delta Gift cards. Nice flag by DoC.
Link to Starbucks
Points Wire Note: If you're booking a Delta flight anyway, this could be an easy way to earn some extra Amex points. I suggest leaving little to pay with a card such as the Chase Sapphire Preferred, Chase Sapphire Reserve, or Capital One Venture X so that you have trip delay coverage.
Spend $300+ on hotel stays booked via Delta and get $50 back as a statement credit. The offer expires on December 31, 2023, but you can travel after that date. You just need to have used the offer by then. This offer can be triggered by multiple purchases.
Excludes car rentals, gift cards, and vacation rentals.
Points Wire Note: This is a third party booking so you won't earn elite nights or redeemable miles. Some properties will honor elite status benefits, but it's up to them.
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Amex is out with a targeted Amex Offer for ITA Airways. If you have the offer, you can spend $1,000 on ITA Airways, and earn 17,500 Amex Membership Rewards points. You must book by December 31, 2023, but your flights can be after that date.
This appears to be a targeted offer.
Other important terms:
The flight must originate in the U.S. and be charged in U.S. dollars.
You must book via the ITA Airways website or their app.
Purchases at lounges/terminals, on-board, or by phone are not eligible.
Points Wire Note: Ideally, you'll add this to an Amex Platinum so you can earn 5x and have trip delay coverage.
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