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There's another round of targeted IHG One Rewards promos going around. It's worth checking your account to see if you've been targeted for one of them. Please note that only cash stays are eligible for these promos.
Potential offers you might see:
If you're booking a stay at one of IHG's luxury brands (Intercontinental, Regent, Kimpton, etc.), I would consider booking via IHG's Luxury & Lifestyle program to get additional perks such as daily breakfast for 2, room upgrade, a $100 property credit, and guaranteed 2pm checkout. Benefits vary by property.
If you're booking a stay at a property that doesn't participate in Luxury & Lifestyle, you can use a cashback portal to earn some cash back. I generally find Top Cashback to be a good option, but you can compare options at Cashback Monitor.
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Select IHG One Rewards members can earn 12,000 bonus points after they complete two stays within 60 days. An eligible stay is one in which you pay $30+ per night.
If you're booking a stay at one of IHG's luxury brands (Intercontinental, Regent, Kimpton, etc.), I would consider booking via IHG's Luxury & Lifestyle program to get additional perks such as daily breakfast for 2, room upgrade, a $100 property credit, and guaranteed 2pm checkout. Benefits vary by property.
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With this Amex Offer, you can get $200 back when you spend $700+ on Delta flights - that's up to 28% back. You can use multiple purchases to trigger the offer. Ideally, you'll get this offer the Amex Platinum so you can earn 5x Membership Rewards on the purchase. This offer appears to be targeted so only some cardholders will see it.
Some are seeing an offer for $125 back when you spend $550+ which is about a 23% discount.
Important Offer Terms
Points Wire Note:
If you're like me and don't enjoy manually adding every Amex Offer one by one, take a look at CardPointers+. I use their Chrome extension to automatically add all of my Amex Offers to each card so I never miss an offer.
Delta is offering up to a 20% bonus on Medallion Qualification Dollars (MQDs) on flights to/from the Pacific Northwest. Clearly, Delta is going after people who would typically fly Alaska Airlines.
How The Bonus Works
Eligible Pacific Northwest Airports
You can fly to/from the cities to other cities in the U.S.
Important Terms
Points Wire Note:
If you're a road warrior who regularly flies Delta or you're going to be close to the next status level and could use a bump in MQDs, this could be useful. There's no reason not to register for it, but I wouldn't rework travel plans in the vast majority of cases.
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If you have American miles and need a flight within the US or to Canada, you can book economy class tickets for as few as 5,500 miles one-way. The promo says "as low as 7,000 miles" but I see plenty of options lower than that.
As an example, I just pulled up Washington, DC (DCA) to Los Angeles (LAX) via Dallas (DFW) for 7,000 miles one-way so it's not just short non-stop flights.
Important Terms
Points Wire Note:
When booking award tickets, it's always a good idea to check cash fares to use as a point of comparison. You might find that you're better off paying cash and saving your points and miles for a future flight that you're confident will be much more expensive.
If you want to earn American miles with credit cards, you're limited to the Bilt Card and co-branded American cards from Barclays and Citi.
Alaska Airlines' shopping portal is running a promo in which you can earn bonus miles. Specifically, you can earn:
These are not cumulative. Rather, if you spend $300, you will earn an additional 800 bonus miles which bring you to a total of 1,200 bonus miles. For those doing the math, 1,200 Alaska miles for $300 spend is 4x per dollar. That's on top of what you'd earn shopping with a particular merchant.
This offer expires at 11:59pm ET on January 26, 2024.
Let's Get Nerdy (And Earn More Points)
The Alaska Airlines shopping portal is currently offering 4,500 miles for a purchase of The Motley Fool Stock Advisor. There's a promo code (SALE60) that will drop the price to $79. However, you don't want to use that code if you have the Amex Offer for $50 back on a $99 purchase from The Motley Fool (expires May 5, 2024).
If you have that Amex Offer, you will have $99 spent toward the $300 necessary to get 1,200 bonus miles. Your out of pocket will only be $49 once you factor in the Amex Offer statement credit.
Assuming you spend another $201 via the Alaska shopping portal, you'll end up with at least 5,700 miles for $250 out of pocket. Even if you were to only earn 1x on the remaining $201, you'd end up earning 23.6x Alaska miles per dollar.
Points Wire Note:
For those looking to earn more Loyalty Points with American Airlines, you can use the AA shopping portal with the Amex Offer to earn 6,200 AA miles and Loyalty Points.
This Amex Offer appears to be targeted to select members. If you have the offer, you can get $225 back when you spend $1,250+ with Air New Zealand.
Important Offer Terms
Points Wire Note:
Ideally, you'll get this offer on the Amex Platinum so you can earn 5x and be covered by the card's trip delay insurance. If you're applying for the Amex Platinum, remember that the public welcome bonus of 80,000 points isn't great.
Select referrals from cardholders offer 150,000 points. I collect referrals from Straight To The Points Premium members (join here) and distribute them via STTP's best cards page.
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With this Amex Offer, you can get $150 back as a statement credit if you spend $750+ at participating Omni Hotels & Resorts.
Important Offer Terms
Points Wire Note:
Omni doesn't have a loyalty program that offers redeemable points so Amex Offers like this are about as good as it gets if you're looking to find a deal.
You can use CardPointers+ to quickly add Amex Offers to all of your cards.
If you'd like to get a jumpstart on earning top-tier World of Hyatt Globalist status, this one is for you.
Before we get into the details, please note that this is a targeted offer that's only available to select members via their employers. To register, you'll need to use your corporate email address. If I were to guess, employees at companies with a corporate rate for Hyatt will be the ones who are eligible for this promo.
Promo Details
If eligible, you will be given Explorist status for 90 days.
To retain Explorist status until February 2026, you must stay 10 qualifying nights at Hyatt properties within that 90 days. Even better, if you stay 20 qualifying nights, you will earn Globalist status until February 2026.
Please note that the qualifying nights must be earned via hotel stays. Elite nights earned via credit card spend on the World of Hyatt Credit Card or World of Hyatt Business Credit Card will not count.
You must register by December 31, 2024. Ideally, you'll do this early in the year so you can earn and then enjoy Globalist for as long as possible.
You may only register for a promo from Hyatt Sales Force once every three years.
There's a Chase Offer for 10% back (up to $40 back) on one Southwest Airlines purchase of $50+. This means you can can get 10% back on up to $400 spent with Southwest. This offer expires August 19, 2024.
Important Terms
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