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Should I Transfer All My AMEX Points to Hawaiian Airlines?
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Good afternoon everyone, I hope you had a great weekend. I am excited to share that Laura and I are having a baby girl in August. With our upcoming Player 3 little bundle of joy, our travel plans will be on pause for a while, but I wanted to build up a big Alaska Airlines mileage balance so that when we take to the skies once more, we will have plenty of miles available.
As of May 2025, I have 1.3 million Alaska Airlines miles in my account. We built up this balance in the last year by transferring lots of AMEX Membership Rewards Points to our Hawaiian Airlines accounts, applying for Barclays Hawaiian Airlines credit cards, and then by consolidating all our miles into my Alaska Airlines account. For a step by step guide on how to do that, please read How to Transfer, Combine, or Move Alaska Airlines and Hawaiian Airlines Miles (with Direct Links).
With all that said… Should I transfer all my AMEX Membership Rewards Points to Hawaiian Airlines? After reading this post, please let me know your thoughts.
How to Transfer, Combine, or Move Alaska Airlines and Hawaiian Airlines Miles (with Direct Links)
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Republished on 5/18/25 since AMEX announced that American Express Membership Rewards Point transfers to Hawaii Airlines will end on June 30, 2025.
Good afternoon everyone, I hope your week is going well. In this post, I will show you how we moved Alaska Airlines Miles into Hawaiian Airlines Miles, transferred those miles between Hawaiian Airlines accounts, and then transferred those miles to Alaska Airlines. We wanted all of our miles to be in a single account (my Alaska Airlines account) to make award booking easier since we would book all of our award tickets from a single account. Transfers between Alaska Airlines and Hawaiian Airlines were free and instant. Here are the steps we did…
A few weeks ago, Laura and I transferred large chunks of American Express Membership Rewards Points into Hawaiian Airlines Miles when AMEX had a 20% transfer bonus to Hawaiian Airlines. I transferred 417K AMEX MR Points into 500K Hawaiian Airlines Miles on August 29.
Discover It Credit Card $20 Statement Credit for Using Virtual Card on Google Chrome (Targeted Offer)
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Good afternoon everyone, I hope you had a great weekend. I just received an email from Discover about a targeted offer on my Discover It Credit Card where I can get a $20 statement credit after making a $200 virtual card purchase on Google Chrome. The email came from discover@card-e.em.discover.com with the subject line: “Congrats, Grant: You have a $20 cash back offer”. Check your email to see if you are eligible for the offer.
InKind $50 Referral Bonus + 25% Discount on Gift Cards at Costco
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Good morning everyone, happy Mother’s Day! I just noticed that InKind has doubled the referral bonus from $25 to $50 if your referral signs up and spends $50 with InKind by June 30, 2025. If they don’t meet the requirements by the deadline, you’ll still receive the standard $25 referral bonus once they spend $50. There’s no special referral link for this promo, so you can continue using your current referral link. If you’d like to use my InKind referral link, you will get a $25 bonus after you spend $50 or more with InKind. If you are a Costco member, you can buy a $100 InKind eGift Card for just $74.99. See the details below for more info.
Instant Access to Chase Sapphire Preferred Credit Card After Approval with Apple Pay & Google Pay
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Updated at 8:15am PT on 4/23/25: I completed the $5,000 minimum spending requirement and the 100,000 Chase Ultimate Rewards Points show as pending in my account – all before even receiving the physical card in the mail. You can also refer friends and family members to the CSP before receiving the physical card in the mail. See both updates below.
Good morning everyone, I hope your weekend is going well. Last night, I was looking into credit card options since Laura and I have some large purchases coming up in the next few months. While researching, I wanted to see if the Chase Sapphire Preferred Credit Card (CSP) (click here to learn more and apply) offers instant access to the card, and I was happy to find out that it does!
According to Chase: “Spend Instantly: Apply for a card, use it the same day. Receive instant access to your card by adding it to a digital wallet, like Apple Pay®, Google Pay™, or Samsung Pay.” You can check out the full details here chase.com/digital/spend-instantly. In this post, I will show you the process to add the CSP to your Apple Pay Wallet.
