Good afternoon everyone, happy Friday! I was working on my Buy Miles & Points Page and found 4 offers that end in the next week. Always check the math to make sure that buying miles & points makes sense for you. Do not buy miles & points speculatively unless you have a use in mind. With that said, here are 4 offers that end soon.
Up first, Avianca Airlines is offering up to a 140% bonus, depending on the number of Avianca Airlines LifeMiles you purchase. This offer expires today – July 28.
Good morning everyone. During my recent trip to Prague, Copenhagen, and Amsterdam, I booked a few activities on Viator to trigger a few Citi Merchant Offers. At the time, a few online shopping portal were offering 10%-15% cash back on Viator, so the timing worked out well. A few days after getting home from the trip, I realized that I earned Viator Rewards. I am not sure when Viator Rewards was launched or if it is available to everyone, but I thought I would share some info about how it works. First, sign into your Viator account and click on Viator Rewards (landing page). Here, you will see all your recently completed Viator activities, when they expire, and how much rewards you have available.
Good afternoon everyone. Last month, I wrote Reminder: Condor Airlines has Flights to/from Europe for 25K-45K (Economy) & 55K (Business) using Alaska Miles. At the time I wrote that post, I had booked Condor Airlines business class from Frankfurt (FRA) to Vancouver, BC (YVR) for 55,000 Alaska Airlines miles per person. I needed to get to Southern California for an event, so I booked a separate award ticket on Air Canada from Vancouver, BC (YVR) to Los Angeles (LAX).
When it comes to award tickets, the price is the price and the availability is the availability on the specific day that you look. Award prices and availability are constantly changing, so keep checking to see if award tickets get cheaper or better award flights open up. I originally booked this award ticket on June 4 and my flight was on July 16, so I kept checking every few days to see if I could find a better option to fly back to Southern California.
Updated 12:00pm PT on 7/27/23: The travel credit posted a few days after purchasing the flights from the Capital One Travel portal. Scroll down to see the update.
Good afternoon everyone. After I saw the 10K Anniversary Points Post & $300 Travel Credit Reset for Capital One Venture X Credit Card, I browsed around the Capital One Travel portal and saw that I had 2 targeted offers: $75 off flights to Montana & $30 off flights to New Mexico. I am close to SFO, so the location of the offers might be targeted to people in California or the West Coast, I am not sure. There is no specific airline required and no limited booking window either. I decided to take advantage of the first offer and booked an Alaska Airlines flight from Seattle to Bozeman, Montana. As you can see, the $75 credit was applied to the reservation and the remaining $54 was charged to my Capital One Venture X Credit Card. Since I just got my $300 travel credit “renewed,” the $54 travel purchase should get reimbursed by Capital One in a few days / weeks.
The Capital One Travel portal lets you purchase basic economy flights (which I always skip), standard economy flights (which can be changed after booking), and then a special economy flight that costs a few dollars more, but you can cancel and get back 80% of your flight as future travel credit. I went with the standard economy flights.
Updated 12:00pm PT on 7/27/23: The travel credit posted about a week after purchasing 2 flights from the Capital One Travel portal. Scroll down to see the update.
Good afternoon everyone, I hope your week is going well. I just paid the $395 annual fee on my Capital One Venture X Credit Card and wanted to share how quickly the 10,000 anniversary points posted to my account and when the $300 travel credit resets. The $395 annual fee posted to my account on June 7 and I called Capital One to see if they had any retention offers available. Unfortunately, they did not have any offers for me, so I paid the $395 annual fee on June 8.
