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Reminder: Condor Airlines has Flights to/from Europe for 25K-45K (Economy) & 55K (Business) using Alaska Miles

Good afternoon everyone.  2 weeks ago, my wife and I decided to book a last minute trip to Europe this summer with stops in Prague (PRG), Copenhagen (CPH), and Amsterdam (AMS).  Researching award flights can be a combination of excitement, frustration, and extreme outside the box thinking.  I love using Point.me to search for award space and was able to find Air France business class saver space for San Francisco to Paris to Prague (SFO-CDG-PRG) for 65,000 miles + $242 in taxes/fees per person.  Point.me pro tip: run multiple searches at the same time in different tabs to maximize your searching and minimize your time.

For our return trip, I had a much harder time finding saver award space back home.  Luckily, Point.me found Condor Airlines business class flights that were bookable with Alaska Airlines miles.  If you want to see what Condor Airlines business class looks like, check out this One Mile at a Time review.

In this post, I will show you the 15 routes that Condor Airlines flies from Frankfurt, Germany (FRA) to the United States and Canada.  I will also sort them in a table based on arrival city (alphabetical) and duration (shortest to longest).  The dates shown in these images were the first available business class flights I found, but award space is constantly changing, so you may find more or less award space if you look today.  Economy prices range from 25K to 45K miles, depending on availability and the route; business class is fixed at 55K miles for all routes.

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Goodbye Better Balance Rewards, Hello Bank of America Unlimited Cash Rewards MasterCard and Visa Credit Cards (Card Art Images)

Good afternoon everyone, I hope your week is going well.  A few weeks ago, I wrote about the Targeted: $200 Bonus for Bank of America Better Balance Rewards Credit Cards Converting to Unlimited Cash Rewards.  Last week, I wrote How to Redeem Bank of America Unlimited Cash Rewards Credit Card $200 Bonus for Statement Credit. I thought that I would do one more post about my beloved Better Balance Rewards (BBR) credit cards before I put them through the shredder.  I didn’t realize until now, but on the back side of the BBR credit cards, it says “Cardholder Since” with a 15 on the MasterCard and a 17 on Visa.  I will assume Bank of America means 2015 and 2017, since I haven’t had these cards since I was 15 years old or 17 years old.

I did some rough math and calculated that I have had these credit cards for about 60 quarters total from the time I received them / converted to them and now.  Since I have a linked Bank of America checking account, I received a $30 quarterly bonus each quarter when I pay my bill in full and on time.  60 quarters x $30 = $1,800 in cash back.  Now I understand why Bank of America had to kill these cards, they were probably losing hundreds of thousands of dollars per year without generating much income.  RIP BBR credit cards, you will be missed.

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Hyatt Vacation Club Timeshare Package at Sirena Del Mar in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico: $349 for 3 Nights + 7,500 Points (Targeted)

Good evening everyone, I hope you had a great weekend.  I just received a targeted Hyatt Vacation Club timeshare vacation package in the mail for the Sirena Del Mar in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico.  This property is part of World of Hyatt and is a Category 5, which costs 20,000 points per night for standard availability.   The offer is $349 + 7,500 World of Hyatt Points (or a $100 resort credit) for a 4 day / 3 night stay in a one bedroom villa at this property.  As part of the offer, you need to attend a 90-120 timeshare presentation.  I don’t think this offer is available to the public, but you can try calling the Hyatt Vacation Club department at 858-299-7452 to see if you are eligible for the offer.  Scroll down to the see the terms of the offer and view the marketing brochure.

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5 Buy Miles / Points Promos Ending Soon: Spirit (60%), Air France / KLM (100%), Air Canada (50%), Choice Hotels (30%) & Southwest (40%)

Good afternoon everyone, happy Friday!  I was working on my Buy Miles & Points Page and found 5 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 5 offers that end soon.

Up first, Spirit Airlines is offering up to a 60% bonus, depending on the number of Spirit Airlines Free Spirit Miles you purchase.  This offer expires tomorrow – June 10.

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How to Redeem Bank of America Unlimited Cash Rewards Credit Card $200 Bonus for Statement Credit

Good morning everyone, happy Friday!  A few weeks ago, I wrote Targeted: $200 Bonus for Bank of America Better Balance Rewards Credit Cards Converting to Unlimited Cash Rewards.  In that post, I talked about the targeted $200 bonus for the Bank of America Unlimited Cash Rewards Credit Card.  In this post, I will show you how to redeem the $200 bonus as a statement credit.  But first, here is the front and back of the credit card.  It is very simple and clean with various shades of gray.  This credit cards earns unlimited 1.5% cash back on all purchases and has no annual fee.

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