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PSA: Check for Targeted Capital One Travel Discounts (Ex: $75 Off Flights to Montana & $30 Off Flights to New Mexico)

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.

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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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5 Buy Miles / Points Promos Ending Soon: Southwest (50%), Alaska (40%), Air Canada (110%), Wyndham (25%) & Frontier (100%)

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, Southwest Airlines is offering up to a 50% discount, depending on the number of Southwest Airlines Rapid Rewards Points you purchase. This offer expires today – May 19.

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Stacking Carnival Cruise Line Fun Match “Free” Cruise with 2x $35 Off $100 Chase Offer & BankAmeriDeal

Good morning everyone, I hope your week is going well.  A few weeks ago, I followed Nick’s advice from Frequent Miler and got a “free” cruise from Carnival Cruise Line.  Nick also got me a “free” Holland America Cruise, so if I ever see Nick on the High Seas, I will be sure to buy him a refreshing drink (or two).  Technically, these “free” cruises aren’t really free, I still had to pay a few hundred dollars in taxes, fees, port expenses, and gratuities, but I’m excited to go on my first cruise since my 2002 cruise to Alaska (scroll to the bottom to see some old school photos).

With the Carnival Fun Match promo, I received an offer for a “free” room (up to a balcony room), $50 in FunPlay credit, free drinks in the casino, and $100 OnBoard Credit per person. To reduce the cost, I split the $200 deposit and paid with 2 credit cards to trigger 2x $35 statement credits.

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Bank of America Alaska Airlines Credit Card 10% Relationship Bonus Miles Now Posting

Good morning everyone, I hope you had a great weekend.  My Bank of America Alaska Airlines Credit Card statement just closed and I noticed that the 10% relationship bonus miles are now posting to my Alaska Airlines account.  I wanted to share the news in case you were wondering when the relationship bonus miles would post.  A few months ago, Bank of America announced the following changes to the Alaska Airlines credit card.  The most exciting news to me was regarding the “10% rewards bonus” if you have an eligible Bank of America account.  I have a personal Bank of America checking account, so I was excited for this change.

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