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Giveaway: 6 Airline Amenity Kits (4 United Airlines Business First, American Airlines First, and Delta Airlines Business Elite)

Updated 3:45pm PST on 1/4/15: The giveaway is over.  Thank you so much for all your comments, I really appreciate everyone’s participation.  I am now in the process of emailing winners for their mailing addresses.Giveaway Contest Logo

Giveaway: 6 Airline Amenity Kits (4 United Airlines Business First, American Airlines First, and Delta Airlines Business Elite)

Before I get to the contest, I just want to say thank you to everyone who has read and contributed to Travel with Grant throughout 2014.  Your emails and comments keep me going day in and day out.  Without readers like you, there would be no point in writing.  I also really appreciate everyone who has used my Amazon and Ebay affiliate links over the last few months, every purchase counts, no matter how big or small.  Lastly, I want to thank those of you who used my referral links to sign up for Chime, Award Wallet, Uber, and many other services.  Thank you everyone and here’s to an amazing 2015!

With that said, let’s get to the contest!  It’s not quite Spring yet, but I am doing some Spring Cleaning.  I have a few amenity kits from friends and various travel conferences to give away o a few lucky readers.

The Rules

To enter the contest, please tell me what you are most looking forward to in 2015.  Whether it is a dream trip booked with miles and points, closing in on retirement, a new baby, etc.  If you have a preference for a particular amenity kit, please mention that as well.  There are 6 amenity kits and there will be 6 winners.  The contest is open from now through 12PM PST on Sunday, January 4.  After the contest is over, I will email the winners and ask for their mailing addresses.  I will send these out via USPS First Class Mail first thing on Monday morning.

The Prizes

Here are the 6 amenity kits up for grabs:

6 Amenity Kits

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Guest Post: 5 Card App-O-Rama (Diners Club, Club Carlson, US Airways, Southwest Airlines Plus, and Citizens Bank)

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Guest Post: 5 Card App-O-Rama (Diners Club, Club Carlson, US Airways, Southwest Airlines Plus, and Citizens Bank)

Good morning everyone, I hope you are having a great holiday season with your friends and family members.  Today, I have a guest post from my friend Nigel, where he is sharing his experience with his recent App-O-Rama.  Take it away Nigel…

In brief, an App-O-Rama (AOR) is a strategy in the miles/points community where an individual applies for multiple credit cards within a short period of time to maximize their odds of getting approved for multiple credit cards.  For me, this typically involves submitting four or more applications within seconds of each other in the hope that the banks don’t denied me for “too many inquires.”

With my Experian inquires starting to pile up from prior AORs, I wanted to limit this AOR to two Experian hits.  After doing some research on the Credit Boards credit pull database (link), I discovered that applications for the Diners Club Elite Credit Card have reliably resulted in a Transunion inquiry.  I was quite excited at the news, except there was one problem…

Diners Club Application Unavailable

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New AMEX Offers for Newegg, Shell, Adagio Teas, and Blue Nile; New Chime Offers for Barnes and Noble, Chick-Fil-A, Auntie Anne’s, and Krispy Kreme

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New AMEX Offers for Newegg, Shell, Adagio Teas, and Blue Nile; New Chime Offers for Barnes and Noble, Chick-Fil-A, Auntie Anne’s, and Krispy Kreme

Good morning everyone, here is a quick rundown on some new offers.  First off, Newegg has an AMEX Offer where you can get a $25 statement credit after spending $200 or more on Newegg.

Newegg AMEX Offer

Newegg sells a variety of gift cards, including some travel gift cards like American Airlines, Carnival Cruise, and Hyatt.  You can see the whole list here (hat tip to Frequent Miler).

Newegg Travel Gift Cards

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AMEX Offers: Toys R Us, Double Tree, and Burlington Coats; Apple Pay at Walgreens

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AMEX Offers: Toys R Us, Double Tree, and Burlington Coats; Apple Pay at Walgreens

Good morning everyone, here are some new AMEX Offers that showed up in my American Express account this morning.  The first one is for Toys R Us / Babies R Us.  You must order online, but you can probably pick up in-store or have it delivered to your home or office.  Next week there should be another Toys R Us / Babies R Us offer, stay tuned to find out.

Toys R Us AMEX Offer

Right now, the AA Shopping Portal is paying out 4 miles per dollar for Toys R Us orders.

Toys R Us Cash Back Monitor

Online, you can only buy Toys R Us gift cards, but no third party gift cards (same with Babies R Us).

Toys R Us Gift Cards

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New Citi American Airlines Executive Card with Admirals Club Logo

Good Thursday morning everyone, here are some random news articles for you.  Recently, I wrote about the newly redesigned Citi American Airlines Executive Credit Card (link) and commented on the fast that the new design did not have an Admirals Club logo on the card.  Over the weekend, I visited the Admirals Club in SFO and the front desk agent told me that Citi forgot to include the Admirals Club logo on some of their new Executive Cards.  I called Citi and they sent me a new card via FedEx Overnight.  Here is what the back of the card looks like with the Admirals Club logo in the upper right corner.  If you have the old-new Executive Card, you can call Citi and request a new-new Executive Card.

New AA Exec Back Admirals Club Logo

American Express is on a roll with their AMEX Offers.  I wrote about the new offers this week (post 1 and post 2) but apparently AMEX is still rolling out new offers.  The latest offer to grab my attention is the Marriott Hotels offer, spend $200+ and receive a $50 statement credit.

Marriott Hotels AMEX Offer

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