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New AMEX Offers for You: Cathay Pacific, Bowlmor, Delivery.com, and EntirelyPets.com

AMEX Offers

New AMEX Offers for You: Cathay Pacific, Bowlmor, Delivery.com, and EntirelyPets.com

Every Friday/Saturday/Sunday, I like to post the latest AMEX Offers for You list.  Here are some of the other recent posts with offers that may/may not still be around.

As is always the case with AMEX Offers for You, you may/may not have these offers ties to your American Express credit cards.  You can view all the latest #twitter AMEX offers here.

Without further ado, here are this week’s Offers for You (always remember to read the terms and conditions, each offer has different terms to follow):

Cathay Pacific AMEX Offer

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Retention Bonus Results for a Chase United, AMEX Delta, and Citi American Airlines Credit Card

Which Credit Card

Retention Bonus Results for a Chase United, AMEX Delta, and Citi American Airlines Credit Card

Good morning, here are my results from my recent three card retention bonus challenge (read the intro here).  If you want to listen to all three reconsideration calls (24 minutes long), please click the play button below.  Download link (3-Card-Reconsideration-Calls.m4a).

Here are my results and plans going forward…

Card #1: Chase United MileagePlus Credit Card

  • Asked for the $95 annual fee to be waived – no go
  • Asked for a statement credit to cover the annual fee – no go
  • Asked for 10,000 United miles to offset the annual fee (got this last year) – no go
  • I was offered 2 complimentary United Club Passes (see my post How much are 2 United Club Passes Worth? $29.99) – I will sell these on Ebay when they come
  • I will call back again after the United Club Passes arrive and see if I can get a better retention offer, otherwise I will close my card and move my credit line over to my other Chase personal credit cards

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4 Uber Rides in 24 Hours (FTU Seattle) and 3 Planned Retention Calls (Chase United, AMEX Delta, and Citi American Airlines)

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4 Uber Rides in 24 Hours (FTU Seattle) and 3 Planned Retention Calls (Chase United, AMEX Delta, and Citi American Airlines)

Sign up for Uber and get a $10 Uber credit on your first ride (link)

During my weekend in Seattle for FTU Seattle, I had the pleasure to try Uber 4 different times (within 24 hours).  For those unfamiliar with Uber, it is an on-demand taxi service, meaning you can request a taxi ride whenever and wherever (Uber is supported).  You need a smartphone and the Uber app needs to be installed.  Once you load the Uber app, it finds your current location and shows you all drivers nearby.  When you are ready to be picked up, just set your pick up location and the nearest available Uber driver will come pick you up.  The Uber app shows you where the car is and who the driver is along with the make of the car and their license plate.

See Who Uber Driver Is

You can read the whole article about why Uber is awesome here.   Continue reading →

Sunday Funday: My New Global Entry ID Card, New AMEX Serve Pages, and a New Travel eBook from PointsAway.com

Sunday Funday

Sunday Funday: My New Global Entry ID Card, New AMEX Serve Pages, and a New Travel eBook from PointsAway.com

Happy Sunday everyone, wherever you may be… Some random stuff for you to check out:

Read about my experience getting my Global Entry ID Card last week at Seattle International Airport here.

Global Entry Card Front

I’ve been busy working on some new AMEX Serve pages, here are all my AMEX Serve pages:

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FTU Seattle Trip Report (Viewed from a 4th Timer’s Point of View)

FTU SEA

FTU Seattle Trip Report (Viewed from a 4th Timer’s Point of View)

Let me start off with the weather.. the weather in Seattle this past weekend was one of the best I’ve ever seen (thanks to Lucky for arranging the sunshine).

Alaska Airlines to Seattle

Alaska Airlines to Seattle 2

If you haven’t already, please read 9 Tips for Making Friends at FTU or other Travel Conferences. I met a few people that said they read several miles and points blogs but they told me that they were dissapointed that they didn’t learn anything new at FTU.   Continue reading →