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How to Transfer/Combine Hyatt Gold Passport Points to Another Account

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Good morning everyone, greetings from Orange County, home of the Frequent Traveler University this weekend.  A few days ago, a friend of mine needed 12,000 Hyatt Gold Passport Points to book an award, so I transferred some points from my account to his account.  In this post, I will show you the process for combining or transferring points.  You can only transfer or receive points once every 30 days.  The process is old school and involves printing out the following form (Hyatt form, my mirror), filling in your account info, your transfer partner’s account info, how many points you want to transfer, getting 2 signatures, and then emailing goldpassport@hyatt.com (just print out the form, take a picture of the completed form, and send it to the email address).

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Bank of America BankAmeriDeals: Sun Country Airlines, Hilton Hotels & Airbnb

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Good afternoon everyone, I hope your weekend is going well.  I participated in a community garage sale and made $250, mostly from reams of paper from Staples Easy Rebate deals.  I also received an email from Bank of America this morning about new BankAmeriDeals (similar to AMEX Offers).  When I log into my Bank of America online account, here are all the BankAmeriDeals I see:

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How to Request Missing or Lost Virgin America Credit Card $150 Discount Companion Code

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Good morning everyone, I hope you had a great weekend.  I played tourist in San Francisco and rode a bright yellow GoCar around the city, down Lombard Street and up to Coit Tower, then I had a delicious dinner at Boudin’s at Fisherman’s Wharf.  Anyway, I have an important post for anyone with the Comenity Virgin America Premium Visa Signature Credit Card.  I was recently approved for this credit card during my June 2016 App-O-Rama.  As a cardmember perk, you get a companion code discount worth up to $150 off a Virgin America flight every year you pay the $149 annual fee (Virgin America’s version of the Alaska Airlines companion pass).

Virgin America $150 Discount Off Companion TicketThe terms and conditions of the discount companion code say that the code will be emailed 6-8 weeks after you paid the annual fee.  I paid the annual fee longer than that, but I did not receive the email from Virgin America (it could have been mistakenly deleted, went to spam, or just never sent – I don’t know what is more likely).  In this post, I will show you how to request the missing or lost Virgin America discount companion code.

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Retention Offers for Bank of America Alaska Airlines and US Bank Club Carlson Business Credit Cards

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Good afternoon everyone, I hope your Labor Day Weekend is going well.  I have 2 data points to share regarding retention offers on my Bank of America Alaska Airlines Visa Signature Credit Card and US Bank Club Carlson Business Credit Card.  When you pay the $75 annual fee on the Bank of America Alaska Airlines Visa Signature Credit Card every year, you get a $99 Alaska Airlines companion pass that is good for a future Alaska Airlines flight.  My annual fee posted in early August and I already received the $99 Alaska Airlines companion pass, but I wanted to see if I could get the $75 annual fee waived too.  After a long talk with the Bank of America retention department, I was only able to get a 2,500 Alaska Airlines miles retention offer – no annual fee waiver or statement credit.  The 2,500 Alaska Airlines miles posted a few weeks after my call and I just called Bank of America to close the credit card, so I wouldn’t have to pay the $75 annual fee.  The agent didn’t want me to close the credit card, so she convinced me to convert it to a no annual fee Bank of America Travel Rewards Credit Card instead.

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Alaska Airlines Companion Pass Code Posted 16 Days after Annual Fee is Billed

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Good morning everyone.  Yesterday, I wrote August 2016: Which Annual Fees did I Pay & which Credit Cards did I Close?  In that post, I shared my thoughts on the Bank of America Alaska Airlines Credit Card and what to do when the $75 annual fee posted to my account.  When I saw the $75 annual fee post to my account, I had to make a decision whether or not to keep the credit card and pay the $75 annual fee or to call Bank of America and close the credit card to avoid paying the $75 annual fee.  To complicate my thought process, I knew that the Alaska Airlines companion pass code would post to my Alaska Airlines account shortly after the $75 annual fee billed to my credit card (that is the best perk of the card, in my opinion).  For those who are unfamiliar with the Alaska Airlines companion pass code, it allows you to buy any paid Alaska Airlines operated flight and bring a companion for as little as $120 (taxes and fees may vary, depending on your destination).

I was hopeful that the companion pass code would post soon, that way I could keep the companion pass code and still close the credit card without paying the $75 annual fee.  So the question is, “How long does the Alaska Airlines companion pass code take to post to my Alaska Airlines account after the annual fee is billed?”  Let’s find out below…

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