Good afternoon everyone. I was working on my Buy Miles & Points Page and found a few new offers. 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, I have 4 promos to share with you. First up, United Airlines has a tiered bonus where you can get up to a 70% bonus on United Airlines miles. This offer expires on October 16.
Updated 7:20pm PT on 9/12: I just found a Hilton promo ending on September 20. Scroll down to the bottom of the post for more details.
Good afternoon everyone. I was working on my Buy Miles & Points Page and found a few offers that are ending in the next 7 days. 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 the 3 promos that are ending soon. First up, Southwest Airlines is offering a 40% bonus when you purchase at least 10,000 Southwest Airlines points. This offer expires on September 18.
Before reading Part 2, please read Part 1. As a refresher, to get a Southwest Airlines Companion Pass, you need to earn 110,000 Southwest Airlines miles in a calendar year. Southwest Airlines has a handy page to track your current Companion Pass status (link). As of today (October 23, 2014), I need to earn 41,522 more Southwest Airlines miles to obtain a Southwest Airlines Companion Pass good through the rest of 2014 and all of 2015.
Last year, I converted 50,000 Hyatt points into 30,000 Southwest Airlines miles. I plan to do the same thing this year (image is from last year).
Every travel blog out there will tell you how awesome the Southwest Airlines Companion Pass is and how easy it is to get. Here is the Cliff Notes / Spark Notes version:
If that sounds like something you want to do, please consider signing up for a Chase Southwest Airlines Credit Card through one of my credit card referral links.
However, this post is not about the easy way to get the Southwest Airlines Companion Pass. This post is about the hard way to achieve the Southwest Airlines Companion Pass. Let’s say your name is Grant and you find yourself somewhere between no Companion Pass and a Companion Pass for 2015.
Let’s assume you got the Chase Southwest Airlines Premier Credit Card last year and the Chase Southwest Airlines Plus Credit Card earlier this year. Let’s also assume you cannot get a Chase Southwest Airlines Business Credit Card since you just got a Chase Ink Plus Business Credit. Lastly, let’s assume you are 41,522 Southwest Airlines miles away from qualifying for the Companion Pass next year. What do you do? To view your current Southwest Airlines Companion Pass status, please log into your Southwest Airlines account first and then click this link (you may want to bookmark this link as well).
I got a lot of random offers to share, I hope you’re ready to save some money. First off, Staples has another great gift card promo that started on Sunday. Buy $300 or more in Visa Gift Cards and get a $20 Visa Gift Card rebate (Miles to Memories).
While you are in the store, you might want to stock up on some paper too. $4 for 5 reams of Staples printer paper (retail price garage sale price is $10 for a box of 5 reams).
Both rebates offer a Visa gift card as payment. P.S. Check out the gift card rack for other “interesting” gift cards. I cannot say any more.