Good afternoon everyone, happy Thursday! I was working on my Buy Miles & Points Page and found 6 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 6 offers that end soon.
Up first, British Airways is offering up to a 40% bonus, depending on the number of British Airways Avios you purchase. This offer expires tomorrow – December 15.
Good morning everyone, I hope your week is going well. I’ve been a huge fan of Vacasa Vacation Rentals using Wyndham Rewards Points and have booked 6 Vacasa properties in California and Hawaii over the last few years. Back in October, Frequent Miler discovered that Vacasa now has a lower cap on reservations booked with WR Points. You can now only redeem WR Points if the price per bedroom per night is $350 or less, down from the previous $500 per bedroom per night. That is a major blow to the value you could get booking Vacasa Vacation Rentals.
Here is the current chart that shows the price in dollars and WR Points needed, based on the number of bedrooms and the average nightly price (including taxes and fees). If you have a Barclays Wyndham Rewards Earner Plus or Earner Business credit card, you get a 10% discount on the number of WR Points needed. Based on those numbers, the maximum cents per point (CPP) is 2.33 CPP for all members and 2.59 CPP for Earner Plus and Earner Business CC members.
# Bedrooms |
Avg Nightly Price Cap |
# WR Points |
10% Discount |
CPP Standard |
CPP Earner CC |
| 1 | $350 | 15,000 | 13,500 | 2.33 | 2.59 |
| 2 | $700 | 30,000 | 27,000 | 2.33 | 2.59 |
| 3 | $1,050 | 45,000 | 40,500 | 2.33 | 2.59 |
| 4 | $1,400 | 60,000 | 54,000 | 2.33 | 2.59 |
Good morning everyone, happy Friday! Last weekend, I was in Las Vegas with my family. I haven’t visited Las Vegas in probably 2 years, so it was nice to be back for a visit. I flew Avelo, the new low cost airline, from Sonoma / Santa Rosa Airport (STS) to Las Vegas (LAS) and then took an Uber to the Linq Hotel (the hotel with the Linq High Roller observation wheel). I used my Caesar’s Diamond elite status when booking the room so I got a good deal on the room and paid no resort fees due to my elite status. After checking in, I went to the Caesars Rewards desk and asked for a new rewards card (my old card expired January 2023). I then checked to see what promos I had available and there was a coupon for 2 free tickets to the Linq High Roller observation wheel and my $100 Celebration Dinner.
Good afternoon everyone, happy Friday! My wife and I have a $6,000 bill that is coming up in the next few weeks, so we (mostly me) are trying to figure out which new credit card to get to pay the bill (and earn a new sign up bonus along the way). Traditionally in December, this is the time of the year that most travel hackers focus on spending the holidays with their friends and family setting themselves up for a Southwest Airlines Companion Pass in early January or getting a new American Express Platinum Card for the opportunity to go for the “Triple Dip” – where you can use the new card benefits at the end of 2023, again in 2024, and one more time in early 2025 before the annual fee is due.
My wife currently has a Chase Southwest Airlines Priority Credit Card and I am over Chase 5/24, so the Southwest Airlines Companion Pass is off the table for us. My wife has never had *any* American Express cards as the primary account holder, but she is an authorized user on a few of my AMEX cards. The “Triple Dip” on the AMEX Platinum seems like a no brainer, but AMEX has messed up our plans by adding a “Family Rule” on the American Express Gold Card that says:
You may not be eligible to receive a welcome offer if you have or have had this Card, the Premier Rewards Gold Card, The Platinum Card® from American Express, American Express Platinum Card® by Charles Schwab, The Platinum Card® from American Express Exclusively for Morgan Stanley or previous versions of these Cards.
Basically, if she gets the AMEX Platinum, she will not be eligible for the AMEX Gold sign up bonus in the future. So this is where the dilemma comes in. Should she go for the “Triple Dip” on the AMEX Platinum and forgo ever getting a sign up bonus on the AMEX Gold? Or should she get the AMEX Gold now and then apply for the AMEX Platinum in the future (maybe in December 2024)?
Good afternoon everyone, happy Friday! I was working on my Buy Miles & Points Page and found 4 offers that end this month. 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 4 offers that end soon.
Up first, United Airlines is offering up to a 100% bonus, depending on the number of United Airlines MileagePlus Miles you purchase. This offer expires on November 20.
