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Buy Miles/Points Promos Ending May 31: American, Southwest, Spirit, IHG & SPG

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Good morning everyone.  If you are short on miles and points, sometimes it can make sense to buy miles and points to top up your account balance so you have enough miles or points for a redemption.  If you are looking for American Airlines, Southwest Airlines, Spirit Airlines, IHG or SPG miles/points, you are in luck.  All of these loyalty programs are offering promotions when you buy miles/points, but they all end May 31.  If you are interested in any other buy miles or points promotions, I keep an up-to-date list here.  Here is a quick rundown of each promo:

American Airlines is offering a tiered discount.  Depending on the number of American Airlines AAdvantage miles you buy, you can get a 5-35% discount.  Depending on the number of miles you buy and the discount you get, the price of miles varies with a low of 1.92 cents per mile.

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Double Points Returns for Hilton Honors Members

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May is here and that might mean one of your favorite Hilton Honors’ promotions is here: Double Points! Starting May 1, Hilton Honors members can earn Double Points on every stay through August 31.

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Some additional details:

  1. Registered Hilton Honors members earn Double Points on every stay
  2. For every $1 spent on stays, you’ll earn 10 Base Points, plus an additional 10 Bonus Points (5 Base Points plus 5 Bonus Points at Home2 Suite by Hilton and Tru by Hilton). Silver, Gold & Diamond members will earn their Elite Tier Bonus on top of that.
  3. Promotion Stay Period May 1 – August 31, 2018
  4. This offer is available at over 5,000 hotels worldwide. There are
    no caps and no minimum stay requirement.

If this promo doesn’t work for you but you need to top off your Hilton Honors account for an award stay, here’s where you can do that. Will this promo work for you? I don’t have any Hilton stays during the summer, so maybe they’ll have another fun promo this fall.

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Unboxing my US Bank Radisson Rewards Business & Premier Visa Signature Credit Cards: Card Art & Welcome Letter

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Good morning everyone.  My old US Bank Club Carlson credit cards were expiring soon, so US Bank sent me new US Bank Radisson Rewards credit cards.  In this post, I will show you the card art and welcome letters for my US Bank Radisson Rewards Business Credit Card and US Bank Radisson Rewards Premier Visa Signature Credit Card.  I also recently received the US Bank Radisson Rewards Visa Platinum Credit Card, if you want to check out the card art and welcome letter for that credit card.

Let’s start with the US Bank Radisson Rewards Business Credit Card.  Here is the welcome letter, earning details (5x everywhere and 10x at Radisson properties), 40,000 anniversary points, and 3 free nights (after spending $30,000).

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OC Travel Hackers Meetup Saturday, May 12 @ 12pm at In-N-Out (Tustin District)

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Good afternoon everyone, I hope you had a great weekend.  I will be flying down to Orange County this weekend for Mother’s Day, so I decided to do a travel hackers meetup on Saturday afternoon.  If you are free this Saturday, I would love to meet you and talk travel, miles, points, MS, and blogging.

  • Where: 2895 Park Ave, Tustin, CA 92782 (Google Maps)
  • When: Saturday, May 12 @ 12-2PM

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There is no need to RSVP to the OC travel hackers meetup, just show up at 12pm and be ready to talk talk travel.  I hope to see some of you there.  Have a great day everyone.

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Buy British Airways Avios with 50% Bonus (Expires Tomorrow – May 8)

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Good afternoon everyone, British Airways is currently running a promotion to buy British Airways Avios.  If you buy Avios before May 8 at 23:59 BST (British Summer Time), you can get a 50% bonus on the number of Avios you purchase.  You can purchase up to 200,000 Avios per year, per British Airways account (see complete terms and conditions below).  The price per Avios varies depending on the number of Avios you purchase, but I believe 1.84 cents per mile is the lowest price.

British Airways Avios have many uses, from short international segments for 4,500 Avios, to domestic segments for 7,500 Avios, to one way flights from the West Coast to Hawaii for 12,500 Avios.  You can also move British Airways Avios to Iberia Avios if you want to save some money on a roundtrip award ticket.

If you are interested in any other buy miles or points promotions, I keep an up-to-date list here (several promotions end at the end of May).

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