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American Express Platinum, Staples.com Offer, and Chase Ritz-Carlton Statement Credits

AMEX Plat Card

In this post, I will cover the American Express Platinum $200 airline travel reimbursement credit, the recent $25 statement credit for Staples.com purchases of $100 or more, an American Express Travel AMEX Offer, and my recent Chase Ritz-Carlton airline reimbursement credits.  First off, I received 2 $100 statement credits on my American Express Platinum Credit Card for purchasing 2 $100 Southwest Airlines eGift Cards.  The process is super easy, both statement credits posted automatically 3 days after the charges posted.  This helpful FlyerTalk thread has all the details for every airline that the American Express Platinum Credit Card works with.

AMEX Platinum SWA eGC Reimbursements

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Giveaway: 6 Airline Amenity Kits (4 United Airlines Business First, American Airlines First, and Delta Airlines Business Elite)

Updated 3:45pm PST on 1/4/15: The giveaway is over.  Thank you so much for all your comments, I really appreciate everyone’s participation.  I am now in the process of emailing winners for their mailing addresses.Giveaway Contest Logo

Giveaway: 6 Airline Amenity Kits (4 United Airlines Business First, American Airlines First, and Delta Airlines Business Elite)

Before I get to the contest, I just want to say thank you to everyone who has read and contributed to Travel with Grant throughout 2014.  Your emails and comments keep me going day in and day out.  Without readers like you, there would be no point in writing.  I also really appreciate everyone who has used my Amazon and Ebay affiliate links over the last few months, every purchase counts, no matter how big or small.  Lastly, I want to thank those of you who used my referral links to sign up for Chime, Award Wallet, Uber, and many other services.  Thank you everyone and here’s to an amazing 2015!

With that said, let’s get to the contest!  It’s not quite Spring yet, but I am doing some Spring Cleaning.  I have a few amenity kits from friends and various travel conferences to give away o a few lucky readers.

The Rules

To enter the contest, please tell me what you are most looking forward to in 2015.  Whether it is a dream trip booked with miles and points, closing in on retirement, a new baby, etc.  If you have a preference for a particular amenity kit, please mention that as well.  There are 6 amenity kits and there will be 6 winners.  The contest is open from now through 12PM PST on Sunday, January 4.  After the contest is over, I will email the winners and ask for their mailing addresses.  I will send these out via USPS First Class Mail first thing on Monday morning.

The Prizes

Here are the 6 amenity kits up for grabs:

6 Amenity Kits

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Transfer Chase Ultimate Reward Points from the Chase App

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Transfer Chase Ultimate Reward Points from the Chase App

Chase recently updated their smartphone app for iOS and Android with the ability to transfer Chase Ultimate Reward Points to their travel partners.  I will show you how I recently transferred Chase Ultimate Reward Points to Southwest Airlines on my iPhone.  The process should work the same on an Android phone.  You can follow these steps to transfer Chase Ultimate Reward Points to any of their travel partners.  Without further ado, download the Chase app to your smartphone and log into your Chase account.

Log Into Chase App

Navigate to the Chase account that has Chase Ultimate Reward Points – either a Chase Sapphire Preferred (personal account) or a Chase Ink Bold/Plus (business account).

Select Chase Account

To read the entire post, please click here.  Have a great Thanksgiving holiday everyone!

Marathon Man: “Manufactured Spending is like Card Counting” and my #WestCoastDo Thoughts

Card Counting Casino

Marathon Man: “Manufactured Spending is like Card Counting” and my #WestCoastDo Thoughts

Don’t worry Marathon Man, your secrets are safe. The one thing you said that I will share is, “manufactured spending is like card counting.” That is such a great analogy that fits perfectly.  Just like card counting, MS is not illegal, but it is definitely frowned upon.  The comparison to MS is wonderful.  After catching up on some sleep, I have a few points I want to share about the #WestCoastDo and the other travel conferences I have attended.

1 – First off, great job to Matt @ Saverocity for putting together and pulling off a great travel conference.  I am sure those in attendance would agree.  The lunch was fabulous and the extended happy hour was much appreciated. Thanks for all the hard work, time, and money you spent on this conference.  You da’ man!

2 – Uber is great in Phoenix/Scottsdale.  I used Uber a few times to get to/from my Holiday Inn Express hotel (please don’t screw me over Into the Nights) as well as to get to the airport.  There are lots of drivers at all hours of the day and night.

Uber in PHX

3 – George @ Travel Blogger Buzz is much nicer in person.  I have been a long time reader and friend of George, but this was the first time meeting him in person.  He is very nice, funny, and just fun to hang out with.  He shared his thought on #WestCoastDo here.

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Random News: Last Day for AMEX $10 Statement Credit, iPhone 6/Plus Cases, Friday’s App-O-Rama Results, and Hang-Up-Call-Again Success Story

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Random News: Last Day for AMEX $10 Statement Credit, iPhone 6/Plus Cases, Friday’s App-O-Rama Results, and Hang-Up-Call-Again Success Story

Good afternoon everyone, I hope your weekend is off to a great start.  I had the pleasure of meeting a blog reader (and hopefully a future blog reader) for coffee in Oceanside this morning to talk miles and points.

Let’s get to the random news, shall we?

Sorry for the late notice, but today is the last day to take advantage of the $10 AMEX Serve Statement Credit After Making 5 $10+ Purchases.  You must make 5 purchases of $10 or more with your Serve Card between August 15 and today.  The statement credit posts after a few days of making the qualifying purchases.

Serve $10 Statement Credit 5 $10 Purchases

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