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Positive Changes to Virgin America Elevate Silver & Gold Elite Members

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Good morning everyone, I just received the following email from Virgin America with negative positive changes coming to Virgin America Elevate silver and gold members.  I am a Virgin America Gold Member thanks to my status match from Alaska Airlines (which was itself a status match from Southwest Airlines).  Starting today (April 27, 2016), Virgin America Gold Members will earn 12 Virgin America miles per dollar spent, up from 10 Virgin America miles per dollar spent.  Since each Virgin America mile is worth roughly 2.2 cents per point (CPP), that equates to a ~26% return on paid flights.  That is pretty incredible!

Virgin America Elevate Gold Email Update

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Transfer SPG Points to Virgin America; Book Hawaiian Airlines Award Ticket with VX Elevate Miles

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Good morning everyone, greetings from Denver, Colorado.  I am working on a few upcoming blog posts about my recent trip to Lima, Cusco, and Machu Picchu, but in the meantime, this post will show you how to use your SPG Points to book a Hawaiian Airlines award ticket using Virgin America miles.  Back on April 13, 2016, SPG added Virgin America as a transfer partner, thus making this post possible.

Long story short, I needed a flight from Maui (OGG) to Kona (KOA) and this Hawaiian Airlines flight looked perfect.  The only problem was the $96 price tag for a 35 minute flight.  I reached out to my friends on Twitter and was told that the best way to book a Hawaiian Airlines award ticket was using Virgin America miles.  Here is the process I went through to book the Hawaiian Airlines award ticket using Virgin America miles.

HA Flight

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New AMEX Offers (Amazon), Chime Card Offers (Southwest Airlines) & BankAmeriDeals

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Good morning everyone, here are a few new AMEX Offers that I spotted in my American Express account.  The first one is for Amazon, but it is not the typical AMEX Offer.  You will earn 2x AMEX Membership Rewards Points from 3/22 to 7/31.

Amazon AMEX Offer

Here are the other AMEX Offers:

  • Advance Auto Parts: $10 off $50
  • Boston Market: $3 off $15
  • Ermenegildo Zegna: $200 off $1,000
  • The Stationery Studio: $10 off $50

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Chicago Seminars Scheduled for October 14-16th, 2016, Book Cheap Virgin America Flights Now

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Good morning everyone, I hope your week is off to a great start.  My friend Jim just told me that the dates for the Chicago Seminars have been announced and scheduled for October 14-16, 2016 (FlyerTalk thread).  I love going to the Chicago Seminars and I feel like it is the best-valued travel conference available.  Even though the registration link is not available yet, I already booked my flights to the event.

FT Chicago Seminars Post

Virgin America has some very good prices with flights from SFO-ORD starting at around $130 each way.  I love getting to Chicago early on Friday afternoon so I can catch up with old friends and meet new people before the conference kicks off later in the evening.

SFO-ORD RT Google Flights $312

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Vons/Safeway VGC & AGC $15 Off Coupon, Chime Card Offers for SWA/VA/Uber/Lyft/HotelTonight/Airbnb & BankAmeriDeals

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Good afternoon everyone.  If you can read and understand the title, you are an experienced travel hacker / MSer.  My friend Mike sent me a picture of a current promotion running at his local Von’s (Safeway) grocery store.  Purchase $150 or more in Visa or American Express Gift Cards and you will revive a coupon for $15 off your next $25 grocery purchase.  The promo is running from November 4 to 17 and the coupon must be redeemed within 7 days of your gift card purchase.  Assuming you buy gift cards on the last day of the promo (November 17), you have until November 24 (2 days before Thanksgiving) to redeem the coupon.  This coupon could be great if you have lots of Thanksgiving grocery store purchases to make.  I don’t know if you can redeem more than 1 coupon per transaction, but get creative.

Vons Gift Card Promo 11-7-17-2015

Here are the full terms of the promo:

Vons Gift Card Promo Terms Conditions 11-7-17-2015

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