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Monthly Archives for July 2004.

Venetian Offer

The Venentian in Las Vegas is offering weekday rates of $129 and weekend rates of $179 through September 27. This hotel is sometimes available on Priceline for less. I used to see it for about $80 on weeknights, more recently $100. I’ve seen it for $130 on weekend nights, though more often $160. Priceline aside, this represents a pretty good offer for this property.

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Paying Bills Via Credit Card

Alaska Airlines Visa cardholders can earn up to 5000 bonus miles for paying bills automatically with their credit card. The offer is 1250 miles per service company bill (such as cable, phone, etc). The USAirways Visa has a similar offer of 1000 miles per bill, up to 5000 bonus miles.Both cards are issued by Bank of America. BofA also issues the Hawaiian Airlines Visa and the America West Visa. If anyone knows whether those cards are offering billpay bonuses, please let me know.(Hat tip to Free Frequent Flyer Miles.)

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July Starwood Bonus

Starwood is offering 500 bonus points per stay in July (up to 5000 points) as a thank you to Flyertalk members for their help winning the Freddie Award for “Hotel Program of the Year.” Registration required.

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