In addition to the Round-the-World promo for flights in and out of Washington, DC, United is offering a Round-the-World sweepstakes: flights purchased in and out of the DC area between June 15th and June 20th (short window!) earn an entry in the sweepstakes, and so will email entries: If you wish to enter without making a purchase you may do so by sending an email containing your first name, last name, complete mailing address and telephone number to unitedaroundtheworld@eprize.net. For each valid email which contains all of the required information you will receive one (1) entry into the Promotion. Sending more than the allowable number of email entries will result in the voiding of all of the entries for that individual. Limit: three (3) entries per person or email address each day during the Promotion…
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American Offers DC Bonus
American has joined United and Northwest in offering 2500 bonus miles per roundtrip in and out of the Washington, DC area for travel between June 15 and September 30. Registration is required
Starwood Amex Bonus
The Starwood American Express offer for up to 10,000 points as a signup bonus is back and valid through July 16.Longtime readers will recognize this as what I recommend as best mileage earning credit card.
Are you earning enough hotel points?
Erica Silverstein asks whether you should focus more on hotel points than airline miles. No doubt some hotel point programs can be easier to redeem with than miles. Starwood is the perfect example: all of their ‘standard’ rooms are available for redemption. I find that airline programs still offer the greatest value proposition provided that you redeem for international upgrades or international premium class tickets. But hotel points are certainly underemphasized in most folks’ portfolios. I say collect both!
Miles for Large Sodas, but No Miles for Popcorn
I read some weeks ago that Cinemark Theatres was offering 100 American Airlines miles with each 44 ounce soda. Didn’t seem too lucrative until Free Frequent Flyer Miles pointed out the obvious: stay around the theatre after the credits and check for cups left behind at the seats. You might pick up a few thousand miles for free.
Marriott $100 Bonus
Marriott hotel stays that include a Friday or Saturday night receive free breakfast and $100 towards a future stay, subject to rate availability when paying with Visa.It’s actually not available for my upcoming Marriott stay in Florida, though I could grab the rate at any of the 10 other Marriott properties in town. It’s almost enough to make me change locations.
$40 Roundtrips from Washington Dulles
Independence Air is offering a “Friends and Family” promotion beginning on their first day of flying (tomorrow) through the end of the month — $40 roundtrip plus tax to anywhere they fly. Since the email from their Director of Marketing, which was forwarded to me, says “You can FWD:FWD:FWD this to anyone and everyone. Go ahead!” I feel pretty comfortable sharing it on this website. —–Original Message—– From: Rick Delisi [mailto:Rick.Delisi@flyi.com] Sent: Friday, June 11, 2004 10:59 AM Subject: Special Offer to Friends of Independence Air Team Members Greetings to Everyone I’ve Ever Met In My Entire Life: As you can probably imagine, all of us at INDEPENDENCE AIR are pretty excited about our new service at Washington Dulles. We’re ready to start flying in less than a week–June 16th. As part of the inaugural…
Enhancements to this Website
I’ve just added an RSS feed and a version of this website optimized for mobile phone browsing.
Hits4Pay
I just signed up with Hits4Pay, a service that sends you email ads and pays you to read them. They give you $10 to signup and mail checks when you accrue $25. It will probably take awhile to get there, but it’s free money and I click on those Mypoints emails as it is… (The previous link will show Hits4Pay that I referred you, and I do get something for the referral. You’re welcome to go signup without the referral credit to me if you prefer.)
United New Member Signup Bonus
Earn 3000 United miles for signing up for United Mileage Plus. Most of the signup bonuses that United offers require a flight, and usually an expensive one at that. This one doesn’t. I discovered this offer from an affiliate marketing website, and United’s marketing materials say “Miles for Everyday Activities” and “Enroll today. Get 3000 bonus miles.” Because it’s through an affiliate marketing page, Mileage Plus will actually pay me $3.50 for each person that signs up through the offer. (I don’t know any way to link to the offer without the benefit to myself.)
