Category Archives for Discounts & Deals.
United is offering discounted award travel to Nagoya or Taipei via Nagoya. Ticket by June 30 and travel between April 28 and September 15. Roundtrip between North America and Nagoya or Taipei Economy Saver Award was 60,000 miles Now only 44,000 miles Business Saver Award was 90,000 miles Now only 70,000 miles First Class Saver Award was 120,000 miles Now only 100,000 miles
The free iPods folks are offering a free I love Free iPods.com t-shirt when you complete one of their marketing offers. No referrals are required for this one, but you do need to do an offer youself. Frankly not worth it. I’ll save doing offers myself for the offers I do want, like the free Playstation Portable or the free digital camera.
Points.com is giving away 15,000 American miles each day, but perhaps more importantly you get 100 miles just for entering. You need to signup for a free Points.com account to enter, or if you’re already a member you can simply sign in for the points. Points.com has unveiled their new interface, and while it appears slick and streamlined there’s no new functionality that I’m going to find personally useful. What’s more, they’ve increased their fees to $10/month for a premium account!
Take a survey on your recent experience with Outback’s curbside takeaway and they’ll send you a gift card for a free Bloomin’ Onion. You’ll be asked for a passcode. 4720 is for my local Outback. Passcode 2217 is posted at Fatwallet.
The standard American Airlines offer for Earthlink internet is 6,000 miles after three invoices. Reader John points out that if you go to Earthlink directly, add internet service to your shopping cart, and enter promo code 1018865 the cart will display 10,000 American Airlines miles which will be awarded after six invoices.
ING Direct is offering 2.8% on their FDIC-insured online savings account.That’s a pretty good rate for a savings account (my local bank is offering a similar rate on 12-month CDs). What’s more, ING Direct offers new customers $25 just for opening the account when referred by an existing customer (the referrer gets $10). There are no account minimums and no fees. You can open the account with $1 and get credited an additional $25. They’ll make you wait some time, I think a month, before you can withdraw their $25. Other than that, no restrictions. There was once a $50 referral offer, I haven’t seen that in a couple of years though. I signed up at $25, pulled my money out, but then a couple years later realized I still had the account (with 17…
Flyertalk’s ScottC has reactivated his free travel deal alert email service. He says that all of the subscribers to the old email have been imported into the new system. This isn’t a ‘TravelZoo Top 20’ or airline weekly e-fare list — it’s a low-volume alert list to let you know about breaking deals and fare glitches, such as the famous $61 roundtrip to Iceland, $20 British Airways fare to anywhere in Europe in World Traveler Plus, and $55 business class deal to Puerta Vallarta. Definitely worth signing up.
Independence Air’s 20% discount which had been set to expire March 31 is now valid through July 31. You have to answer a short questionnaire about your company and you’ll be emailed a unique link that generates fares 20% off what would otherwise be the lowest price for an itinerary. There’s also a 20% off link from Business Week that’s valid through June 30, no questionnaire required.
Starting April 1st 2500 Diners Club points will yield only 1500 Priority Club points, down from the current 2000. It will also take 3000 Diners Club points for 1 Southwest Rapid Rewards credit, up from 2000. Club Rewards members have until March 31 to redeem at the current rates. Meanwhile, transfers of Club Rewards points between May 1 and August 31 will receive a 50% transfer bonus just like last year. This is something of a disappointment because previous years had seen a 100% summer bonus. Between March 1 and May 31, transfers to USAirways earn a 25% bonus. (Registration required.)
I received my Mac Mini last week (from the free iPods folks). It seemed cool, it was really small, but what in the world was I going to do with it? I just decided to sell it on eBay. Someone bought it for $600, which is about $100 more than retail. Frankly I don’t understand people sometimes. I’m still working on getting the free Playstation Portable and the free digital camera. I’m really enjoying the free iPod Shuffle. I have the photo iPod, which is great for transferring pictures onto, but for daily use nothing can beat the little Shuffle which is the size of a stick of gum. It’s still new enough that I get looks on the metro as people try to figure out what it is. It’s the easiest of the free…
Gary Leff is one of the foremost experts in the field of miles, points, and frequent business travel -- a topic he has covered since 2002.
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