IHG has announced a 100% bonus on points purchases. Buying miles with the promotion will set you back half a cent per mile. If you want to take advantage of the promotion, you will have to hurry, since it is only valid through September 20, 2018.
American Express has announced a 40% bonus on Membership Rewards transfers to all of their Avios partners: British Airways Executive Club, Iberia Plus, and Aer Lingus Aerclub. The promotion runs through November 15, 2018. With the promotion, you will receive 1,400 Avios for every 1,000 Membership Rewards you transfer across all three programs.
Chase has announced a promotion when making payments with Chase Pay at Best Buy stores, and online at restaurants on Tock and eBags. The promotion applies on a combined total of $200 in purchases per card and runs through September 30, 2018.
American Airlines has announced a promotion where you can purchase miles with a discount of up to 35%. The promotion runs through September 30, 2018. The level of discount you receive will vary between 10% to 35% and depends on the number of miles you purchase.
If you’re looking to meet with hundreds of like-minded points and miles enthusiasts; this is the event. The Chicago Seminars is the longest event dedicated to points and miles enthusiasts. The 9th year of this annual event will take place Friday, October 19 through Sunday, October 21.
Alaska Airlines is offering a status match to members of select airline programs. You can match your status up to Alaska’s top-tier MVP GOLD 75K. Programs that can match to Alaska with this promotion include Delta, United, American Airlines, Air Canada, Aeromexico, Frontier, Hawaiian, Southwest, and JetBlue.
While none of Marriott’s co-brand cards offers the return on non-bonus spending of the SPG cards of old, cardholders can still collect a ton of Marriott points by stacking credit card spending on bonus categories with shopping portal bonuses and Marriott promos, and by taking advantage of any bonus points awarded for in-hotel spend.
Marriott has announced a status match challenge; very similar to the Starwood status challenge from last year. This time around the match requires 8 or 16 stays, which is lower than the 9 or 18 stays needed for the SPG challenge. Unfortunately, there is no link to the offer, and you will have to call up to register.
Chase has updated the offer details and approval requirements for its Sapphire family of cards. In Summary: If you have any card in the Sapphire product family or have received a new cardmember bonus from those cards in the past 48 months you’re not eligible to be approved for another Sapphire family card. If you currently hold a Sapphire credit card you may be eligible to change the Sapphire card you have to a different card, but you will not receive a new cardmember bonus if you change cards.
The transfer ratio of Citi ThankYou Points to JetBlue TrueBlue rewards has improved as of September 13, 2018. Citi has different transfer ratios depending on the credit card you hold. Ratios have increased across all cards although the percentage is not the same.