Editor’s note: I have a few straggler guest posts ready to go and a few more on the way, so for January and perhaps beyond we’ll be doing guest post Saturdays, making this a six day a week blog, or a 20% increase in content. Hooray for progress science math Stanley cups guest authors!.
- Do this now: Check for targeted spending bonuses on your Chase cards, both co-brand and first party. Offers reported:
– 10x points at grocery, gas, and Amazon for up to $1,000 in spend
– 5x points at grocery, gas, and Amazon for up to $1,000 in spend
– 10,000 bonus points on $110 or more in hotel bookings in 2024
– $35 back onHBOMax after $99 in cumulative spend through September 🤡🤡🤡
It’s best practice with these to use a new incognito tab for each card in your portfolio. (Thanks to TIP) - Alaska has a paid and award flight sale, and it’s one of the better ones in recent memory. I’m seeing:
– Short-haul to medium-haul domestic: 4,500 miles
– Long haul domestic: 9,000-10,000 miles
– Hawaii: 9,000 miles
– Mexico: 9,000-10,000 miles
Book by tomorrow night. The sale seems to cover travel through the end of March, but I can’t find that written anywhere so look around. - Southwest also has a paid and award flight sale running through tomorrow night, but it’s not a heavy-hitter sale like Alaska, but more of a lightweight 90 pound hot-dog leg kind of sale. This one is valid for travel between January 26 and May 22.
For those keeping track at home, I repriced six upcoming flights all booked in the last week. Two were significantly cheaper, two were the same price, and two were slightly more expensive. - Kroger is running a 4x fuel points promotion on third party gift cards and fixed value Visas and Mastercards Friday through Sunday, and brokers are lining up with fresh inventory like Starbucks shoppers lining up for pink Stanley cups I expect rates to be strong.
Side note: I was today years old when I learned what a Stanley cup was, hockey jokes aside.
Happy Thursday!
Southwest’s award sale in humanoid-food form.