- The Citi AA Platinum personal card has an increased sign-up bonus of 75,000 AAdvantage miles after $3,500 spend in four months.
AA miles are the most valuable currency for several use cases typically exercised by US based fliers. The program hasn’t devalued in a while though so caveat emptor and it’s the only thing in the AA ecosystem that’s keeping the lights on, but AA is good at cutting off its profit centers when they make too much money for shareholders for some reason. (Thanks to casinovibes) - The American Express Business Platinum card has a hacked upgrade link from a Business Gold or Green that awards 120,000 Membership Rewards after $10,000 spend in three months. Remember:
– You can stack employee card bonuses with upgrade bonuses
– You can stack retention offers with upgrade bonuses
– You can stack with new card sign-up bonuses
– Retention offers may be better before upgrade
– An upgrade is a no-harm/no-foul maneuver with American Express
– You can do this in the first year of card membership because it’s a business card
Now, the question that comes up often after these: How risky are hacked links? There have been historic shutdowns for hacked links, but there haven’t been any of those in nearly a decade. American Express doesn’t seem to care now, but that may change in the future. Do your own risk assessment, ideally involving variational calculus if you’re a bored super-nerd. - The American Express Business Platinum card also has a new targeted no-lifetime language (NLL) link for 175,000 Membership Rewards after $20,000 spend in three months.
Happy Thursday friends!
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