- The Synchrony Virgin Mastercard has an all time high sign-up bonus of 60,000 FlyingClub miles and a $100 statement credit after $4,000 spend in 90 days, available on the checkout screen of any booking at virginatlantic.com.
I checked and couldn’t find any dummy fares to Preston Smith International.
- Meijer MPerks has 75,000 MPerks Points with the purchase of $500 in third party gift cards excluding Amazon through August 9, limit one per MPerks account.
I don’t want to call this the grocery store deal of the year, but it’s likely to be in the top 10 if you’re good at scaling. - The Rove Miles portal has boosted earnings of 4x at giftcards.com through August 5. With Rove’s transfer partners, this is effectively 2.67x Accor or 4x Vietnam Airlines LotusMiles after transfer. There are other partners including Qatar Avios, but you can do better directly on the BA travel portal at 6x for those.
If you don’t already have a Rove account, find a friend’s referral link and use theirs, you’ll each earn 500 bonus miles. If you don’t have a Rove friend, you can reach out to me and I’ll share someone’s referral. - JPMorgan Chase is apparently nearing a deal to acquire the Apple Card portfolio from Marcus. If you’re shutdown at Chase, getting an Apple Card now may be a way back in (There is old precedent for Chase and bank acquisitions leading to unbanning, but past performance may not predict future results.)
- The Barclays Hawaiian card will continue to exist even after the HawaiianMiles program has been sunset on October 1. This is interesting principally because it will be a 2x Alaska miles earner at grocery stores, unlike the Bank of America Alaska lineup.
- American Express offers has new targeted offers for:
– Virgin Atlantic: $250 back after $2,000+ through September 23
– Delta: $100 back on $500+, up to two times through October 15
– Wyndham: $100 back after $500+ through October 31
– Turo: $30 back after $150+ through December 31
They’re all gameable in some form, but Turo is a bit of a hot-potato in underground circles so toss carefully?
The Turo hot scorched potato.