- AA’s status match, err I guess “Instant Status Pass”™®©, is back. Matchers from other programs will have status for four months, and a fast track to qualification for the current elite year.
The current program awards top-tier Executive Platinum status for Delta Diamonds and United 1Ks too. (Thanks to yoshi) - AA and Hyatt’s reciprocal elite status match and fast track programs are back too:
– Hyatt status for AA elites (register by October 31)
– AA status for Hyatt elites, targeted (register by September 4)
You can link your Hyatt and AA programs here if you haven’t already done so. (Thanks to MikeDCA) - Stater Bros stores have $10 off of groceries in the same transaction as $50+ in Visa or Mastercard gift cards through August 12.
These are Pathward gift cards. - Alaska has a new MileagePlan membership promotion for a $25 or $50 discount code depending on your residence running through December 31:
– $50 for Alaska, California, or Hawaii residents
– $25 for everyone else
Let me preface this by saying I don’t think $50 off of an Alaska is worth gaming and I wouldn’t risk my Alaska loyalty account over $50 either, but let’s pour one out for all the extra Alaska accounts created for us from Bank of America’s top notch IT integration. - Air Canada’s Aeroplan is:
– Introducing three new mileage acronyms: status qualifying credits (SQCs), status qualifying segments (SQSs), and status qualifying dollars (SQDs)
– Awarding redeemable miles based on ticket cost
– Giving 25k status for new Aeroplan cardmembers
– Awarding 35k status with $75,000 spend on the Aeroplan Mastercard annually
I had a really hard time not writing ‘stupid’ instead of ‘status’ for each of those new acronyms, but I held back. I do hope going forward your internal monologue will read the first ‘S’ in those acronyms as ‘stupid’ though. - Like the Barclays JetBlue Business Mastercard mentioned yesterday, two Barclays Jetblue personal Mastercards also have increased sign-up bonuses:
– JetBlue Premier: 80,000 TrueBlue miles and 5 tiles after $5,000 spend in 90 days
– JetBlue Plus: 60,000+20,000 TrueBlue miles after $1,000 spend in the first 90 days and $7,000 spend in the first year
Both also require that you pay the annual fee because reasons.
Always be probing.
SQS indeed.