MEABNOTE: I’ll be going on a blogging vacation at the end of the year and there won’t be any daily posts between December 15 and December 31, at least none from me. We may have guest posts during that period, but that depends on you sending me some. On January 1(ish), we’ll celebrate with the 2025 version of Travel Hacking as Told by GIFs.
- The Synchrony Virgin Red Mastercard has a heightened bonus of 75,000 points after $4,000 spend in three months today only.
This is a great card for ancillary benefits, but it’s a relatively lame bonus at face value given that Ultimate Rewards and Membership Rewards also transfer to Virgin and have cards with higher bonuses. - The Mesa Homeowners Visa card added Omni Hotels as a transfer target. Until it’s nerfed, there’s good value on the high end at 30,000 points for a free night at any Omni hotel. Transferring within the next three months also earns you “Champion Status” in the Omni program, which is about the same as the mid-tier status levels at other hotel chains.
- The two biggest US airlines that you don’t want to fly that don’t start with “American” are having fare sales:
– Southwest: 50CYBER for 50% off of base fares booked by tomorrow
– JetBlue: SAVE35 for 35% off of base fares booked today
It might shock you to learn that there are certain blackout dates with each sale. I know, crazy right? - Kroger online has 5% off of Visa and Mastercard gift cards using promo code TEACHERS25, limit ten per account through December 8. These cards earn fuel points which makes it a great deal provided you know how to use or sell those points. The purchase will not code as grocery.
These are Pathward / BlackHawk Network gift cards. - Southwest Rapid Rewards Shopping has 1,000 bonus miles with $200 spend through Sunday. Giftcards.com remains on the shopping portals, but only 1x at Southwest so a single $200 gift card should be about right.
Have a nice Wednesday!
Trigger warning: Omni hotel shower drain.