You’ve no doubt heard it in 1,000 other places so I won’t belabor the point, but Spirit shutdown over the weekend. I’m sure any of you that had Spirit plans had a backup, and I’m sure you already know to do a chargeback for outstanding fares if you don’t already have an automatic refund. For those keeping score at home, my prediction was wrong: I’d guessed in January that we’d lose them by April, but they held out until May 2.
- The Citi AA Platinum Select personal Mastercard has an offer for 80,000 AA miles after $1,000 spend in three months, and the annual fee is waived for the first year. Any random six digit number will work on the application, but I’m partial to 311437 for reasons.
- The Chase IHG personal cards have a targeted bonus of 3,000 bonus points on $1,000 spend through June 25.
- Staples has two Visa gift card promotions:
– $200 Visas for $199.05 online
– $200 Visas fee-free in-store through Saturday
These are Pathward / BlackHawk Network gift cards. - Chase Ultimate Rewards has two transfer bonuses:
– 65% to Marriott Bonvoy through May 15
– 20% to AirFrance / KLM FlyingBlue through May 27
The 65% transfer bonus to Bonvoy brings it into the realm of an ok deal, but still not in the range of a speculative transfer. - Capital One has a 20% transfer bonus to Qantas Frequent Flyer through May 31. This one has great utility for Emirates First redemptions specifically.
- Major US airlines have airfare deals for stranded Spirit passengers for travel in the next week or two. Most of these work whether or not you’re actually a stranded Spirit passenger, and some of them are actually sort-of a good deal.
Happy Monday!
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