Use code CARELINE to book Alaska Airlines flights for 30% off in any class of service (Including First class) for flights through Summer 2021. The code is good through Saturday evening.
Yes, this works even for Florida residents, but they have to use the code MEATBALL. No, this isn’t a joke, that’s the code.
If you have a Hilton Honors or a Hilton Surpass AmEx, check for an upgrade offer to a Hilton Aspire Card that waives the annual fee for the first year. If you do it quickly, you can get the $250 airline credit in 2020 and 2021, a $250 resort credit, and a free night certificate for nothing out of pocket. Breaking: This may now be dead, but check anyway as nothing is certain with AmEx.
Vince shared that there’s a no lifetime language 100,000 bonus point American Express Business Platinum offer now available (use private mode or a different browser if you don’t see the offer). Of course, don’t forget about the Unicorn AmEx Personal Platinum with 10x at Gas and Grocery.
You can now get $500 Metabank gift cards with no purchase fees and no shipping fees. I don’t expect this to last long, and it doesn’t work in Florida. (Ok, ok, it does work there too.)
HSBC is a weird bank; they’ve been talking about leaving the US completely for a long time because they keep losing money. They are also paying handsomely for new US customers for some reason. Honestly, they’re a lot like that crazy person you dated right after school. There’s a bonus of $600 for signing up for a new Premier checking account between now and December 31. This is the easiest big bank bonus I know about.
Caveats:
How do you get a referral code? Find a friend who already has an HSBC Premier checking account and ask. I’m not here to monetize you and I’d rather you find a friend, but if that doesn’t work reach out to me and I can share one.
AA is gifting all AAdvantage members something as long as you log in to your frequent flyer account between today and 12/16. (Shouldn’t that be an AAcount?) One day passes, upgrades, or extra miles are all possible. To get it, login, navigate to your account, then click promotions.
If you used referral offers for Citi AA cards that weren’t targeted for you, AA may have already given you your present. You’ll know if you can’t log in to your account to claim it, or because they sent you a nice “gift letter” earlier this year. Condolences if this description fits you.
The Amex Platinum Unicorn deal is back, but this time it left behind a double rainbow. What does it mean? As a reminder, the card gives 100,000 points + 10x at gas and grocery up to $15,000 spend, which makes it a 250,000 points offer. But that’s just the first rainbow.
The second rainbow? The offer is available by referral from a P2 or from a friend, and that’s worth 25,000 or so additional points (YMMV on the number of points on the referring side). This one involves the “AmEx random number generator” too. If you don’t see the 100,000 points version show up on the referral link, try loading the offer incognito, in another browser, or while connected to a VPN.
Register your Citi credit cards for 5% off of online spend, up to $25.00 per card through Monday, November 30. Yes, this works using a few online MS methods, be creative with it; if you’re not part of that game though, it’ll work on an Amazon gift card to reload your balance. Don’t forget your sock-drawer cards too, like my stupid AT&T Access [Less] card.
Southwest is offering a nationwide fare sale, and it doesn’t exclude Hawaii. Book by Thursday night, and use any schedule change hacks you may know of to goose the deal.
Virgin Atlantic is offering some excellent fares on round-trip business tickets originating in Europe (half off in many cases). This applies to both cash and award tickets, but don’t bother on the award tickets because the surcharges (YQ) are kinda ridic. If you’re US based like me, sandwich one of these fares in between two award tickets and turn it into two different trips.
If you’re into AA status, AA hasn’t shut you down yet, and you have any MasterCard that’s a World Elite MasterCard (like the Citi Double Cash), there’s a super-easy way to earn AA status:
The travel has to be completed by March 31, 2021 to qualify. What’s the rub? There’s always a rub. You have to book the flights through the MasterCard Travel concierge, I believe over the phone. There’s another rub: you’ll be flying American Airlines, for low level status.
As far as I know, this works for anyone with an AA account, but check to make sure you see the offer on the travel service home page first the details still match (and read the T&C to make sure they haven’t changed something).
If you’ve got a Chase Freedom or Freedom Unlimited credit card, the 5x bonus category for Q4 is PayPal, and something called a “Walmart”. Right now, a really easy way to get some of the $1,500 spend out of the way is to buy discounted gift cards at PayPal Digital Gifts and sell them via a reputable gift card broker at or above cost (I prefer the ones that buy instantly, not the ones that operate on consignment). A few examples:
Through the holidays but especially around Black Friday, check here for the current offerings and knock that spend out.
You know that you can have both a personal and a business PayPal account, right? And if you have multiple businesses, maybe more (but keep it legit, PayPal can be shutdown happy). Limits are usually 2 of each brand per account, so things scale easily.
