Category: Quick Hits

There are some ridiculous offers out there thanks to the current economic situation, but let me call out one in particular: JetBlue 100,000 points after spending $6,000 in a year. If you’re ballsy, go for both a personal and a business version of the card for 200,000 miles.

I still have left-over B6 miles from when you could get 3x on Amazon purchases, so I’m not interested. Also, B6 only flies direct to 3 destinations from my home airport, and 2 of those three destinations are transcon red-eyes, so I’m really not interested. Finally, watch out for B6 playing shenanigans on you — point values drop as ticket price increases, so they only work well when the tickets are mostly cheap.

The second part of the double? Citi AA Business 65,000 miles after $4,000 spend in four months. I know what you’re going to say:

  • Citi?
  • AA?
  • Are you masochist?
  • So what?

Ok, all of your questions are valid. The answer to all of them: apparently Citi is much, much less sensitive to shenanigans and credit line cycling on business cards and this is possibly their best business card offer. So if you don’t have a Citi business card, this could be a decent choice.

Borges vv American Airlines court filing
With Citi & AA, you may end up in court.

There are some great and easy shopping portal bonuses for you and everyone in your household with a frequent flyer account:

  • Alaska: Spend $500, earn 1,500 bonus miles
  • American: Spend $1,000, earn 4,000 bonus miles
  • Southwest: Spend $1,000, earn 3,500 bonus miles
  • United: They suck badly, don’t bother. But, spend $1,000, earn 5,000 bonus miles

Here’s the thing though — giftcards.com awards portal bonuses on virtual Visa and MasterCards, and those can be used with several from-home MS techniques easily. You maybe surprised to find that the merchant coding gives bonus categories on certain credit cards when you buy the virtual gift cards (trust me on that one).

United Airlines Gate Agent after asking to switch seats

American Express is currently offering a $25 statement credit on $250 in spend at BestBuy in-store or online. A little bird told me that you can sell a $250 BestBuy gift card at between 99% and 101%, netting you some spend and some cash back.

Also, check your inbox for a (boring) offer from Amex for a $2 statement credit for using contactless payments, up to 5 times.

Too bad it doesn’t compare to this offer:

Cash App is offering 10% back on Grocery, up to $7.50, expiring in 3 days. (In case you’re not aware of Cash App, it’s a free cash management debit card and mobile app designed to transfer money from venture capitalists’ bank accounts to startups to your wallet.)

In case that doesn’t strike your fancy, Meijer Grocery and Staples are both offering fee free or better Visa gift cards this week.

Finally, there’s a good $750 sign up bonus for the Chase Ink Unlimited no annual fee card. See DoctorOfCredit for more details.

Sample venture capitalist: