{"id":11705,"date":"2025-04-24T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-24T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/?p=11705"},"modified":"2025-04-23T18:54:04","modified_gmt":"2025-04-24T00:54:04","slug":"thursday-chase-hyatt-promo-barclays-hawaiian-card-jal-flights-with-trueblue-speedway-and-kroger-4x","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/24\/thursday-chase-hyatt-promo-barclays-hawaiian-card-jal-flights-with-trueblue-speedway-and-kroger-4x\/","title":{"rendered":"Thursday: Chase Hyatt Promo, Barclays Hawaiian Card, JAL Flights with TrueBlue, Speedway, and Kroger 4x"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/churning\/comments\/1k5uilz\/comment\/mon29uu\/?utm_source=share&amp;utm_medium=web3x&amp;utm_name=web3xcss&amp;utm_term=1&amp;utm_content=share_button\">Chase is sending targeted offers via email for Hyatt cardholders<\/a> that awards 5,000 point bonus for setting up recurring payments with three companies for three consecutive months in gyms, internet, phone, cable, transit, and utilities by November 30. Registration isn&#8217;t required.<br><br>I debated writing about this given the work involved, but 5,000 Hyatt points are worth $100+ so here we are.<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cards.barclaycardus.com\/banking\/credit-card\/hawaiian-air\/mastercard-mastercard-world-elite\/inflight\/389c4417-7159-4b33-832a-fc8a41d4f76c\/\">The Barclays Hawaiian Mastercard has an increased sign-up bonus of 70,000 miles after $1,000 spend<\/a> in three months, and the $99 annual fee is <em>not<\/em> waived in the first year. The primary use case for this is to transfer to Alaska miles, and I guess 2x Alaska miles at grocery isn&#8217;t the worst deal in the world.<br><br>Yes, you can get both <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boh.com\/personal\/credit-card\">the Bank of Hawaii Hawaiian Mastercard<\/a> and the Barlcays Hawaiian Mastercard, though it may require a call to reconsideration to fix Barclays automated processing which occasionally denies one of the applications as duplicate even when they&#8217;re not the same card.<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.jetblue.com\/latest-news\/press-release-details\/2025\/JetBlue-Adds-Redemption-Benefits-to-Japan-Airlines-Partnership\/default.aspx\">Japan Airlines award flights can now be redeemed with JetBlue TrueBlue miles<\/a>. The current rates from the US to Japan:<br><br>&#8211; 39,900+ TrueBlue miles in economy<br>&#8211; 64,000+ TrueBlue miles in business<br><br>Pricing is based on regions and segments, and I expect these prices to last no more than 60 days before they&#8217;re devalued. Chase Ultimate Rewards and Citi ThankYou points transfer in at a 1:1 ratio, while American Express Membership Rewards transfers in at 5:4 and Capital One transfers in at 5:3.<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.speedway.com\/speedy-rewards\">Speedway store purchases of Vanilla Visas, SecureSpend gift cards, and BetMGM cards are awarding 500 points for every $25 purchased<\/a> through April 29.<br><br>That&#8217;s 10,000 points for each $500 gift card for those that loathe to do math, or I guess even for those not that don&#8217;t loathe to do math.  (Thanks to <a href=\"https:\/\/gcanywhere.com\/speedway-buy-vanilla-visa-secure-spend-speedway-cash-or-betmgm-gift-cards-and-get-500-bonus-points-on-every-25-spent\/\">GCA<\/a>)<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/churning\/comments\/1k5uilz\/comment\/mopa21p\/?utm_source=share&amp;utm_medium=web3x&amp;utm_name=web3xcss&amp;utm_term=1&amp;utm_content=share_button\">The Citi ThankYou Points program is reducing the transfer ratio to Emirates Skywards from 1:1 to 5:4 on July 27<\/a>. Chase, Capital One, American Express, and Bilt will continue to transfer at a 1:1 ratio. (Thanks to CouchQB)<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kroger.com\/savings\/cl\/coupons\/\">Kroger stores have a promotion tomorrow only for 4x fuel points on third party gift cards<\/a> other than Amazon and on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kroger.com\/savings\/cl\/coupons\/\">fixed value Visa and Mastercard<\/a> gift cards.<br><br>Let&#8217;s go on a tangent; we&#8217;ll have more Pepper updates once things stabilize, but a few interim notes relevant to this deal:<br><br>&#8211; Fuel points rates are through the roof due to Pepper&#8217;s prior public drunkenness<br>&#8211; Pepper is sobering up with large discounts gone, bulk gift card rates are recovering<br>&#8211; Amazon is effectively unavailable on Pepper, so the lack of 4x matters more now than in the past<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>Happy Thursday!<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/cAFhFDJ-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11706\" style=\"width:420px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/cAFhFDJ-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/cAFhFDJ-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/cAFhFDJ.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\" style=\"font-size:14px\">Pictured: Pepper sobering up in the most Pepper way possible.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Happy Thursday! 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