{"id":12539,"date":"2025-10-01T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-01T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/?p=12539"},"modified":"2025-09-30T18:42:13","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T00:42:13","slug":"wednesday-aeroplan-and-bask-devaluation-citi-aa-business-bonus-zirp-redux-costco-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/01\/wednesday-aeroplan-and-bask-devaluation-citi-aa-business-bonus-zirp-redux-costco-games\/","title":{"rendered":"Wednesday: Aeroplan and Bask Devaluation, Citi AA Business Bonus, ZiRP Redux, Costco Games"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/creditcards.aa.com\/credit-cards\/citi-business-card-american-airlines-hv\/\">The Citi AA Business card has an increased sign-up bonus of 75,000 AAdvantage miles after $5,000 spend in five months<\/a>, and the $99 annual fee <em>is<\/em> waived for the first year.<br><br>Churners not scared of cycling Citi business cards can use this card to earn earn Executive Platinum for two or more people this year.<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dansdeals.com\/points-travel\/milespoints\/ouch-brutal-no-notice-devaluation-air-canada-aeroplan-doubles-cost-of-domestic-united-awards\/\">AirCanada Aeroplan has devalued US domestic United partner awards<\/a>, doubling or tripling prices in some cases.<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/baskbank.com\">Bask Bank<\/a>, once useful for earning AA miles in a <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zero_interest-rate_policy\">ZiRP<\/a> economy but not in our current environment, is reducing the earning rate on money held in their AAdvantage savings account to 1.75 miles per dollar held annually.<br><br>With high-yield interest rates savings accounts paying ~ 4.35%, you&#8217;re effectively paying ~2.5 cents per AA mile under the new regime. In other words, it&#8217;s probably time to get out if you&#8217;ve got money there.<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mastercardgiftcard.com\">MasterCardGiftCard.com has a bonus $10 gift card with purchases of $200+<\/a> through October 14 with promo code <em>BONUS10<\/em>. Notes:<br><br>&#8211; First party American Express cards won&#8217;t earn points<br>&#8211; Order limits are $10,000 per rolling 24 hours<br>&#8211; These cards can be added to ApplePay<br><br>These are Incomm cards.<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.groupon.com\/deals\/n-costco-membership\">Costco via Groupon has an offer for new executive memberships<\/a> that includes a promo code for $100 off of $200+ at costco.com. These accounts can be useful for manufactured spenders for lots of reasons.<br><br>Gamers occasionally find ways around the one-membership per household rule. If you&#8217;re one of those gamers, you might as well take another $100 voucher.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>Happy Wednesday!<\/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\/09\/image-19-768x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12541\" style=\"width:420px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-19-768x1024.png 768w, https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-19-225x300.png 225w, https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-19.png 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\" style=\"font-size:14px\">More Costco hacks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Happy Wednesday! 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