{"id":12565,"date":"2025-10-07T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-07T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/?p=12565"},"modified":"2025-10-06T23:33:30","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T05:33:30","slug":"tuesday-us-bank-1200-bonus-bonvoy-boosts-aeroplan-and-more-amex-upgrades-and-offers-and-a-southwest-bag-hack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/07\/tuesday-us-bank-1200-bonus-bonvoy-boosts-aeroplan-and-more-amex-upgrades-and-offers-and-a-southwest-bag-hack\/","title":{"rendered":"Tuesday: US Bank $1,200 Bonus, Bonvoy Boosts Aeroplan, and More AmEx Upgrades and Offers, a Southwest Bag Hack, and Discount FlyingBlue Business"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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  1. US Bank has a $1,200 business checking bonus for accounts opened through January 14, 2026<\/a> with promo code Q4AFL25<\/em>. To get the bonus, you need to:

    – Deposit $25,000 within 30 days (ideally on day 29 probably)
    – Hold at least a $25,000 balance for the next 60 days
    – Have five transactions, like $1 ACHs or something

    If you hold the money in the account for exactly 60 days, you’re earning an effective APR of about 28.8%, which isn’t bad in this economy. These accounts are scalable with a bit of creativity, and churnable on a per-business basis 12 months after closing.
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  2. Marriott Bonvoy has a 15% transfer bonus to AirCanada Aeroplan through October 31<\/a>. With the bonus, 60,000 Bonvoy points convert to 28,000 Aeroplan miles.
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  3. American Express has a new targeting code for upgrades to Business Platinum cards<\/a> with 120,000 bonus Membership Rewards after $10,000 spend in three months. Upgrades are available from Business Greens and Business Golds.

    With last week’s link<\/a>, you’ve got least two muppet games to play.
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  4. American Express offers has an offer<\/a> for a $225 statement credit with $1,500+ at Icelandair through December 31 for US originating flights booked in US dollars (sorry, it’s not always that easy).
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  5. AirFrance \/ KLM’s FlyingBlue program has discounted business class award tickets to Europe<\/a> from Washington Dulles for 45,000 miles each way between November and February.

    Using calendar view by not choosing a start date and trying various major European cities is a good way to find availability. (Thanks to     LL<\/a>)
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  6. Rakuten will apparently be partnering with Bilt to allow you to earn Bilt points<\/a> instead of cash back or Membership Rewards, though the mention was pulled from the site late last night.

    Hopefully the ratio of Rakuten points to Bilt Rewards will be 1:1, but given Richard Kerr\u2019s involvement I wouldn\u2019t call that a foregone conclusion. Go ahead Richard, prove me wrong.

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  7. Tickets booked through Southwest’s vacation site<\/a>, the annoyingly named Getaways by Southwest, still get two free checked bags. This doesn’t help you with points bookings though. (Thanks to FM<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Happy Tuesday!<\/p>\n\n\n

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