{"id":13106,"date":"2026-01-12T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/?p=13106"},"modified":"2026-01-12T08:58:45","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T15:58:45","slug":"13106","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/12\/13106\/","title":{"rendered":"Monday: Targeted Offers, Freedom Gonzo Bonus, *G Status"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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  1. Do this now<\/strong>: Check for targeted spend bonuses<\/a> on Chase co-brand cards. Offers are 6,000-10,000 bonus points for $6,000-$10,000 spend by March 31.
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  2. Do this now<\/strong>: Register for your targeted United MileagePlay bonus.<\/a> I got 32,000 bonus miles after taking two premium cabin flights of at least $650 each booked and flown by March 9, which is a solid “meh”.
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  3. Reportedly the Chase Freedom Unlimited card has an in-branch only offer for $300 after $500 spend <\/a>in three months and 5x on gas and groceries for the first year through Thursday.

    I’m sure you can think of a way or two to make 5x at gas and grocery profitable, and remember, not all the ways rhyme with shmift shard. (Thanks to     DoC<\/a>).
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  4. United launched its 2026 status match opportunity<\/a>, and for the first time in a decade, you can match to 1K. Status is valid for four months and includes reduced tiers to maintain status.

    Generally Star Alliance Gold is a valuable status to hold especially for lounge access, but less so on United. (Thanks to     FM<\/a>)
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  5. Staples stores have fee-free $200 Visa gift cards through Saturday<\/a>, limit nine per transaction. If you can’t find cards at your store, someone probably hid them behind another gift card because people can be monsters.

    These are Pathward \/ BlackHawk Network gift cards.
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    Happy Monday friends!<\/p>\n\n\n

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    What a human Monster might look like.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Happy Monday friends! What a human Monster might look like.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_editorskit_title_hidden":false,"_editorskit_reading_time":0,"_editorskit_is_block_options_detached":false,"_editorskit_block_options_position":"{}","footnotes":""},"categories":[54,53],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13106","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-credit-cards","category-gift-cards"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13106","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13106"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13106\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13114,"href":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13106\/revisions\/13114"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13106"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13106"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13106"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}