{"id":13702,"date":"2026-05-15T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/?p=13702"},"modified":"2026-05-14T23:27:57","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T05:27:57","slug":"weekend-quick-hits-new-bonvoy-cards-status-for-dodging-bank-shutdowns-10x-on-some-flights-and-cheap-business-class-redemptions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/15\/weekend-quick-hits-new-bonvoy-cards-status-for-dodging-bank-shutdowns-10x-on-some-flights-and-cheap-business-class-redemptions\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekend Quick Hits: New Bonvoy Cards, Status for Dodging Bank Shutdowns, 10x on some Flights, and Cheap Business Class Redemptions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.americanexpress.com\/us\/credit-cards\/business\/business-credit-cards\/amex-marriott-bonvoy-business-credit-card\/\">The Marriott Bonvoy Business American Express card has an increased sign-up bonus of 150,000 points and a $125 statement credit<\/a> after $8,000 spend in three months.<br><br>The $125 should cover resort fees on two nights at the Knoxville Alcoa Airport Marriott Courtyard if nothing else.<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jetblue.com\/jetblue-united\">United and JetBlue now have basic reciprocal elite benefit sharing<\/a>, which is especially useful if you&#8217;re banned by either Chase or Barclays but still want free checked bags, free access to better seats, and early boarding.<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aadvantageeshopping.com\/p\/extra-rewards.htm\">The American Airlines eShopping portal has a promotion for 2,000 bonus miles<\/a> with $800+ spend through May 21.<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ultimaterewards.chase.com\/\">Chase Sapphire and Freedom cards earn an additional 10x on purchases with Paze checkout<\/a> on up to $1,500 spend monthly through the end of the year. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paze.com\/merchant-directory\">The list of Paze merchants is relatively small<\/a>, but does include heavy hitters like United Airlines and Newegg.<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flysas.com\/en\/special-offers\/point-bargain\/\">SAS EuroBonus has 25% off of both economy and business class award redemption<\/a> costs for travel booked by Sunday and flown by September 30.<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kroger.com\/savings\/c\/800000228322\">Kroger has a coupon for a $10 Kroger eGift card with the purchase of two $100 Visas or Mastercards<\/a>. <br><br>Q: Isn&#8217;t $10 below the line here for cards with $6+ activation fees?<br>A: Erm, absolutely normally. But how many Kroger accounts do you have and how much are you already there?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>Have a nice weekend, and don&#8217;t mourn the floosies too much, they&#8217;ve been on life support for a long time!<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"326\" src=\"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-14.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13703\" srcset=\"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-14.png 354w, https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-14-300x276.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\" style=\"font-size:14px\">The Paze effect.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Have a nice weekend, and don&#8217;t mourn the floosies too much, they&#8217;ve been on life support for a long time! The Paze effect.<\/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":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13702","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13702","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=13702"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13702\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13707,"href":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13702\/revisions\/13707"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13702"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13702"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13702"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}