{"id":14206,"date":"2026-08-31T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-31T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/?p=14206"},"modified":"2026-08-30T23:17:54","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T05:17:54","slug":"monday-the-us-bank-roller-coaster-krogergiftcards-com-odom-mastercards-and-accor-all","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/31\/monday-the-us-bank-roller-coaster-krogergiftcards-com-odom-mastercards-and-accor-all\/","title":{"rendered":"Monday: The US Bank Roller Coaster, Kroger+GiftCards.com, ODOM Mastercards, and Accor ALL"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/frequentmiler.com\/wow-us-bank-launches-transfer-partners-accor-flying-blue-qanas-and-ethiopian-partner-for-now\/\">US Bank added Avianca Lifemiles as another 1:1 transfer partner<\/a>, bringing the total to five. Don&#8217;t worry though, five will probably be walked back to three later this week, only to jump back to five again next week.<br><br>Based on their transfer partner loadout, I imagine the next partner will be something that (1) every other major bank has, (2) no other bottom-tier bank can transfer to, and (3) no one really wants, like Virgin Atlantic FlyingClub.<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.giftcards.com\/us\/en\/catalog\/product-details\/visa-egift-gift-card\">Giftcards.com has a promotion for a free $10 Kroger gift card with the purchase of a $100 Virtual Visa<\/a> gift card with promo code <em>KROGER10<\/em>. Kroger gift cards can be used in store to buy other gift cards, just don&#8217;t choose Best Buy unless you like your social security number living in Kroger systems.<br \/><br \/>These are Pathward \/ BlackHawk Network gift cards.<br \/><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.officedepot.com\/l\/deal-center\/top-deals\">Office Depot\/OfficeMax stores have $15 off of $300+ in Mastercard gift cards<\/a> through Saturday. For best results, buy in even multiples of $300.<br \/><br \/>These are Pathward \/ BlackHawk Network gift cards.<br \/><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/all.accor.com\/a\/en\/offers\/hotel-bookings-earn-x4-reward-points.html\">Accor ALL has a 4x points promotion<\/a> at &#8220;new&#8221; hotels, registration required. Book by September 27 for stays through January 24, and cry because this is only valid for a single stay.<br \/><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bestwestern.com\/en_US\/offers\/hotel-discounts\/special-offer\/rewardsrush3.html\">Best Western Rewards has a promotion for double points at all Best Western hotels worldwide<\/a> between September 8 and December 31, 2026, registration required.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Have a nice Monday!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/image-22.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14207\" style=\"width:420px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/image-22.png 800w, https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/image-22-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/image-22-768x512.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:14px\">Kroger&#8217;s data lake for social security number storage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Have a nice Monday! Kroger&#8217;s data lake for social security number storage.<\/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":[53,61,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14206","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gift-cards","category-hotels","category-quick-hits"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14206","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=14206"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14206\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14212,"href":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14206\/revisions\/14212"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14206"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14206"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14206"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}