{"id":14484,"date":"2026-10-28T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-28T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/?p=14484"},"modified":"2026-10-27T22:08:57","modified_gmt":"2026-10-28T04:08:57","slug":"wednesday-all-the-cards-day-with-one-bad-standout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/28\/wednesday-all-the-cards-day-with-one-bad-standout\/","title":{"rendered":"Wednesday: All the Cards Day, With one Bad Standout"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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  1. The Citi AA Executive Mastercard has an increased sign-up bonus of 125,000 AAdvantage miles<\/a> after $15,000 spend in five months. The card’s $695 annual fee is not<\/em> waived for the first year.

    The card includes access to Admirals Clubs for cheese cube connoisseurs, but Flagship lounges need another method. (Thanks to     DoC<\/a>)
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  2. The Citi Business AA Mastercard has an increased sign-up bonus of 75,000 AAdvantage miles<\/a> after $5,000 spend in five months. The card’s $99, soon-to-be-$150, annual fee is<\/em> waived for the first year.
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  3. The resident schizophrenic churning classic, the Bilt card, decided to retool its reward program, generally for the worse<\/a>. What are we at now, Bilt 3.0? The tl;dr: The Bilt Cash program as you know it is going away on January 1 and being replaced with 1.25x housing credit earn on spend and a few other minor card benefits, and Palladium hotel benefits are being nerfed.

    You can opt-in to the old Bilt Cash earning and redemption method<\/a>, but unless you explicitly do so you’ll be converted to the new method with no way to get back. Study away, but unless you put only a non-manufactured-spender amount of spend on the card, the new program is almost certainly worse.
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  4. The Citi Platinum Select and Business AA cards are changing<\/a> on January 27, 2027:

    – Both cards’ annual fees increase to $150, up from $95
    – Both cards will have $100 annual credits for AA inflight purchases
    – Business: 2x points in a once-per-quarter selectable category: shipping, office supplies, or advertising in addition to existing bonus categories
    – Personal: Complimentary Walmart+ Membership and new 2x earning in EV charging and streaming, other bonus categories remain unchanged

    Churners with more than one credit card in their wallet are probably just exchanging $55 in new fees for $100 in inflight credits, and they’ll soon discover that the new white whale is an AA flight with catering for purchase.
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  5. The Chase IHG Premier Visa has an increased 180,000 point sign-up bonus<\/a> with $3,000 spend in three months, and an additional 10,000 points for adding an authorized user card. The $150 annual fee is not<\/em> waived the first year.
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  6. Smart & Final stores have a promotion for $25 off a future purchase with $100 in One4All gift cards<\/a> through Tuesday.
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  7. American Express Offers has a card linked offer for $350 off of $1,850+<\/a> with Air New Zealand through December 31.
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  8. Alaska Airlines is adding<\/a>:

    – Anchorage, Alaska to Tokyo Narita, Japan
    – Anchorage, Alaska to Austin, Texas
    – Anchorage, Alaska to Dallas, Texas
    – Anchorage, Alaska to Nashville, Tennessee

    For avgeeks, inaugural paid flight prices are surprisingly reasonable.
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    Digging through reddit reveals Bilt’s origin story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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