{"id":2911,"date":"2021-10-27T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-10-27T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/?p=2911"},"modified":"2023-04-18T12:11:41","modified_gmt":"2023-04-18T18:11:41","slug":"wednesday-madness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/2021\/10\/27\/wednesday-madness\/","title":{"rendered":"Wednesday Madness"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>The Elephant (s) in the Room<\/h4>\n<p>Surely you\u2019ve read about the AA elite changes, Marriott point and certificate changes, and Hyatt peak\/off-peak changes in a thousand different places so I\u2019m not going to add another \u201cme too\u201d type post, but here are a few concise summaries without all the fluff for your future reference:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a class=\"ek-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/churning\/comments\/qg29mk\/comment\/hi47bcl\/?utm_source=reddit&amp;utm_medium=web2x&amp;context=3\">AA changes<\/a> (to elite status only, award changes not expected for a long time)<\/li>\n<li><a class=\"ek-link\" href=\"https:\/\/world.hyatt.com\/content\/gp\/en\/rewards\/free-nights-upgrades.html\">Hyatt changes<\/a> (hotels cost more during peak, less during off-peak, and the same in \u201cnormal\u201d times)<\/li>\n<li><a class=\"ek-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/churning\/comments\/qg29mk\/comment\/hi3usrq\/?utm_source=reddit&amp;utm_medium=web2x&amp;context=3\">Marriott changes<\/a> (#bonvoyed)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>What I Really Wanted to Post<\/h4>\n<p>With that out of the way, let\u2019s talk about how crazy American Express can be right now, and I hope you can replicate what I did. Background: I opened a Personal Gold card 364 days ago. The annual fee will hit when the statement closes in a few days, so it was a great time to check on a retention offer over chat. I did that, and then a few more shenanigans because reasons:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Accepted a retention offer of 30,000 Membership Rewards after $3,000 spend in 90 days<\/li>\n<li><a class=\"ek-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.americanexpress.com\/us\/credit-cards\/card-application\/apply\/upgrade\/platinum-charge-card\/36182\">Followed this link<\/a> for an upgrade offer to a Platinum with 25,000 Membership Rewards after spending $10,000 in 90 days, and a bonus 10x on spend at grocery for up to $15,000 in spend from the same card<\/li>\n<li>Referred a Player 2 for a new American Express card for a bonus +4x for up to $25,000 in spend for 90 days from the same card<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>American Express offers stack, and that means that at grocery stores, this card will earn:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>24x for the first $3,000 in spend<\/li>\n<li>14x for the next $12,000 in spend<\/li>\n<li>5x for the last $10,000 in spend<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You can do this too as long as you\u2019ve got a Personal Gold or Green card that\u2019s been open for at least a year. It\u2019s a good thing that <a class=\"ek-link\" href=\"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/2021\/10\/21\/state-of-the-market-gift-cards-in-early-q4\/\">BestBuy gift card resale rates are high<\/a> right now, amirite? <\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-editorskit-rounded\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2918\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" src=\"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/drunk-in-rain-1.jpeg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/drunk-in-rain-1.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/drunk-in-rain-1-300x204.jpeg 300w\" width=\"420\"\/><figcaption>Basking in the Membership Rewards downpour (with a bonus Easter Egg for Garth)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Elephant (s) in the Room Surely you\u2019ve read about the AA elite changes, Marriott point and certificate changes, and Hyatt peak\/off-peak changes in a<\/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":1,"_editorskit_is_block_options_detached":false,"_editorskit_block_options_position":"{}","footnotes":""},"categories":[60,54,62],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2911","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-airlines","category-credit-cards","category-shenanigans"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2911","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=2911"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2911\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7176,"href":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2911\/revisions\/7176"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2911"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2911"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2911"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}