{"id":3641,"date":"2022-01-20T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-01-20T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/?p=3641"},"modified":"2023-04-18T11:59:12","modified_gmt":"2023-04-18T17:59:12","slug":"thursday-double-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/2022\/01\/20\/thursday-double-7\/","title":{"rendered":"Thursday Double"},"content":{"rendered":"

After a legion of deals earlier in the week we\u2019re off to a slow Thursday, but there are a couple of items worth looking at:<\/p>\n

1.<\/strong> A new no-lifetime language (NLL) offer for the American Express Blue Business Cash<\/a> has surfaced. This offer has a $500 sign-up bonus after spending $15,000 in the first 12 months which is quite a long time to knock out spend. The card is a 2% cash-back card for up to $50,000 in spend per year, which is a big shrug<\/em> for me. Personally I prefer the Blue Business Plus card which earns Membership Rewards instead. (Thanks to SagittaandiEstVita on reddit<\/a>)<\/p>\n

2.<\/strong> I missed this in December but there\u2019s a Best Western 50% back on hotel stays<\/a> through February 6. Normally I consider Best Western hotels to be a slight step up from Econolodge hotels<\/a>, in that I don\u2019t expect a fire to break out during the course of a normal stay. That said, there\u2019s value to be had in Best Western Premier and Signature hotels in high cost markets. The Lazy Traveller has a great writeup<\/a> on more sweet-spots in the program too. If you have dangling Best Western points that you never think about (this very much describes me), now is a great time to burn them.<\/p>\n

PS: Notice how I didn\u2019t write about the Citi DoubleCash changes? That\u2019s because there\u2019s effectively no real difference so don\u2019t waste your time reading long articles about it.<\/p>\n

Happy Thursday!<\/p>\n

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