{"id":3734,"date":"2022-02-03T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-02-03T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/?p=3734"},"modified":"2023-04-18T11:56:52","modified_gmt":"2023-04-18T17:56:52","slug":"thursday-quad-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/2022\/02\/03\/thursday-quad-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Thursday Quad"},"content":{"rendered":"

Let\u2019s start today with a friendly warning: If you see headlines about thousands or millions of PayPal account shutdowns, don\u2019t stress, you almost certainly weren\u2019t involved and don\u2019t need to follow the click-bait. The shutdowns were focused on accounts that generated thousands or tens of thousands of referral bonuses using bot-farms.<\/p>\n

Here are a few things that are worth focusing on:<\/p>\n

1.<\/strong> Hot on the heals of yesterday\u2019s devaluation<\/a>, we have, err<\/em>, another devaluation. This time it\u2019s ANA, which doubled its fuel surcharges for award tickets<\/a>. <\/p>\n

The ANA fuel surcharge is actually tied to the price of oil which turns out to be a novel concept in the airline world, and with oil prices jumping<\/a>, the surcharge had a corresponding jump. So in addition to setting award alerts with ExpertFlyer<\/a>, now apparently we should set crude oil price alerts with Yahoo finance<\/a>.<\/p>\n

2.<\/strong> American Express has a new targeted link for a 30,000 Membership Rewards bonus<\/a> when turning on Pay Over Time. As always, consider shutting off Pay Over time<\/a> on all of your charge cards to be targeted in the future. (Thanks to Matthew via DoC<\/a>)<\/p>\n

3.<\/strong> Check for a targeted spend offer on your Chase United cards at this link<\/a>. This offer is very Citi Shop Your Way-esque<\/a> in its detail: You earn 250 bonus miles for making three purchases over $50 each per month, for February, March, and April, and another 750 miles if you make all three months. (Thanks to DDG<\/a>)<\/p>\n

4.<\/strong> The offer for 70,000 SkyMiles, $200 statement credit, and first year\u2019s annual fee waived for both the personal and business American Express Delta Gold cards is back. To trigger it, make a dummy booking for a cash domestic ticket in incognito mode and you\u2019ll see it on the payment page. (Thanks to geauxcali<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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Four fingers for the Thursday Quad.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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