{"id":3821,"date":"2022-02-15T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-02-15T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/?p=3821"},"modified":"2023-04-18T11:55:13","modified_gmt":"2023-04-18T17:55:13","slug":"tuesday-grab-bag-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/2022\/02\/15\/tuesday-grab-bag-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Tuesday Grab-Bag"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>1.<\/strong> Hyatt announced their category changes and they\u2019re not pretty for many flagship properties. <a class=\"ek-link\" href=\"https:\/\/world.hyatt.com\/content\/gp\/en\/landing\/award-category-chart-updates.html\">Take a look here<\/a>, and book before March 22 to lock in the current rates.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2.<\/strong> Office Depot\/OfficeMax has $15 off of $300 in Mastercard gift cards. It\u2019s not as nice as the Visa deal because the \u201cEverywhere\u201d cards don\u2019t exist with Mastercards as far as I know, but still a useful sale. As usual:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Try to repeat the deal with multiple transactions in a single trip<\/li>\n<li>Link your cards to Dosh for an extra $10 back<\/li>\n<li>For advanced readers, have each card linked to a different Dosh burner account<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>3.<\/strong> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span class=\"ek-underline\" style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Do this now:<\/span><\/span> <a class=\"ek-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.radissonhotelsamericas.com\/en-us\/rewards\/offers\/stay-3x-for-30k\">Register for Radisson\u2019s newest promotion<\/a> that gives a 30,000 point bonus for every three nights stayed through April 30, 2022, up to 90,000 total bonus points. I\u2019m surprised to say it, but Radisson has been ahead of the pack on Hotel promotions recently. Let\u2019s hope they keep it up.<\/p>\n<p><strong>4.<\/strong> Frequent Miler points out that the Nearside debit card has a sign-up bonus of $40 after depositing $200 in the bank account, and you get a normal $50 when using a referral link. The card is interesting because it\u2019s a 2.2% cash back debit card in 2022 without a hard pull on your credit report. Of course it can be quite lucrative with the right plays, so if cash-back is your bag you may want to take a look.<\/p>\n<p><strong>5.<\/strong> The <a class=\"ek-link\" href=\"https:\/\/point.app\/\">Point debit card<\/a> was great in 2021 for quite a few reasons (including <a class=\"ek-link\" href=\"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/2021\/09\/10\/weekend-post-mortem-no-fee-ms-with-point\/\">$10,000 per month in free credit card loads<\/a>), and it\u2019s been decidedly<em> meh<\/em> in 2022. The annual fee also used to be $49, but now it\u2019s higher at $99 and the spending offers have been lamer than they used to be, which could be a function of Q1 2022 being slow, or it could be that the company has dialed back its budget.<\/p>\n<p>Nonetheless, for \u201cthis week only\u201d (lol), the card has a $100 sign-up bonus when using a referral link and another $100 for the referrer. I\u2019d suggest getting one for your P2 if you already have one for a net $100 win. Just like with Nearside, there\u2019s no hard pull on your credit.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-editorskit-rounded\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3822\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" src=\"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_4552-1024x876.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_4552-1024x876.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_4552-300x257.jpg 300w, https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_4552-768x657.jpg 768w, https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_4552.jpg 1125w\" width=\"420\"\/><figcaption>Point was able to lose half their money without even touching crypto.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1. Hyatt announced their category changes and they\u2019re not pretty for many flagship properties. 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