{"id":5168,"date":"2022-08-24T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-08-24T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/?p=5168"},"modified":"2023-04-18T11:27:45","modified_gmt":"2023-04-18T17:27:45","slug":"skyclub-lounge-access-2000-and-airfare-sales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/2022\/08\/24\/skyclub-lounge-access-2000-and-airfare-sales\/","title":{"rendered":"SkyClub Lounge Access, $2,000, and Airfare Sales"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li><a class=\"ek-link\" href=\"https:\/\/latam.statusmatch.com\">LATAM has a no-fee status match program<\/a> running through October 31 for status through March 2023. The principle benefit for a US based flyer is access to Delta SkyClub lounges when flying Delta, <s>even on domestic<\/s> on international flights for Platinum, Black, and Black Signature elites<em> (UPDATE: <\/em>Thanks to <a href=\"https:\/\/viewfomthewing.com\/\">VFTW<\/a> for the correction on lounge access). <a class=\"ek-link\" href=\"https:\/\/latam.statusmatch.com\/faq\/#programs\">They\u2019ve provided a status match table<\/a> and a <a class=\"ek-link\" href=\"https:\/\/latam.statusmatch.com\/faq\/\">FAQ<\/a> too. (Thanks to <a class=\"ek-link\" href=\"https:\/\/willrunformiles.boardingarea.com\/new-elite-status-match-to-latam-airlines\/\">Kathy at Will Run for Miles<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Xfinity Mobile has a <a class=\"ek-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.xfinity.com\/mobile\/learn\/byod\">bring your own device $200 Visa gift card<\/a> sign-up bonus when you port in a line and keep service for 90 days. It\u2019s even more interesting because there\u2019s a limit of $2,000 in gift cards or 10 lines per account, and there\u2019s a \u201cBy the Gig\u201d plan that costs $15+taxes per month regardless of the number of phones on the plan, just don\u2019t use your data and your bill will be tiny. A few notes:\n<p>\u2013 If you don\u2019t have an Xfinity Mobile account there\u2019s a $10 setup fee<br \/>\u2013 You have to have Xfinity cable or internet to be eligible<br \/>\u2013 Go through <a class=\"ek-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cashbackmonitor.com\/cashback-store\/xfinity-mobile\/\">a shopping portal<\/a>, ideally once per line<\/p>\n<p>Now, if only there were a way to get cheap phone numbers to port in, like I don\u2019t know, say a $1 line from <a class=\"ek-link\" href=\"https:\/\/deals.boostmobile.com\/mypromo\/sim-plan-bundle-5gb-1mo-01-mybm\">Boost<\/a> or <a class=\"ek-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.target.com\/p\/ting-sim-kit-with-30-free-service\/-\/A-80414087#lnk=sametab\">Ting<\/a>. (Thanks to Derthsidious via MEAB slack)<\/li>\n<li>Check your <a class=\"ek-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.chase.com\/personal\/merchant-offers\">Chase offers<\/a> and <a class=\"ek-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bankofamerica.com\/online-banking\/mobile-and-online-banking-features\/bankamerideals-cash-back-deals\/\">Bank of America deals<\/a> 10% back on Alaska Airlines airfare up to a total of $45 back. (Thanks to <a class=\"ek-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.doctorofcredit.com\/bank-amerideals-chase-offers-10-at-alaska-airlines-up-to-31-cashback\/\">DoC<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><a class=\"ek-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.southwest.com\/air\/low-fare-calendar\/?slp=SALEPAID&amp;departureDate=2022-09-01&amp;returnDate=2022-09-02&amp;s_tnt=143871%3A0%3A0&amp;adobe_mc_sdid=SDID%3D48E9F6F01E83B497-07D5660A813BC529%7CMCORGID%3D65D316D751E563EC0A490D4C%40AdobeOrg%7CTS%3D1661300189&amp;adobe_mc_ref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.southwest.com%2F&amp;clk=7247045&amp;cbid=7247045\">Southwest has a fare sale<\/a> running through Friday for travel from September 6 to February 15 of next year, but it excludes major holiday dates and is only for Tuesday or Wednesday travel. The real utility here is that <a class=\"ek-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flyertalk.com\/forum\/southwest-airlines-rapid-rewards\/2013354-now-targeted-free-changes-due-rescheduling-move-up-14-days-30-a-76.html\">Southwest\u2019s schedule changes<\/a> haven\u2019t rolled out for November and later.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\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-5172\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" src=\"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/xfinity-tower.jpeg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/xfinity-tower.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/xfinity-tower-300x198.jpeg 300w\" width=\"420\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\" style=\"font-size:14px\">Xfinity Mobile\u2019s dedicated cell towers help make sure that you\u2019re not using any cell data.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LATAM has a no-fee status match program running through October 31 for status through March 2023. The principle benefit for a US based flyer is<\/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":[60,19,65],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5168","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-airlines","category-miles","category-status"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5168","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=5168"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5168\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6961,"href":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5168\/revisions\/6961"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5168"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5168"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5168"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}