{"id":7497,"date":"2023-05-01T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-05-01T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/?p=7497"},"modified":"2023-05-01T07:51:47","modified_gmt":"2023-05-01T13:51:47","slug":"monday-quick-hits-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/2023\/05\/01\/monday-quick-hits-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Monday Quick Hits"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The <a class=\"ek-link\" href=\"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/2021\/11\/18\/unsung-hero-citi-shop-your-way-rewards-mastercard\/\">Citi Shop Your Way Rewards Mastercard<\/a>, the goat of <a class=\"ek-link\" href=\"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/category\/unsung-heroes\/\">Unsung Heroes<\/a>, has new targeted offers for 10% back at home improvement stores good once per month for May, June, and July. Offers vary, but we\u2019ve seen:<br><br>&#8211; 10% back on $600 or more in home improvement spend, limit $70 back (MEAB)<br>&#8211; 5% back on $800 or more in home improvement spend, limit $80 back (Tyler)<br>&#8211; 150,000 Shop Your Way points on $1,000 or more in home improvement spend (birt)<br>&#8211; 7,000 Thank You points on $600 or more in home improvement spend (TV)<br><br>Look, I&#8217;m not here to sell you credit cards and whether or not you apply or are  approved I make exactly the same, $0, so understand this comes for a sincere place: If you don&#8217;t have this card, why not? It has no annual fee pays you between $1,600 and $2,400 a year with minimal effort.<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.americanexpress.com\/en-us\/benefits\/offers\/\" class=\"ek-link\">American Express has a card linked offer for 7,500 additional Membership Rewards<\/a> with a $500 Delta gift card purchase.<br \/><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/homes-and-villas.marriott.com\" class=\"ek-link\">Marriott has a promotion for 40,000 bonus points<\/a> on paid stays at Marriott Homes and Villas through September 9, but stays must be booked by Wednesday evening. There\u2019s some noise about this one in the bloggersphere and while it\u2019s a decent promotion and is better than the normal Marriott yardstick, at best this is worth about $220 so don\u2019t go out of your way to stay at one of the few Homes and Villas properties just for this.<br \/><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.target.com\/redcard\" class=\"ek-link\">Target has its regular promotion for $40 back online and $40 back in store<\/a> for a new RedCard debit or credit card through May 27. Both versions are churnable, and the credit card <a href=\"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/2021\/09\/14\/target-redcard-hacks\/\" class=\"ek-link\">might be more valuable than you think<\/a>. Current datapoints suggest you&#8217;ve got to wait 10-15 business days between applications for auto-approval.<br \/> <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.southwest.com\/html\/sites\/mobile\/promotions\/nationwide_sale_NonstopConnect_230429.html\">Southwest has 30% off of round-trip paid fares<\/a> for the next two weekends only using promo code <em>30OFF.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>Happy Monday!<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-editorskit-rounded\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/image-15.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7501\" width=\"420\" height=\"392\" srcset=\"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/image-15.png 614w, https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/image-15-300x280.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\" style=\"font-size:14px\">The yardstick to beat for Marriott Bonvoy&#8217;s promotions. This time they did too!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Happy Monday! The yardstick to beat for Marriott Bonvoy&#8217;s promotions. 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