{"id":8983,"date":"2024-01-10T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-01-10T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/?p=8983"},"modified":"2024-01-09T18:04:39","modified_gmt":"2024-01-10T01:04:39","slug":"mildly-interesting-wednesday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/2024\/01\/10\/mildly-interesting-wednesday\/","title":{"rendered":"Mildly Interesting Wednesday"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I think the title speaks for itself today, but here we go:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Southwest has a fare sale for flights booked by tomorrow night<\/a> for travel from January 30 to May 22 using promo code WOW<\/em>. There’s an embarrassingly long list of blackout dates, cities, and flights so make sure your booking expectations are tempered in the same way that your flying expectations are tempered with Southwest.

    I checked my existing bookings, and 25% of them (2\/8) were included in the sale, but none of the sale bookings were the expensive tickets.
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  2. AA’s frequent flyer program has changed slightly for 2024<\/a>. The major updates:

    – Redeem miles for upgrades on some partner airlines
    – Apply systemwide upgrades (SWUs) online
    – An option for Loyalty Points as a redemption reward at various point thresholds

    Most of the other changes linger on having an AAdvantage account for certain benefits, but I’d be shocked to the core if anyone in this group is flying AA without an AAdvantage or partner frequent flyer account.
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  3. Do this now: Check for targeted Q1 Marriott Bonvoy promotions<\/a>. Offers vary from account to account, and holding status seems to make you less likely to be targeted this round. We’ve seen:

    – Double elite qualifying nights for 60 days
    – 4,500 bonus points after two stays

    I was targeted for literally nothing, which somehow beats my normal experience with Marriott.
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  4. Do this now (if you use Amtrak)<\/strong>: Register for a free round-trip ride<\/a> between July 1 and August 31 after three round-trips between January 3 and February 29. (thanks to MtM<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n
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    Another mildly interesting promotion: You can redeem Kool-Aid points<\/a> for a winter hat.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    I think the title speaks for itself today, but here we go: Another mildly interesting promotion: You can redeem Kool-Aid points for a winter hat.<\/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":0,"_editorskit_is_block_options_detached":false,"_editorskit_block_options_position":"{}","footnotes":""},"categories":[60,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8983","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-airlines","category-quick-hits"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8983","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=8983"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8983\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8986,"href":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8983\/revisions\/8986"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8983"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8983"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8983"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}