{"id":9338,"date":"2024-03-11T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-03-11T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/?p=9338"},"modified":"2024-03-10T15:30:30","modified_gmt":"2024-03-10T21:30:30","slug":"loud-monday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/11\/loud-monday\/","title":{"rendered":"Loud Monday"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Often the weekend recap on Monday is quieter, but that’s definitely not the case today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. It was only a few short days ago that I said I would speculatively transfer Membership Rewards to Etihad Guest if I was targeted. Capital One obviously heard me and said “let me help you out MEAB”<\/a> with a tiered transfer bonus:

    – Transfer 1,000 – 10,000 miles: 20% bonus
    – Transfer 11,000 – 50,000 miles: 30% bonus
    – Transfer 51,000 or more miles: 40% bonus

    The bonus is per transaction and not cumulative, and runs through the end of the month. (Thanks to justmeha)
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  2. The Motley Fool again has an increased 7,400 AA miles for $99+ spent<\/a> through the AAdvantage eShopping portal. We care this time because like our hopes and aspirations, the AA loyalty points spending calendar reset on March 1.
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  3. The Citi AA Platinum Select personal card has an increased 75,000 AA mileage bonus<\/a> after $3,500 spend in four months, and the annual fee is waived for the first year. The sign-up bonus doesn’t earn loyalty points, but all spend on the card does.
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  4. On Wednesday, MEAB briefly hinted about American Express shutdowns<\/a>. The total number of shutdowns was small, there’s plenty we still don’t know, the dust still hasn’t settled, and we don’t know if it’s done. Even so, we do know a few things that are easily summarized as:

    – Some shutdowns involved a particular type of spend gaming
    – Some shutdowns involved a few rather heavy hitters that weren’t doing that gaming

    Most of the rampant speculation on public facing sites that I’ve seen is either partially or totally refuted by the datapoints that we do have, so I guess, just don’t believe everything you read on the internet, even if you believe you have 99 reasons to do so.
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  5. Office Depot\/OfficeMax stores have a promotion for $15 off of $300<\/a> or more in Mastercard gift cards running through Saturday, limit ten. (Thanks to DoC<\/a>)
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  6. The American Express Hilton Aspire card has an increased sign-up bonus of 175,000 points and a free night certificate<\/a> after $6,000 in spend in six months. This offer is also available by referral, so make sure to grab one from P2 or a friend and make their day. Yes, the other Hilton personal cards also have an increased bonus, but without the free-night certificate they’re a big yawn.
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  7. The Bank of America AirFrance KLM FlyingBlue Mastercard has a heightened sign-up bonus of 70,000 bonus points, $100 statement credit, and 100 XP after $3,000 spend in 90 days. The offer is presented during the checkout flow when you make a dummy booking on the US AirFrance<\/a> or KLM website<\/a>, and the $89 annual fee is not waived for the first year. (Thanks to Don)
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  8. Some Wyndham news:

    –     The business card has a new 100,000 point sign-up bonus<\/a> after $15,000 spend in one year, and this one is a keeper for gas station spend
    –     The personal earner plus card also has a 100,000 point sign-up bonus<\/a> after $2,000 spend in six months, and is probably only worth keeping for the first year
    –     Vacasa redemptions will have a new pricing structure<\/a> at 15,000 points or 30,000 points per night per bedroom starting on March 26, and the cash price determines the point price ($250 \/ bedroom \/ night or less is 15,000 points, $500 \/ bedroom \/ night or less is 30,000 points)
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  9. There’s a 250,000 Membership Rewards American Express Business Platinum<\/a> link with lifetime language available through the AmEx random number generator, and it seems extra pop-upie too. To see it, try some combination of:

    – Connecting to a VPN in Dallas or Denver
    – Trying incognito mode
    – Searching for “American Express Business Platinum” in various search engines
    – Waiting for a 190,000 points offer to expire and automatically reload

    The bonus requires $15,000 spend in three months.
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    Phew!<\/p>\n\n\n

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    Our hopes and aspirations on March 1, 2024.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Often the weekend recap on Monday is quieter, but that’s definitely not the case today. Phew! Our hopes and aspirations on March 1, 2024.<\/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":[54,53,19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9338","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-credit-cards","category-gift-cards","category-miles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9338","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=9338"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9338\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9350,"href":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9338\/revisions\/9350"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9338"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9338"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9338"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}