Who doesn’t like free stuff? I sure do and on our recent trip to Park City (I am here now), I took advantage of much of what my credit cards have to offer and enjoyed a lot of free goodies…..here are the details…. Flights-I used American Express Membership Rewards points to purchase our 4 Delta […]
Category: Using Your Cards Airline and Travel Credits
I Got To Choose Two Airlines For My Amex $200 Airline Credit This Year
As we know, every year Amex Platinum and Business Platinum card members receive up to $200 per calendar year in statement credits when incidental fees, such as baggage fees, flight-change fees, in-flight food and beverage purchases, and airport lounge day passes, are charged by the airline to the Platinum card accounts. Further recall that existing […]
Do You Have Calendar Year Credits On Some Of Your Cards-Don’t Lose Them, Act Before The End Of The Year
If you have one or more of the following cards, make sure you have used all of your calendar year credits…if not, use them! This may mean purchasing travel in advance or buying extra bottles of wine on a flight. Regardless of what you do, it would be a shame to lose them, so don’t! […]
If You Fail To Plan, You Plan To Fail
Happy New Year! Here is to a year of lucrative bonuses, smart spending and free travel. Whether you already play this points and miles game, or I am convincing you that you should, you will be more successful at it if you can take advantage of the benefits and incentives that are offered with your […]
I Reset The Expiration Clock On Our United MileagePlus Miles
If you followed #8 on my Lets Get Started page, hopefully, you have opened frequent flyer accounts for your children. However, many airlines have account mileage expiration dates due to lack of activity in an account. United MileagePlus miles expire 18 months after the date of your last activity I will not make the […]
It Is Almost The End Of The Year-Have You Used All Of Your Travel Credits?
I have a lot of free money to spend on travel during our upcoming trip to Paris and Amsterdam over Xmas week. I have $900 to be exact. I hope that this will cover all taxis, ubers and any incidentals that we incur at our hotels. (Don’t forget the hotels are free on points-2 rooms!). […]