The Points Mom

Earn An American Airlines AAdvantage Bonus When You Join Sam’s Club

              Existing American Airlines AAdvantage Account holders who are not current Sam’s Club members can earn the following one-time Sign-Up Bonus: Sam’s Club Savings or Business ($45 cost) 1,500 AAdvantage members 2,000 Gold & Platinum members 2,500 Platinum Pro, Executive Platinum & Concierge Key members Sam’s Club Plus ($100 […]

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We Are Saving $9,700 When We Head To Amsterdam And Paris This Christmas

  And here are the details as to how it’s being done… We Are Headed To Amsterdam And Paris And We Saved $2,700 On Flights Using Avios Points   Christmas In Amsterdam-3 Nights, 2 Rooms, $2,500 Saved With Chase Ultimate Rewards   I Have 9 Months To Accumulate 360,000 Marriott Rewards Points To Save $4,500 […]

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Off To St. Petersburg Once Again For Jessie’s Annual Swim Meet And Once Again For Free JetBlue Flights

  Once again we are traveling to St. Petersburg, Florida next month for Jessie’s swim meet.  Once again, I booked flights on JetBlue using TrueBlue points.  The flights I booked were 30,200 TrueBlue points per ticket. And once again, you may be wondering how I always have so many TrueBlue points to book all of these […]

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We Are Headed To Amsterdam And Paris And We Saved $2,700 On Flights Using Avios Points

I still consider our free family trip to London on British Airways BUSINESS CLASS one of my biggest accomplishments in playing the points and miles travel game.  With a combination of Avios points and two British Airways Travel Together Tickets, we saved about $12,000! on those flights. The way the Travel Together Ticket works is that […]

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Why I May Choose To Let My Kids (And Mine) Hawaiian Airlines HawaiianMiles Expire

  We traveled to Hawaii back in December of 2015 on Delta SkyMiles.  Although we used Barclaycard Arrival miles for our inter-island flights, these flights counted as paid fare with Hawaiian Airlines.  The flights were ones in which we were able to receive HawaiianMiles for the flights. We each earned 528 miles for these inter-island […]

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Achieving Delta SkyMiles Medallion Status

When you join Delta SkyMiles, you are a SkyMiles member.  Additionally, the Delta SkyMiles Medallion Program offers Silver, Gold, Platinum and Diamond Status. You can reach Medallion Status through your annual spending (MQDs or Medallion Qualifying Dollars) in a given year for the following year.  The requirements are as follows: SILVER- $5,000 MQDs GOLD-$10,000 MQDs PLATINUM-$15,000 […]

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