Milenomics² Podcast Episode 241: More Rewards & What's Still Working
Added 2024-11-09 17:06:03 +0000 UTC0:21 Happy BofA More Rewards Day
Nov 7, 2024
+2% or +2x additional rewards up to $2,500 in spend per card
No registration required
How to play something like this?
08:33 giftcards.com
An entity that just won’t go away
10% off giftcards.com giftcards (These are duds, can’t buy anything with a purchase fee with them, can’t buy a GC.com GC with a GC.com GC)
Shopping portal promos
Gift of College promos
After Recording: Gift of College cards now down to $100 max for $5.95 (louses!)
Are we seeing these promos because their eVGC/eMCs are so hard to liquidate (or even use) and thus their overall volume is down?
19:32 AA Holiday Shopping Bonus (other airline portals as well)
500 bonus miles $200 spend
1500 bonus miles for $700 in spend
4000 bonus miles for $1600 in spend
Bonus miles don’t count for LP, but the base spend miles do
Great way to keep accounts active (more on that later)
Can you believe: My Dog hasn’t shopped ALL year!?
UA: 5,000 for $1200
Southwest: 4,000 for $1000
Ends 11/17
24:55 Transfer Bonuses
Amex
AirFrance 20% 11/10
Cathay Pacific 10% [Targeted?]
Marriott Bonvoy 35% 12/31
Avianca 11/30
CapitalOne
British Airways 20% 12/1
Chase
Marriott Bonvoy 50%
Virgin Atlantic 40%
27:18 [Targeted] Amex 35k Referral + 250k Business Platinum
Very healthy referral in itself
$20,000 min spend in 3 months
Would be great to stack this with 5x 15k employees but don’t see working links at the moment
33:16 Delta Amex
Seeing heightened offers (like 125k for Personal Reserve) on Delta’s site
But requires Delta FF# and last name and appears to reject those not target 🙁
https://apply.americanexpress.com/en-us/delta-bau-pl-q4/page/1/
35:01 Main Topic: What is Still Working
35:25 AA book and cancel to extend expiration of miles
Still working book any flight >7 days out
Need to cancel <24 hours after ticketing
AND need to make sure the miles actually come back. If they don’t–you can DM on twitter.
37:58 Uber change payment type. Good for when you unexpectedly go over.
Can change payment after a ride.
Pair with Costco 20-25% discounted GC.
41:30 Extending an Alaska Airlines Wallet
Also a book and <24 hr cancel
Wording says it won’t work:
But it does! 7 days or so a new wallet came with a 2025 expiration.
This wallet has been bouncing around forever. Sad.
Robert: Hmm - should I try this with my Hawaiian funds?
45:38 Pay BMW Financial Services w/Debit
Used to be PayPal Key
This time used Fluz multi-use cards
Max $7,500/mo
Can intentionally overpay up to $7,500 the last month
What's something still working that you haven't heard us talk about lately? Share out in #episode-discussion!