Hate over paying for bland airport food or sitting in tight quarters with no leg room? Even worse, the long lines during the holiday season? See why some people actively spend weekends flying to exotic locations to not even leave the airport. Check out this video interview of some of the more experienced bloggers and travel hackers.
Thursday, December 6, 2012
500 Free AA Miles for Completing Facebook Survey
American Airlines is offering 500 free AAdvantage miles for liking them and completing a survey on Facebook. Promotion valid till Dec. 17th 2012 or the first 200k entrants. Miles post in 6-8 weeks. It is so easy, David might just even do this promo.
This is a great way to pad your account or keep activity up. Every mile counts. You don't want to be the person booking an award ticket to find they're 2000 miles short and end up paying $50 to get enough miles for that ticket. Its happened to yours truly.
Get the miles here.
This is a great way to pad your account or keep activity up. Every mile counts. You don't want to be the person booking an award ticket to find they're 2000 miles short and end up paying $50 to get enough miles for that ticket. Its happened to yours truly.
Get the miles here.
Monday, December 3, 2012
Meeting Spend Requirements
Meeting minimum spend requirements is one of the scarier parts of travel hacking. Unfortunately, that's the most common requirement you need to meet before the credit card company will give you reward points. So it's unavoidable.
Spend requirements per card can range anywhere from spending $1,000 in three months (super easy) to spending $10,000 in three months (super hard... unless you're rich—in which case, why are you even here?). Both Goober and myself are firmly grounded in the 99%. While we're not starving, we do stare wistfully at the electronic lottery billboards.
So how do we do it?
Spend requirements per card can range anywhere from spending $1,000 in three months (super easy) to spending $10,000 in three months (super hard... unless you're rich—in which case, why are you even here?). Both Goober and myself are firmly grounded in the 99%. While we're not starving, we do stare wistfully at the electronic lottery billboards.
So how do we do it?
Goal oriented miles earning
Once you accumulate enough miles you can redeem them for domestic trips, or the international trip for your dreams. A good hint is to have a goal in mind then finding what programs/miles club allows you to get there the cheapest way.
Once you accumulate enough miles you can redeem them for domestic trips, or the international trip for your dreams. A good hint is to have a goal in mind then finding what programs/miles club allows you to get there the cheapest way.
Annual Fee? No Problem!
While a lot of credit card promos offer to waive their first year's annual fee, there are some that don't, and they want you to cough up $69-99 on your very first statement.
Don't let that dissuade you.
Don't let that dissuade you.
Chase Sapphire Preferred card
This is a damn sexy card, literally and figuratively. It's dark blue, has a non-embossed front and is much heavier then any other card to the point where ~20% (complete guesstimate) of cashiers will compliment the card (you just might be able to finally score that number of the cute cashier).
The current promo is a bonus 40k Ultimate Rewards points after spending $3,000 in three months. The benefits are so good that this card should become one of your go-to cards for all your purchases even if you have no requirements to meet.
Chase Southwest Rapid Rewards Premier Card
Chase Southwest (SW) Airlines Rapid Rewards Premier Card is probably the best card for the beginner since the card user (you) has the fewest hoops to jump through to get your points.
What you need to do:
What you need to do:
- Spend $2,000 within three months.
- Pay the annual fee ($99)
- Annnnnd... that's it.
- 50,000 Rapid Rewards points, which is approximately two round trip tickets.
- Anniversary bonus of 6,000 points every year. (which is basically the annual fee in points)
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