Promotions

August 31, 2014

Quick Deal: 500 Virgin America Elevate Miles for $.99

Virgin America has launched their own shopping portal called Elevate Fly Store and they are offering all users 500 bonus Virgin America Elevate miles for making their first online purchase through the store by September 30. All you need is your Virgin America frequent flyer account details to log into the Elevate Fly store. It seems to have most major retailers so it should be relatively easy to find something you were going to buy anyway to get the extra 500 bonus miles.

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I titled this post “500 Virgin America Elevate Miles for $.99” because even if you had no plans to shop through this new shopping portal, you could still get the 500 mile bonus for simply buying a single $.99 cent song in iTunes since the terms and conditions do not specific a minimum purchase amount. This is most likely the cheapest and easiest way to take advantage of this promotion. Make sure you search for iTunes and NOT the Apple store.

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Here are the full terms and conditions of the offer (which surprisingly isn’t long at all). Note there is no language on the minimum purchase amount. 

Bonus Point Offer Terms & Conditions:

The First Purchase 500 Bonus Point Offer is valid on your first purchase made via the Elevate Fly Store site from August 27 through September 30 2014.

Please allow up to 50 days from the date of purchase for bonus points to be credited to your account. If bonus points have not been credited within 50 days, please fill out the missing points claim form which can be accessed by visiting “Contact Us” on the Fly Store website.

August 26, 2014

20% Off Promo Code for Domestic JetBlue Flights!

JetBlue just emailed me about a promotion code for 20% off domestic flights on JetBlue for travel September 3rd to December 18th if travel is booked by tomorrow, August 27th! The promo code is FALL2014. This is a pretty wide travel range but it does exclude travel around Thanksgiving and flights cannot be on a Friday or Sunday. 

Here is a link to the promotion page.

20% Off JetBlue Flights

20% Off JetBlue Flights

Here are the full terms of the promotion code

Offer details:

  • Promo code: FALL2014
  • Offer: 20% off base fare for domestic U.S. travel only
  • Roundtrip purchase required
  • Book by 8/27/14
  • Travel 9/3 – 12/18/14
  • Blackout dates:
    • 10/13, 11/21 – 12/1/14 for all plus Newark 
    • 11/1 – 11/8/14 for Newark only
  • Valid for travel Mon. – Thurs. and Sat. only (both outbound and return dates must fall within offer period in order for discount to apply)
  • Not valid for a Mint seat

 Here’s how to book using the promo code:

  • Promo codes can only be redeemed online at jetblue.com/promo.
  • Search flights within travel dates listed above.
  • Enter code in promo code field exactly as it appears (case sensitive).
  • You must select flights in order for discount to appear. Once selected you will see the discount amount displayed in the itinerary subtotal on the bottom right side of the flights page.
August 23, 2014

Point & Center: ~$120 Flights to Hong Kong, Chase Freedom Loses a Key Benefit & Hyatt Fall Promotion

Here are the some of the key promotions and news you should know about in the world of points & miles.

1) ~$120 Flights to Hong Kong on Cathay Pacific – Cathay Pacific is having a promotion in which they will sell 2,014 tickets at 100 HKD for trips to and from Hong Kong. I’m sure it will be competitive but it doesn’t seem impossible to get a ticket if you time it right. Below is a snapshot of the routes for sale (all to/from Hong Kong). The interesting ones are definitely the US to Hong Kong routes in premium economy. With taxes, the flights will be about 957 HKD or around $120 USD. Remember to set an alarm for Tuesday 8am on August 26nd when tickets go on sale.

I should mention this is intended for Cathay Pacific Asia Miles account holders who list a residence in HK. However, there is nothing stopping you from registering for a new Cathay Pacific Asia Miles account and to use the address of a hotel in HK…

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(HT One Mile at a Time)

2) Chase Freedom Loses 10% Annual Bonus – The Chase Freedom is arguably one of the most valuable no annual fee credit cards as it earns valuable Chase points at 5x depending on the category each quarter and if you also hold a Chase Ink card or Chase Sapphire Preferred, you could transfer your Chase Freedom points to your Ink/Sapphire Preferred card and then transfer them out to airlines or hotels. One of the nice features of the Freedom card was if you were also a Chase checking account customer, you would receive an annual 10% bonus on all points earned from your Freedom card but this is being discontinued as of 12/31/15. This was a nice perk that required no additional effort or registration so it will be one I will miss (as I’m a Chase checking customer) even if it only resulted in a few thousands points a year. There are a few additional changes but none as noteworthy as this one.

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3) Hyatt Fall Promotion Announced (Targeted) – Every quarter most of the big hotel chains announce a special promotion in which they offer bonus points, free nights or some combination of the two to entice guests to stay with them. Hyatt is the first hotel chain to announce its Q3 promo and there seem to be variety of offers that are targeted to individual users. Even if you haven’t received an email yet, I highly recommend trying to register for the promotion at the links below. I got the 2,000 bonus points after each stay so make sure you try to register so you don’t miss any extra points you might be entitled to.

Link to Flyertalk that summarizes the offers and registration links

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