75,000 Amex Points, 75,000 American Airlines Miles, and More!

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1.  75,000 Amex Points

You can get 75,000 American Express Membership Rewards points after spending $5,000 on eligible purchases with the Business Gold Rewards card in the first three months of opening your account.

But you have to apply by September 29, 2015.

With the American Express Business Gold Rewards card you get:

• 3X American Express Membership Rewards points (up to $100,000 in purchases a year) on one category of your choice from the list below:
  - Airfare purchased directly from airlines
  - U.S. purchases for advertising in select media
  - U.S. purchases at gas stations
  - U.S. purchases for shipping
  - U.S. computer hardware, software, and cloud computing purchases made directly from select providers
• 2X American Express Membership Rewards points on the 4 remaining categories (up to $100,000 in purchases a year)
• 1X American Express Membership Rewards points on other purchases
• Terms and limitations apply

The $175 annual fee is waived the first year.

Thanks to Mr. Pickles for telling me about this offer at the FT dinner.

2.  75,000 American Airlines Miles

Want to fly Business Class to the Maldives? How about take the family to Hawaii? You're in luck!

You can earn 80,000 American Airlines miles when you spend $5,500 in purchases in the first three months of opening your Citi AAdvantage Executive card.

With the Citibank American Airlines Executive card you get:

• First checked bag free
• Priority boarding
• American Airlines Admirals Club Membership
• Global Entry or TSA PreCheck application fee credit
• 10,000 elite qualifying miles after spending $40,000 a year
• 2 American Airlines miles for every $1 spent on American Airlines
• 1 American Airlines mile for every $1 spent everywhere else
• 25% savings on eligible in-flight purchases on American Airlines and US Airways
• Expert concierge service
• No foreign transaction fees

I got my Citi Executive card when the sign-up bonus was 100,000 American Airlines miles.

3.  20% Bonus on Transferred Starwood Points

You'll get a 20% bonus when you transfer Starwood points to American Airlines miles through August 7, 2015.

Normally you get a 5,000 point bonus when you transfer 20,000 Starwood points to American Airlines miles.  With this offer, those 20,000 points become 30,000 American Airlines miles.

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