Here’s a summary of this week’s miles and points offers, deals, and specials:
Airlines
- Up to 200,000 Air Canada Aeroplan Miles. The Amazing Race Canada first season inspired Air Canada to create their own Amazing Race. Pre-register before September 24 and earn 500 RaceWings. You get 1,000 Aeroplan miles for every 2,000 RaceWings. If you get 10,000 RaceWings you get 5,000 bonus miles. Get 100,000 RaceWings and you’ll get an additional 100,000 bonus miles. You earn 200 RaceWings for every take off and landing when you fly Air Canada, Air Canada Express, and Air Canada rouge between September 24, 2013 through December 15, 2013. Flights must be booked by November 17,2013. You can earn additional RaceWings from badges.
- 30% Discount on award tickets. ANA is offering a 30% discount when you redeem ANA miles on Air New Zealand. Discount is valid for flights from September 24, 2013 to December 19, 2013.
- Up to 5,000 Bonus Miles from Delta. You’ll earn up to 5,000 SkyMiles when you donate to the United Way by September 30, 2013. Donations of $50-124 receive 1,000 miles, donations of $125-299 receive 2,500 miles, and donations of $300 or more receive 5,000 miles.
- Earn 3x TrueBlue Points For Flights To And From San Juan, Puerto Rico: The latest special offer from JetBlue will earn you 3x the TrueBlue points when flying to or from San Juan, Puerto Rico, if you register and book travel from now through January 31, 2014. However, there are holiday blackout dates and triple points are not valid for travel from December 19, 2013 to January 12, 2014. To book a flight or to join the TrueBlue loyalty program, click here. JetBlue flies to San Juan from a number of US cities including Chicago, Los Angeles, New York JFK, Boston, Orlando and Fort Lauderdale. Click on this interactive map to see all the routes.
Hotel
- Free Platinum Status with Accorhotels. You can get free Accorhotels Platinum status. The offer is only good for new accounts so if you’ve gotten free Platinum status in the past you are not eligible to get it again.
- Win Up Free Up To 5 Free Nights at Hyatt. You can win up to 5 free nights, Diamond Status, GoldPassport points, or a Suite upgrade. when you play “The Chase” game. This is a targeted offer so if you did not receive an email from Hyatt, you can play the game BUT you won’t win any prizes. So check your email.
- 2,000 Points Per Stay at IHG. Get 2,000 points per stay for the next 60 days at IHG hotels. Registration is required using promotion code 1041.
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Capital One Venture X Business
With the Capital One Venture X Business the welcome offer is 150,000 mile bonus after spending $30,000 on purchases in the first three months.
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Chase Sapphire Preferred® Card
The Chase Sapphire Preferred® Card is the best card to get started in the world of miles and points. It is the first card you should get to start traveling for free because the welcome offer is 60,000 points after spending $4,000 in the first three months.You can get up to $1,050 in Chase Travel value: the 60k points are worth $750 when booked through the Chase Travel portal. And you get up to $300 in statement credits on travel booked through the Chase portal your first year.
My favorite perks about this card are earning 5X points on travel when booked through the Chase portal (2X if direct purchase), 3X points on dining, $50 yearly credit on hotels booked through the Chase portal, no foreign transaction fees, and transferring points to 13 airline and hotel partners like Hyatt, United, and Southwest.