Here’s a summary of this week’s miles and points offers, deals, and specials:
Credit Cards
Airlines
- 3 round-trips = 1 year of free flights. You can earn the Southwest Companion Pass after 3 round-trip flights.
- $293 round-trip flights to Maui. Fly to Maui for $293 round-trip through March 12, 2015.
- Changes to Southwest’s award chart. Award tickets just got more expensive on Southwest.
- Delta removes award chart. It’s now a guessing game of how many Delta SkyMiles you’ll need to book an award ticket.
- Main Cabin Select and First Class fares from $99 one-way. Discounted flights from $99, just in time for Spring Break.
Hotels
- $7 a night hotels = Almost free hotel stays. You can save $100, $150, or $200 off hotels booked through Expedia. Some hotels are as low as $7 a night.
- Up to 50,000 bonus miles. Stay at Marriott hotels through April 30, 2015 and get up to 50,000 bonus miles.
- Free airport lounge access. Hyatt has added new benefits for Diamond members which let you extend Hyatt Diamond benefits to friends and family, get free airport lounge access, and get free premium in-room Wi-Fi.
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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.
My favorite perks about this card are free Capital One Lounge access, earning 2X points on all purchases, and transferring miles to over 15 travel loyalty programs.
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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.