** Chase are announced new links and the older offers in this post are now obsolete. Please visit my updated post on Chase Ink Offers ** There have been multiple offers for the Chase Ink cards floating around. Some thru affiliate links and some directly from Chase. (I wish these credit card companies would keep…
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50K Membership Rewards signup bonus for AMEX Platinum Card is back
American Express Platinum Card needs no introduction. It is the premier card in the AMEX line up that is available to everybody (with excellent credit that is). Elite status in Hotels, Car rentals, airline lounges… the benefit list is pretty huge. The Points Guy covers it in good depth. The standard offer for Platinum card…
If you had an infinite wallet, what credit cards would you carry? – Part I
Part I: The cent value of miles/points Let us consider a hypothetical situation. Consider the case that you had every cashback/miles/points Credit Card possible. How would you maximize the value of rewards on your spending? This is a complicated question and requires detailed analysis of various credit cards along with the valuation of various miles/points…
British Airways rights a wrong
British Airways is one of the few airlines that is notorious for having extremely low ‘earn rates’ for their discounted economy fares. I highlighted this in my article Fast Track to Elite Status. I actually earned 25% of actual miles flown as both redeemable miles (RDM) and Elite Status Miles (EQM) on an 15,000 mile…
My Starbucks Rewards – why bother?
Agreed Starbucks is not an airline or a hotel chain. But they recently re-launched their Rewards program. So, it falls under the scope of my coverage of Loyalty Programs. Anyways, its my blog and I want to write (read rant) about this. Also, as a traveler, Starbucks has become a staple of my travel routine.…
A Quick Memorial Day Update – Top 5 Posts
On occasion of the Memorial Day long weekend, I would like to go down memory lane and post a list of the top five most popular articles I have written till date. These are ‘rated’ as the top five based on pageviews of these articles. 5. Maximizing Airline Miles : This post was Part Three…
Are you a Mileage Addict?
When does a Mileage or another Loyalty program make cost effective sense for you? When do you become a ‘Mileage addict’? As I have written all the posts that I have on Airline Miles, I have often wondered that myself. I wrote an article earlier this year as a part of my Economics of Airline…
10 interesting comments from the BoardingArea contest
The Win a Trip for Two to Australia’s Gold Coast contest generated tremendous interest. As I was getting all the entires in on my blog (I approved each and every one after reading them), I was just amazed by the vast range tips and experiences my readers shared in their comments. While the winner was…
Win a Trip for Two to Australia’s Gold Coast!
G’day Mates, Its here! The contest to win a trip for two to Australia’s Gold Coast starts today! This is an all expense and ALL taxes paid trip. The contest is being arranged by BoardingArea.com and is sponsored by American Express Gold Card. And in the true Mileage earning spirit of this blog, this will…
Coming Soon: BoardingArea.com contest – win a trip for two to Australia!
The contest is live! Go to my post on Win a trip to Australia contest to enter! My fellow blogger on BoardingArea.com – MilesQuest has already broken the news. There is a special readers contest coming to BoardingArea.com. The contest will run from March 22nd to March 28th. Be sure to come back to this…