by Lufthansa Flyer | Nov 27, 2011 | Uncategorized |
Special Thanks to “This Week In Budget Travel” for this one.
EVreward.com is a great one stop portal to track down all points earning promotions on offer from retailers and credit card issuers. Simply type in the name of a retailer and it will immediately let you know what promotions are in place.
I did a simple search for “Target” and found out that Visa is offering $5.00 of purchases of $50.00 and $7.00 off purchases of $70.00 at Target.com
AND
The search also resulted in a list of all Airline and Hotel Loyalty Programs that have affiliations with Target for bonus point earning opportunities (the website’s graphics are far more impressive):
Air Tran Rewards 0.25 A+ credits per $100
American Airlines 3.0 miles per $1.00
Choice Privileges 4.0 points per $1.00
Delta SkyMiles 3.0 skymiles per $1.00
Frontier Airlines 2.0 miles per $1.00
Hawaiian Airlines 3.0 miles per $1.00
Hilton HHonors 2.0 points per $1.00
Marriott Rewards 3.0 points per $1.00
Priority Club 3.0 points per $1.00
Southwest 2.0 points per $1.00
US Airways 2.0 miles per $1.00
United Airlines 2.0 miles per $1.00
In this example, If I am a Mileage Plus member and Delta SkyMile member as well, I’ll earn 50% more miles using Delta’s Skymile affiliation with Target.
The site also shows credit card programs that are eligible for bonus points if used on Target.com. EvRewards.com goes deeper into the bonus earnings for the cards, but due to cut and paste limitations, I’ll just list the cards programs:
AMEX Rewards
Ultimate Rewards
Citi ThankYou
MasterCard
MyPoints
If you go to Evrewards.com, you can see all the details for the card programs.
THE BIG ADVANTAGE HERE is that it allows you to see what promotions are available with a retailer, so that you can optimize your point or mile earning potential. Normally you would have to go to each credit card, or Frequent Flyer account site to see what their promotions are. With EvReward.com, its consolidated for you on one screen. Before you spend any money this Holiday Season, check EvReward.com first to see what points and bonuses are available to you.
This is a keeper!!
Disclosure: I in no way received any compensation or benefit for providing this information on www.Evreward.com. This is strictly being shared so that we can all earn more miles!
by Lufthansa Flyer | Nov 27, 2011 | Uncategorized |
It seems that over the last week there has been a swarm of sweepstakes sign ups for miles and points. I wanted to put the key ones together in one post just in case you forgot to enter when you first heard about the various promotions.
SWEEPSTAKE OPPORTUNITIES:
1. Delta Airlines – Sign up for Travelpro’s 500,000 Skymile Giveaway, Entry Deadline is 11:59PM EST on 2 December.
Click Here To Go To Sweepstakes Entry.
1.5 Delta Airlines (Thanks to DeltaPoints.com): Enter to win 100,000 Skymiles through the Delta Sky Store.
Visit www.DeltaSkyStore.com to be taken directly to the sweepstakes page. PLEASE NOTE: this sweepstakes ends on November 29th, at 11:59 EST, so go now!
2. Hyatt Million Point Sweepstakes – I first reported Hyatt’s Facebook Sweepstakes last week. By visiting Hyatt’s facebook page you can sign up to win one of 10 100,000 point prizes. Once there you go through the obligatory information entry to register, it will bring up another screen letting you enter 8 more times. With Hyatt having 9 versions of their hotel product, they are letting you enter 9 times, once for each property type (Park, Regency, Grand, etc). If you have multiple email addresses, you can enter each email once per property so you can really build up your amount of entries! This contest ends December 9th, at 5:00p CT.
Enter Hyatt Sweepstakes
3. Hyatt Gold Passport Members: Armchair Detective Mystery Sweepstakes
You must be a Hyatt Gold Passport Member (visit Hyatt.com to enroll if you’re not) to enter.
Winner gets 2 nights at The Armchair Detective Mystery Experience Weekend to be held in February, 2012 at either the Regency Huntington Beach Resort in California or Regency Tamaya Spa in New Mexico.
Winner gets coach airfare, 2 nights @ resort and $300 spending money in the form of a gift card.
Here’s the LINK that will take you to the website to enter. You’ll need your Hyatt Gold Passport number. Entry deadline is December 31, at 11:59p
CREDIT CARD OFFERS:
1. Lufthansa: Sign up for the Miles and More Mastercard and get up to 45,000 Miles!
Under the current promo, approved card holders will receive:
1. 30,000 miles after your first purchase.
2. Transfer a balance and get 15,000 additional miles.
3. Earn 2 miles for every $1.00 spent with Miles and More’s integrated partners.
4. 1 mile per $1.00 spent on everything else
5. Annual Companion Ticket
The annual fee ($79) is waived for Senator and HON Circle members
CLICK HERE to be taken to this offer’s webpage and for additional details.
Offer expires 15 December 2011
2. Citibank Diamond Preferred: Get $200 credit after spending $500 online.
Citibank has introduced a new Diamond Preferred Card that will give you a $200 statement credit if you spend $500 in online purchases during the first 3 months. I know its not a miles earning card that we would all prefer to have, but I like the simplicity of the offer and the fact that it will in essence rebate you 40% of your first $500 that you charge on the card. Normally I’m not big on credit card posts, but considering that the holidays are fast approaching, I thought this offer is reasonable and worth sharing.
For more details, you can click below to be taken to the Offer’s Website:
Citi® Diamond Preferred® Card – $200 Statement Credit
BONUS MILE OPPORTUNITIES:
United Airlines Mileage Plus & FTD: Earn 30 miles per $1.00 spent
FTD is currently offering a great promo for Holiday orders. For ever dollar spent, you’ll get 30 miles.
Quick Cost Per Mile Calculation: Spend $30.00, get 900 award miles. Thats 3.3 cents per mile. Keep in mind that these are not Elite Qualifying Miles. To make it even better, you will get a 150 mile bonus for EACH order placed. So if you’re going to order flowers for someone for the Holiday, take advantage of this opportunity.
Click here to be taken to the FTD offer
I know that there are MANY MANY more promotions that are out there, so if you see something that you like, please forward me the information and I’ll gladly share it with other readers.
by Lufthansa Flyer | Nov 26, 2011 | Uncategorized |
Hello all!
First off, I want to thank ALL OF YOU for your ideas. I was humbled by how many people replied with their great ideas. Your ideas could easily fill a Guide Book!
One obvious realization is that 1 full day in Hong Kong is NO WHERE NEAR ENOUGH! Seems like 5-7 days would just start to scratch the surface of this great city. This being my first trip to HKG, it will serve as an advanced scouting mission for what I’m sure will be a return trip in the not too distant future.
To arrive at the winning ideas, I had to factor in the time that I have available, the locations and travel time, hours of operation, etc. I tend to be a “hit and run” traveler when I go on mileage runs trying to squeeze in as much as possible during the short time that I am at a destination. From the 43 ideas that I received, I chose 3 covering different themes. One for Food, one for Shopping and one for Sightseeing. So without any more rambling, here are the winning ideas for my itinerary:
Shopping Winner: Buy Chinese Porcelain for Mrs. LufthansaFlyer – Mrs. LHFlyer has quite the Asian Antique collection (jade incense burners, silk paintings, authentic porcelain dolls, etc.). Bringing back something to add to her collection will make me a hero! An initial “Google” search suggests antique shops on Hollywood Rd, and “cat” street? We’ll see what I come up with!
Food Winner: Wonton Noodles at Tsim Chai Kee. After watching countless Bourdain and Zimmern episodes showing them eating authentic noodles, I’m grateful that I have a specific place that I can try. I know several of you suggested various noodle shops, but this one just sounded “right”. And after “Googling” it, I found that Mak’s is across the street so I can see why Bourdain liked it so much.
Sightseeing Winner: Nature Walk @ Victoria Peak Garden. This was a tough category to decide. I loved the idea of the NP360 Tram, but with time constraints, I couldn’t see doing it on this trip though its at the top of the list for my return trip. I love to take pictures when I travel (took over 2000 on our recent 9 day trip to Italy) so Victoria Peak Garden sounds like a great idea. I also like the fact that the Peak Tram starts service at 7am so I can get up there early, walk around a bit, take some great pictures, and be back in Kowloon mid-morning for a Tailor appointment. The early weather forecasts are suggesting sunny weather for my visit, so thats encouraging. I know some of you suggested the Peak Tram, but the idea of the additional hike to the Garden was the “tie breaker”
To the winners, I’ll bring back a souvenir from HKG as a thanks for taking the time to help me plan part of my trip to HKG. If you have an idea of what you would like to see as a souvenir, please let me know but please be reasonable!!
Again, thanks to everyone for suggesting their ideas and for reading my new blog project. Please visit often, or subscribe to be kept informed of other contests and travel related news. I’ll put up my trip report shortly after I return. The only thing left for me to do is keep offering sacrifices to the upgrade gods in the hope that my upgrade clears!
