by PointsGuru | Apr 13, 2015 | US Bank
Now is the time to take a selfie with a llama in the ancient Incan city of Machu Picchu. Get there faster with the
LAN Airlines rewards credit card with 30,000 bonus miles after you spend $2,500 in the first 120 days of account opening. The current offer also has no annual fee for the first year.
Act now because the card normally only gives 20,000 bonus miles after your first purchase. You’ll also earn 4,000 bonus miles with your annual credit card renewal with the $75 annual fee.
One of my favorite thing about this airlines are the huge discounts they give on flights such as 20% off promos. With this card you also get a 20% discount off your first LAN or TAM purchase (for up to $1,000) 1x annually.
You’ll receive double miles on LAN or TAM ticket purchases and 1 LANPASS mile for every $1 you spend with no limit on the amount of miles that you can earn. You’re miles can be redeemed on LAN Airlines or any OneWorld partner airline. OneWorld’s partners include American Airlines, British Airways, Japan Airlines, and Cathay Pacific. Get the 30,000 offer here.
Base kilometers needed for round-trip reward travel from LAN gateways in USA to the following LAN destinations (actual amounts may vary depending on travel dates). Starting from 48,000:
Miami, FL to cities in Colombia
Miami, FL or New York, NY (JFK) to cities/islands in Ecuador
Miami, FL or Orlando, FL or New York, NY (JFK) or Los Angeles, CA to cities in Peru
Miami, FL (USA) to Punta Cana (Dominican Republic)
by PointsGuru | Apr 10, 2015 | Points
If you are a parent, you most likely look for ways to save money every time you leave your home. Having children has a sneaky way of making your money disappear a bit quicker than it did before. There are several credit cards available at the moment that have benefits available to people with children. Here is a list of some of the best credit cards for parents.
Chase Disney Card
This credit card has been in existence for about a decade. Each one-hundred dollars that you charge will earn you a point. These points accumulate over time and can be used in exchange for Disney merchandise. This includes money off a Disney vacation. You can use your points to buy your park passes, as money off of your hotel or for souveniors. The Chase Disney Card is a winner if you are a Disney family.
Blue Cash Preferred
The Blue Cash Preferred card by American Express gives cash back at a high return rate. This card boasts a 6% cash back bonus for all purchases made at grocery stores, 3% cash back for gasoline and department store purchases, and 1% cash back for everything else. The card holds a $75 annual fee, but you will obtain a $150 credit to your account for the first $1000 that you charge. (more…)
by PointsGuru | Apr 9, 2015 | Citi Cards
The Citi Prestige Card has increased its bonus to 50,000 ThankYou Points after $3,000 in purchases within your first three months. This makes it enough points for a $800 flight on American Airlines, a $665 flight on any other airline, or $500 in gift cards.
Normally the Citi Prestige Card is 30,000 bonus points after $2,000 in purchases, so for an extra $1,000 in purchases, you can earn 50,000 bonus points now instead. One really bad negative of this card is that it has a $450 annual fee and that is not waived for the first year. Although to compensate for that huge annual fee like other major cards are doing is a travel credit each year. This Prestige Card offers a $250 air travel credit each year and a complimentary fourth night for any hotel stay. That right there makes it better than the Club Carlson card that just downgraded their card where you cannot get your free hotel night any longer after staying a night. This definitely offsets the annual fee and I will add this card in my next card application roundup.
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by PointsGuru | Apr 7, 2015 | Restaurants
Panera Bread will give you a free pastry or sweet when you join the free MyPanera Rewards program. When you swipe your MyPanera card each time you visit Panera Bread they’ll reward you with discounts and freebies based on what you love to eat.
Just Join MyPanera for free online to get started, and you should receive your first freebie right away. Each year you’ll also get a Free Birthday Treat from Panera Bread. (more…)
by PointsGuru | Apr 5, 2015 | Sign-Up Bonus
While we love and obsess over frequent flyer miles and cash back on this site there are also many other rewards available such as revenue sharing that we need to cover more. Recently Jet.com tried a revenue sharing offer and we signed up although it has yet to be released but we hope it takes off and gives Amazon a real competitor. BigCrumbs, a former cash back site recently announced a revenue sharing deal for its MainStreetSHARES where instead of earning cash back when you shop online at popular stores. This means you will now earn a share of all company revenue.
That’s right the site looks over your total monthly spending and members you have referred and you get shopping commissions, advertising revenue, with future revenue streams coming. MainStreetSHARES members will also earn lifetime referral commissions when your referrals shop called msSHARES. If MainStreetSHARES is acquired, you’ll receive a cash payout, based on the number of msSHARES you’ve earned. Members who earn msSHARES will be entitled to a specially reserved additional 10% share of acquisition proceeds through July 31, 2015. You basically get stock in this company for buying things online you normally would and referring friends.
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