Depending on how may Amex card you have, but here are the lists
of different Amex offer I have on my various Cards
Amt/Percent
Merchant
Expire Date
$ 5
PANERA (dinning): Spend $15, get $5 back
02/28/2014
$30
AMTRAK (Travel): Spend $150 get $30 back
02/15/2014
$10
HULU PLUS (Services) :Spend $20 or more get 10 back
07/13/2014
$15
1800FLOWER.COM (Services) Spend $50 get $15 back
02/28/2014
$10
DEL FRISCO’S GRILLE (Dinning) Spend $50, get $10 back
02/28/2014
25%
FTD (shopping) Get 25% off your Purchase
02/14/2014
$20
SOMA.Com (Shopping) Spend $100+ and get $20 off
03/05/2014
$25
PAPERLESS POST (Shopping) Spend $125, get $25 back
02/28/2014
$10
VIVID SEATS (Services) Get $10 off your purchase of $50+
03/27/2014
Now you need to check which offer is applicable to your Amex
card. If you’re planning to buy flowers for Valentine’s day FTD can be very use
full because the airline shopping portal are giving lots of bonus points for
purchase
·Delta Skymiles Portal
:35 miles per dollar
·American AAdvatage shopping:
30 miles per dollar
·United MilagePlus
Shopping Portal: 30 miles per dollar
·Ultimate Rewards : 10 UR points per dollar
You can save the Amex promotion to your card, and then go
through one of these portals and pay with the Amex card to get the mile and 25%
off.
Hotel
Elite statuses
are great when you are staying in a hotel that provides free internet and
breakfast to its elite members.But I
have had bad luck with Hotel Elite status.I currently have GOLD status for Marriott,
Hilton, Club Carson and SPG. Marriott and Hilton provide free breakfast for its
Gold Members Club Carson and SPG don’t.
2013 Feb I
signed up for Marriott GOLD Challenge, which means you have to stay 8 nights at
a Marriott property withinI believe it
was 60 days, but in the meantime while you work on your stay,you do get the GOLD status.
Madrid, Spain
So on our
trip to Europe for 2013 Spring break; we stayed at AC
Hotels Recoletos in Madrid. It’s a Marriott property
but, I had bad luck, the hotel does not provide free breakfast to its GOLD
members, and on top of that the free internet connection in the room was
horrible, lobby had a better connection. When I asked about free breakfast, I
was told that only the Big Marriott hotels provide free breakfast, and AC
Hotels Recoletos was a Category 5 back then
before devaluation also cost me 25,000 Marriott Rewards per night.
Miami, FL
So when we
returned from Madrid, Spain we returned to Miami, FL. We stayed at Miami
Marriott Biscayne Bayalso a Category 5 hotel before Marriott changed
it to 6. The hotel was way beautiful and the rooms were way bigger than the one
in Madrid. The internet connection was fast, and had free breakfast in the
lounge, which happened to be on the same floor we were in.The breakfast had lots of items, I don’t remember what were the items. Also paid 25,000 Marriott points per night
Toronto, Canada
2013 end of
the month March, I had to go to Toronto for one night to attend a wedding. We
stayed in Courtyard
Toronto Brampton, this was a
category 2 hotel but it sure did look way better than the one in Madrid, or the one in Puerto Rico
(which I am about to write about). This was a paid reservation, but the Courtyard
Toronto Brampton, and this this provide breakfast either. I question
myself on why I did all those mattress run to get the GOLD.
San Juan, Puerto Rico
For summer we
were in Puerto Rico for 5 nights. We stayed in Courtyard
San Juan, Miramar this is a Category 5 hotel.Decent hotel nothing special, and guess what
they didn’t provide free breakfast for its GOLD members. The surprise never
ends with Marriott Properties.The website don’t talk about breakfast, but I though
being a GOLD member may be it not published as it being available for everyone.
Kuala Lampur,
Malaysia
I didn’t go
to this hotel, but I did book a room for my mother and sister with my points in
Doubletree
by Hilton Kuala Lampur.
This is a Hilton Reward Category 2 hotel. Since I booked the hotel room, it
shows up as they were GOLD member. From what feedback I received from my mom
and sister, this hotel was very specious, the hotel had child care facility in
case you want to go somewhere by yourself or with your spouse to spend some quality
time, kids menu, they have two breakfast buffet, one early in the morning for
early for people who wake up early and one around brunch time, and all these
were available to them as a GOLD member. The list of all the amenities
are here
Austin Texas
I had few
weeks left before my certificate for two free weekend night were to expire,
which I received when I signed up for Citi Hilton Reserve credit card. So we
decided to go to Austin, TX. We stayed at Hilton
Austin Hotel which is located right in the heart of downtown Austin.So after the front desk checked me in, she
gave me two breakfast voucher for 2 person in the
room. The voucher reads
“HHONORS VIP BREAKFAST,Valid for (1)
beverage and (1) breakfast item of your choice at Java Jive. You may upgrade to
full breakfast buffet in Liberty Tavern with this coupon for an additional
$10.00”
So the
first morning didn’t want to spend $20.00 on breakfast buffet, so we went to
Java Jive and got a Starbucks coffee and a Danish plus milk for my 2 year old.
So next morning, I went to front desk to get two more coupon, this time I asked
the front desk, where Liberty Tavern was since we want to have the buffet, he
directed me and told me that. We had our breakfast and turned in the coupon,
and which room to be billed the $20.00. During check out the bill for breakfast
was not included, the front desk advised me that it will be billed once the
restaurant send them the update. So till this day I have not been billed for it
yet.
Well I am
kind of late in posting this; in fact I am 3 days late. The
Point guy reported this on 28th. For 2014 this is the first card
which is over 100,000 AAdvantage miles, and it’s by
Citi Bank. Citi Bank is offering 100,000 Bonus miles on its Citi
Executive AAdvantage World MasterCard. Application can be found here
you don’t have to enter anything Reference Code, or Airport code, just enter
your names and Proceed Application
I have been considering this offer since Monday, so finally I
and my wife applied for it yesterday and we got approved.There are some things you need to know before
you jump into this application. It needs $10,000 of spending in 3 months and
you also get $200 statement credit when you spend. Now the $200 statement
credit kind of offsets the $450 annual fee which is not waived for first year
to bring it down to $250.
Achieving $10,000 spending in 3 month can get difficult for
some. But it can be easily achieved by purchasing Reload card, gift card, pay
taxes etc.
Detail
terms:
- Apply now, get the
card and earn100,000AAdvantage
bonus miles after making $10,000 in purchases within the first 3 months of card
membership. Also, earn up to $200 in statement credits — earn $1 in
statement credits for each $1 spent on purchases within the first 12 months of card
membership.
-Elevate the way you travel with these luxury
benefits: Admirals Club membership (a membership value of up to $475)
-Earn10,000 Elite
Qualifying Miles after spending $40,000 in purchases each calendar year
First thing I like this card for its 100,000 bonus miles; I
am trying to load up on AAdvantage miles, because one
world is best for luxury travel. Plus American Airlines and US Airways is
canceling they contract with American Express Platinum, so the Platinum card
holders can no longer access the American Airlines Admiral clubs. I love the
Priority Boarding, when traveling with family and child it really is horrible
when you can’t find an overhead bin right above your seat.
Now let’s
see what you can do with 100,000 AA miles
You can get: One person
4 any time
Domestic Tickets
8 MileSaver Domestic Tickets
2 Round Trip
Economy Off peak to Europe & still have 20K balance
2 Round Trip
Economy Off peak to South America & have 20K balance
