Redeem Bing Rewards for Frequent Flyer Miles

Bing, Microsoft’s powered search engine, offers guests the chance to earn free rewards for using their service. Guests earn rewards for using Bing to search for things on the internet. In addition, guests can earn bonus points for performing suggested activities like searching for specific items, completing short surveys, etc.

Bing Rewards Airline Miles

I have been a member of the Bing Rewards program for quite some time, but do not actually use it very often. Typically, my most interaction with the program is when they email me telling me about bonus point opportunities.

However, Bing is now making it a little more enticing for those of us who like to travel.

Users can now redeem your credits and get 100 points/miles for your favorite frequent flyer, hotel or retail loyalty program. Participating programs include American Airlines AAdvantage®, Frontier Airlines EarlyReturns®, Hawaiian Airlines® HawaiianMiles®, Icelandair Saga Club, IHG® Rewards Club, LifeMiles, My BestBuy™ Rewards, SVM FuelCircle, US Airways® Dividend Miles® and Virgin Atlantic Flying Club.

Bing Rewards redeem at 400 points = 100 points/miles in your favorite program. However, Bing Rewards has several tiers of membership, depending on your interaction with the program.

Bing Rewards Chart

Above is a copy of the Bing Rewards Chart, showing our Silver status. Once you earn 200 credits in the program, you will be upgraded to Silver status. Earn 750 credits and become a loyal Bing searcher, and you will be upgraded to Gold status.

The benefit of Gold status is receiving a 10% discount when redeeming rewards. However, it appears Gold members can redeem 385 credits towards 100 points/miles in their favorite program, which is only a 3.75% discount. Still a discount, but not equal to what is advertised.

This should come in handy, as I am looking for ways to extend some of our mile expirations.

If you have not signed up for a free Bing Rewards account, here is our referral link. Feel free to leave yours in the comments.

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Source: Bing Email

Aquarium of the Pacific

50% off Aquarium of the Pacific Afternoon Admission Tickets

GoldStar, a supplier of discounted tickets to various events around the country, is currently offering discounted afternoon admission tickets to the Aquarium of the Pacific located in Long Beach, California.

Regular price afternoon tickets go for $14.95 – $28.95; however, GoldStar is able to offer them for $7.00 (Child) – $14.00 (Adult).

Link: Aquarium of the Pacific

Vouchers are good for one admission to the Aquarium through December 31, 2014.

The unfortunate part is that GoldStar is not like a Groupon type site, where what you see is what you get. GoldStar charges a service fee of $4.50 for an adult ticket and $3.25 for a child ticket (regardless of the number of tickets sold). So the more tickets you buy, the more effective at knocking down the cost of the service fee per ticket.

The Aquarium of the Pacific is open 9:00am to 6:00pm every day of the year, except for Christmas Day and during the Grand Prix of Long Beach (April 11, 12, and 13, 2014). This voucher may only be used for a visit between 3:00pm and 6:00pm.

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Source: MrVietnam via FW