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US Airways 50000 Mile Offer

More Modifications for US Airways Premier World MasterCard®

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With the announcement of the US Airways and American Airlines merger last week, the companies have been busily working behind the scenes, and not necessarily for our benefit. Almost immediately after the merger announcement, the best known offer for the US Airways Premier World MasterCard®, which offered 50,000 miles through the Chairman’s link, was taken down. At that time, there were varying degrees of the “best” offer.

Our affiliate offer for the US Airways Premier World MasterCard® was offering the same 50,000 miles as the Chairman’s version, but with an annual fee and no mention of a 10,000 mile bonus each year. Now, without any notice, Barclays has dropped the affiliate offer to only 40,000 miles. Which means you now only get 30,000 miles after first purchase for the $89 annual fee, and no mention of the 10,000 annual bonus. Total bummer.

However, there were various links floating around with different offer structures. Those included the following:

https://www.barclaycardus.com/apply/Landing.action?campaignId=1695&cellNumber=19
(35,000 bonus miles; 1st year annual fee waived; 10,000 bonus miles each year. (T&Cs at bottom))

https://www.barclaycardus.com/apply/Landing.action?campaignId=1695&cellNumber=31 35,000 bonus miles; 1st year annual fee waived; 10,000 bonus miles each year. (click link at top of app for T&Cs)

https://www.barclaycardus.com/apply/Landing.action?campaignId=1695&cellNumber=36 35,000 bonus miles; 1st year annual fee waived; 10,000 bonus miles each year. (T&Cs at bottom)

40,000 bonus miles; first year annual fee waived; 10,000 bonus mile each year. (https://www.barclaycardus.com/app/japply/WebAppGate.jsp?prodidreq=CCMWC47830) The downside is you had to call in for this offer.

All these links go directly to the application, but you can see the bonus information in the T&Cs.

US Airways 50000 Mile Offer

Another new link popped up for the https://www.barclaycardus.com/apply/Landing.action?campaignId=1695&cellNumber=48&referrerid=CF112daabc201338027514156b412823 US Airways Premier World MasterCard®, offering 50,000 miles (40,000 miles after first purchase + 10,000 miles for a balance transfer). The $89 annual fee is not waived the first year. So you effectively are paying $89 for the extra 5,000 miles, compared to the above, no fee options.

I currently carry the US Airways Premier World MasterCard® from my round of new credit cards last year. After my wife applied for the now defunct Chairman’s offer last week, I am strongly considering opening a second version of this card, as I will be able to get the bonus again.

With the big flux in offers for the US Airways Premier World MasterCard®, it is tough to say where things will go with the merger with American Airlines.

Will you be stocking up your Dividend mile account(s) with this card?

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4/2/13- Updated dead link.

AMEX Blue Cash Preferred

Better AMEX Blue Cash Preferred, Everyday, & Delta Skymiles Gold

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Considering we are a miles and points focused blog, one of the surprising credit cards that has been doing very well for our readers and us has been a card that earns you cashback. The Blue Cash Preferred® Card from American Express offers an amazing 6% cashback at standalone grocery stores up to $6,000 spend per year. That is pretty tough, if not impossible returns to beat in this market.

We previously discussed:

How to Earn 6% Cashback on ALL Purchases with the American Express Blue Cash Preferred ® Card

and even compared the AMEX Blue Cash Preferred ® to the Blue Sky and Chase Sapphire Preferred Cards upon a reader request.

Our affiliate link had long been the best offer on the Blue Cash Preferred® Card from American Express (affiliate link), offering $150 bonus after spending $1,000 in 3 months.

However, I wanted to make our readers aware that there is a possibility of a better offer lurking around through creditcards.com.

If you visit www.creditcards.com/cardmatch and enter in your name and address (DO NOT ENTER IN YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER, AS THERE IS NO NEED TO AT THIS POINT), some exclusive offers will come up.

CreditCards Blue Cash Preferred 250 Offer

With any luck, you may see a $250 bonus offer after spending $1,000 in 3 months, which is better than our affiliate offer. There is also rumors of a $150 offer after only a $500 spend in 3 months, again better than our affiliate link.

I have no idea why one would be targeted for the higher bonus versus the lower based off of just your address, but so be it.

On a side note, we were also targeted with this same method with two other cards that may peak your interest.

First was a Blue Cash Everyday offer with a $150 bonus after $500 in purchases in 3 months. Our affiliate link only offers $100 after $1,000 spend in 3 months.

CreditCards Blue Cash Everyday 150 Offer

The third offer was a Delta Skymiles card offering 45,000 miles; 25,000 miles after first purchase and another 20,000 miles after $5,000 in purchases. Earning the extra 20,000 miles comes with a pretty hefty spend, so you may want to consider our lower 30,000 Gold Delta SkyMiles® Credit Card from American Express (affiliate link) after only $500 in spend in 3 months. Before using our Delta AMEX link, please go to the Delta AMEX site, enter in your Skymiles number and last name, and see what offer is available directly through them, as occasionally they offer a better promotion.

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US Airways Chairman Offer Pulled & Death of Grand Slam

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Obituary
For Immediate Release

130214 US Airways Tombstone

US Airways belonged to the third of five generations of family in the Star Alliance, a leading maker of frequent flyers around the world. After struggling with trying to purchase American Airlines, who was in the midst of bankruptcy, US Airways died February 14 at hubs around the world. He was 34.

“He was very customer friendly and curious,” said Rev. Benny Thompson, a friend from back in the All American Aviation days. “He would go out of his way to make the customer happy, and was often seen flying below the moon.”

US Airways was headquartered out of Tempe, Arizona, USA. His grandfather and father were traveling salesmen who discovered a line of aircraft meant for packages and began marketing them for passengers instead.

Not only was the death of US Airways discovered today in a back alley of American Airlines, but also the long-lived US Airways Chairman credit card offer was pulled.

The merger of US Airways with American Airlines quite possibly means the official death of the greatest mileage promotion that ever lived, the Grand Slam. While it may not have been a mistake fare getting us to Japan and back for mere pennies, or the free AirTran flights for dumpster diving for Wendy’s cups, the Grand Slam promotion marked a fun and exciting promotion to take part in transaction with its partners for free or very cheap and walk away with enough miles for a domestic airline ticket, if not more. Sadly, it took some peanut butter to prove to all the mileage chasers that the Grand Slam promotion would not return in 2012; however, now the final nail may have been placed in the coffin.

US Airways is survived by its executor, American Airlines, as well as United, Delta, Southwest, and other small domestic carriers.

US Airways donated their body to the Aviation Museum. A memorial service will take place at 7 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 15, at All Saints Church.

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Today marks quite a big day news wise for US Airways, with the announcement this morning that they are merging with American Airlines. What is even more baffling to me is that American Airlines in the midst of bankruptcy, yet they are the ones who appear are coming out on top of the merger. I am not following the intricate details of the US Airways/American Airlines merger as close as Gary, but at least that is my understanding. However, the big news in terms for us that earn US Airways Dividend miles is that after being alive for years, the best offer for the US Airways Chairman credit card was pulled today.

Earlier in the week, once news started to flutter about an announcement of the merge, I went and applied for my wife using the Chairman link and was instantly approved. The great thing about that offer was the first year annual fee was waived and there was an annual 10,000 mile bonus upon renewing.

The absolute best part about the US Airways credit card is the ability to open up the card again, and again, and continue to keep getting the bonus (although now that the merge is in process, that loophole may close). Barclays is also synonymous with offering a 15,000 mile bonus after spending $750 over a three month period. I have plans of opening a second US Airways card for myself in a couple of months, but I want to offset when we may get targeted for the extra bonus.

(Update: Since publishing this article, our affiliate offer has been reduced) So what this means is that the current best offer for the US Airways Premier World MasterCard® comes by way of our affiliate link. The card boasts 40,000 30,000 Dividend miles after first use. The only differences between our offer and what used to be offered via the Chairman’s link was that the $89 annual fee is not waived. Plus there is no mention of an annual 10,000 mile bonus upon renewing each year, although there are reports of people getting it still.

I still think the US Airways Dividend mile card is a powerhouse of miles because of the ability to possibly open it again and again before the merge with American Airlines is completed. I am in no way saying you have to run out and get the US Airways card now because it could potentially be around for quite a while until the merge is finalized. For example, when Continental was combining with United, the Continental credit cards remained around all the way up until the merge was completed. What I am saying though is that you may want to consider opening the US Airways card now, since it may give you the opportunity to open another in 3-6 months, scoring another bonus.

The US Airways card offered in this post is an affiliate of InACents, which we receive a commission if you are approved for the card. Thank you!

Update: After this post went live, user kdoughboy on FlyerTalk found three (3) links to applications that offer only 35,000 miles, but the annual fee is waived the first year, and there is mention of the 10,000 mile retainer each year. The links are below, but none of them are affiliate links:

https://www.barclaycardus.com/apply/Landing.action?campaignId=1695&cellNumber=19 (T&Cs at bottom)

https://www.barclaycardus.com/apply/Landing.action?campaignId=1695&cellNumber=31 (click link at top of app for T&Cs)

https://www.barclaycardus.com/apply/Landing.action?campaignId=1695&cellNumber=36 (T&Cs at bottom)

All these links go directly to the application, but you can see the bonus information in the T&Cs.

Update 2/15/13: The below link is offering 40,000 miles with no annual fee; however, the page states “We apologize for the inconvenience, but our website is experiencing technical issues. Please contact us at 1-866-419-6437 or try again later.”

https://www.barclaycardus.com/app/japply/WebAppGate.jsp?prodidreq=CCMWC47830

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