Year: 2012

Targeted 15,000 US Airways Dividend Miles for $750 in Spend Over 3 Months

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At the end of May I performed my first app-o-rama of sorts, and received 4 new credit cards. One of the ones I received and only used for a singular purchase was the US Airways Dividend Miles card (http://www.mostmiles.com/apply/Landing.action?campaignId=1465&cellNumber=163) issued by Barclays. Now a little over a month after receiving the card, I received my 40,000 mile new customer bonus, and I was targeted for a special promotion.

US Airways Dividend Miles card

Spend $750 in August, September, and October and earn a 15,000 mile bonus. Pair that bonus with the 2,250 miles from spend, and my account will walk away with an extra 17,250 miles in my account. Keep in mind, I just received 40,000 miles for opening the card. So I am thinking of starting my own experiments.

1) I want to see if other card issuers try and win my business by not using their card. Currently I have spend spread across almost all our cards from our Hawaii trip last month. So once I get them paid off, most will go into the safe to start the clock towards them enticing me back.

2) I want to evaluate the best options for meeting the $750 spend each month, while possibly doing it with as little out-of-pocket costs as possible. I have no desire to use the card just for the sake of using the card to earn miles, but if I can use the card doing things we would anyways, we will come out ahead.

What would be great is if US Airways would 100% bring back the Grand Slam promotion again this year. At this point, no one knows for sure if the GS will return this year. For a while it seemed discussions were still on track to have the promotion again this year, but I also have heard those conversations with US Airways stopped, so it is questionable now whether the promotion will happen again.

Personally, I think it would be a huge mistake on US Airways part not to bring the Grand Slam promotion back, as it is probably the single most discussed travel promotion of the year. It is fun, and rewarding for everyone involved.

So to get back on track, I am looking for any ideas on how to utilize the US Airways credit card to meet the $750 monthly spend, while hopefully not buying things I would not anyways.

My first goal is to try using Amazon Payments, sending money to a family member or friend for free using a credit card. I just set up an account, and have a $1,000 monthly limit, so hopefully I am able to knock off this easy promotion, making earning 15,000 bonus miles a pretty simple task.

As a reminder, Discover Card also provides a free service to send friends and family money for free, although the monthly limits are typically lower, $500/month. Still, I like earning $5 cashback or 500 miles each month.

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Contest: Win Six Flags Tickets Courtesy of Discover Card

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Update: Congratulations to Rhett P., who won the Six Flags tickets. Please email me with your contact information. Thanks!

Want to win a four (4) pack of tickets to a Six Flags amusement park of your choosing? Tickets are valid through December 2012. Entering is easy.

1) Read our article highlighting the benefits of using your Discover Card at Six Flags.

2) Follow InACents on Twitter.

3) Tweet us with which park you would like to attend, and be sure to include #DiscoverSixFlagsContest @InACents @Discover and @SixFlags.

The contest will run until Wednesday, August 8, 2012 at noon EST. I will randomly select a winner from those that entered. If I do not hear from the winner within 24 hours, I will select another winner. Good luck and thank you to everyone for making InACents a success!

1-Year Subscription to Condé Nast Traveler Magazine via My Coke Rewards

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I am old fashioned in that I LOVE to get magazines as opposed to reading things digitally! What even makes me happier is that almost all of them I am able to acquire for free or next to nothing. I have not paid full price for a magazine since…well since my beloved This Old House subscription ended, and I have been putting off renewing in hopes I can still find a new offer for a complementary subscription. That is why I love when a good offer for magazines, and in particular travel magazines comes around.

Every Wednesday My Coke Rewards issues a reduced deal for something in their catalog. Today’s offer is for a Condé Nast Traveler Magazine 1-Year Subscription for 100 My Coke Reward points (versus the typical 200 points normally).

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A Condé Nast Traveler Magazine 1-Year Subscription normally costs $12, making this redemption valued at $0.12 per point, which I consider a pretty strong return for My Coke Reward points.

While I do not anticipate this offer selling out, remember the offer is only good today, and if they run out they will pull the offer early.

Also, if you follow us on Facebook, you would already know this. There are 4 codes that can be entered each day up until 8/12/12. Each code gives you 10 free points, so 40 free points each day.

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If you had been entering these codes for the last week, you would already have plenty of points for a “free” Condé Nast Traveler subscription. See, free stuff is simple if you have the right connections!

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