Gift your miles Still not done holiday shopping?
Not exact matches
An awkward
gift might be from someone you're not as close with, but
still go the extra
mile to make them feel appreciated, even if you have to fudge the truth about how much you love their totally bizarre
gift.
While Citi doesn't provide a waiver for this card's annual fee, you
still receive a loyalty
gift of 10,000
miles when you pay and renew the card.
Even if you are like I am and don't set out to become a mileage millionaire with
gift card purchases, you can
still earn several thousand extra
miles and points each year by making a few strategic
gift card purchases by leveraging category bonuses on your rewards credit cards.
For instance, pay for
gift cards, in - flight services, and even baggage fees with your Gold Delta SkyMiles ® Credit Card from American Express, and you will
still earn 2
miles per $ 1!
Some frequent - flyer -
mile fanatics run through more retailer, Visa and Mastercard
gift cards than you can imagine using techniques that are totally legal, but probably
still eyebrow - raising.
These points can be converted into cash - like
gift cards (at 1 cent per point), redeemed toward any air ticket (at 1.2 cents per point; and you'll
still earn
miles and elite status), or transferred to almost a dozen different loyalty programs including United MileagePlus, British Airways Avios, Hyatt Gold Passport, and Marriott Rewards.
Knowing how to use your
miles for an upgrade is
still a better option than redeeming them for merchandise or
gift cards, which deliver very poor value.
Your credit card rewards or credit card airline
miles may not be the most obvious item to put under the tree or tuck into a Christmas stocking, but they
still can be converted into great
gifts.
You could use this program to buy
gift cards at Office Supply stores — while you'd normally earn 5X Ultimate Rewards with Chase Ink card, those don't transfer to American Airlines
miles, so 3X here is
still a pretty good temporary offer.
Still on the fence about using your
miles for a
gift card?
Until then, I
still recommend reselling as a way to generate extra
miles through spending that is far less objectionable to banks than
gift card churning.
Don't get me wrong — I'd
still generate enough
miles to cover any trips I wanted to take, but I would not quit my job or bother trying to make a living off of churning
gift cards.
For example, if you earned Barclaycard Arrival
miles through the RewardsBoost portal when American Express
gift cards were
still available there, you might have been earning up to 6.6 % cash back — if and only if you were redeeming your Arrival
miles for paid hotel rooms or airline reservations.