Not exact matches
But when you
've spent five years crunching millions of data
points on markets like oil,
gold, and technology, looking for patterns that happen 80 to 100 % of the time for the last 10 years, you
've earned the right to a moneymaking tool to call your own.
As an example, the Citi Hilton Honors Visa Signature Card
has a 10,000 -
point bonus for spending over $ 1,000 with Hilton in any given year, and $ 20k in total purchases during a year
earns Gold status.
These trophy wins coupled with five
gold medals across House of Arras, Eddystone
Point and Bay of Fires
has earned Accolade Wines the Tasmanian Institute of Agricultural Research Trophy for the Most Successful Exhibitor, the second time in three years.
Mandarine Napoléon
has earned numerous rewards and praise, including a 5 - star - rating by Simon Difford of Class Magazine, 94
points from Wine Enthusiast's February 2012 Buying Guide, a Spirits
Gold Medal at WSWA Tasting Competition 2013, an International Craft Awards 2013
Gold Medal, a
Gold Medal at the 2013 Spirits International Prestige (SIP) Awards in the Fruit Liqueur category, and a
Gold Medal and Best in Category Award for Liqueurs at the 2013 San Diego Spirits Festival International Spirits Competition.
Nintendo
has also updated the Switch eShop with a new feature: it now shows you how many My Nintendo
Gold Points you can
earn when purchasing a game on the digital store.
Those characters that are not in the party won't be able to gain any experience
points, although you
have the option to make them level up by spending some of your hard
earned gold on them.
With The Business
Gold Rewards Card from American Express OPEN, businesses
have the choice to
earn 3
points per dollar spent in one of the following categories:
Through this, AMEX
Gold cardholders
have the potential to
earn $ 0.012 or more per
point, depending on how they are transferring and using those rewards.
With the American Express (R) Premier Rewards
Gold Card you can
earn 25K Membership Rewards ®
Points after you spend $ 2,000 in the first three months of
having your card (this can
earn you one domestic round - trip Coach - Class airline ticket).
The
Gold Card
has at least some exclusive benefits and features which make up for its high annual rate of $ 160, as well as a better
points earning rate that helps users improve return they get on each dollar they spend.
Here's how long it
would take to
earn enough
points to get actual items from the catalogue of the Scotiabank
Gold American Express card, assuming you spend $ 2,000 a month.
Normally, to get
Gold status you
would need to
earn either 75,000 Honors base
points, accumulate 20 stays, or spend a total of 40 nights at Hilton Properties — all within a single calendar year.
Your Hertz
Gold Plus Rewards
points will not expire as long as you
have earned or redeemed
points through rental activity within the previous 24 months.
At 5,000
points, the introductory bonus is much lower compared to the
Gold Rewards card, but you only
have to make a single purchase to
earn it rather than worrying about charging a certain minimum amount.
However, the Premier Rewards
Gold card gives you a bonus of 15,000
points when you spend $ 30,000 in a calendar year, so you
'd earn 45,000
points for spending $ 30,000 a year.
You also
have the opportunity to
earn bonus
points as a Silver,
Gold, or Diamond status member.
But keep the AMEX Platinum Card for Starwood
Gold elite status to
earn the most Starwood
points for your stays, for room upgrades, and to enjoy the other perks of
having status.
When you
have Starwood
Gold Elite status from 1 of the AMEX Platinum cards, you'll
earn 3X Starwood
points per $ 1 spent on your stays at Starwood hotels.
I applied for a
Gold Delta SkyMiles American Express card to
earn their sweet signup bonus (30k miles), but AmEx doesn't consider gift cards or Amazon payments eligible to
earn points: (
Would love your input on this.
If you
have an American Express card that
earns AMEX Membership Rewards
points, like The Platinum Card from American Express, The Platinum Card ® from American Express Exclusively for Mercedes - Benz, Premier Rewards
Gold Card From American Express, or American Express EveryDay Preferred card, you can transfer your
points to Flying Blue at a 1:1 ratio.
If you
'd rather book your flight directly, you can still
earn category bonuses with cards such as The Platinum Card ® from American Express and the Premier Rewards
Gold Card from American Express at 5X and 3X
points per dollar, respectively.
Make sure you
've got the right airline cards for your holiday travel If you're flying somewhere to celebrate (or avoid the celebrations), this is a good time to make sure you
have the co-branded card for the airline you're flying — like the
Gold Delta SkyMiles card from American Express.You'll
earn bonus
points when purchasing your ticket on the card, and with most airlines you'll save a bunch of money with free baggage check, and beat the holiday airport madness with priority boarding.
As an example, the Citi Hilton Honors Visa Signature Card
has a 10,000 -
point bonus for spending over $ 1,000 with Hilton in any given year, and $ 20k in total purchases during a year
earns Gold status.
The bonus isn't as generous (you
earn 25,000 Membership Rewards ®
Points after you use your new Card to make $ 2,000 in purchases within the first 3 months), but it has a rewards program of 3x points for flights booked directly with airlines, 2x points at U.S. gas stations, U.S. supermarkets and U.S. restaurants, and 1x points on other purchases (American Express Platinum vs
Points after you use your new Card to make $ 2,000 in purchases within the first 3 months), but it
has a rewards program of 3x
points for flights booked directly with airlines, 2x points at U.S. gas stations, U.S. supermarkets and U.S. restaurants, and 1x points on other purchases (American Express Platinum vs
points for flights booked directly with airlines, 2x
points at U.S. gas stations, U.S. supermarkets and U.S. restaurants, and 1x points on other purchases (American Express Platinum vs
points at U.S. gas stations, U.S. supermarkets and U.S. restaurants, and 1x
points on other purchases (American Express Platinum vs
points on other purchases (American Express Platinum vs
Gold).
The American Express Premier Rewards
Gold card also
has the best bonus
earning categories, offering triple
points for airfare and double
points for restaurants, gas and groceries.
There
have been a few hotels I
've visited where I check in with
Gold status and the clerk starts trying to chat me up because I must be some international globetrotter (I am, but that's not how I
earned the status...) To sweeten the pot, when you redeem
points for two consecutive nights, every third night is free!
Although the
Gold card
has a lower annual fee, it offers fewer opportunities to
earn points and fewer travel benefits as opposed to the Rewards
Gold card.
At Starwood Hotels, you can
earn one
point per $ 3 spent if you're a Preferred Member, and one
point per $ 2 if you
have Gold or Platinum status.
Having Gold status with Starwood means you can
earn 3 Starpoints with every visit, receive 4 p.m. late checkout, free in - room internet, and 5th night free when you redeem rewards
points for the first four nights.
Reading this chart is simple: if you're redeeming 70,000
Gold Points for one night at a Category 7 Club Carlson property, your imputed redemption value is $ 308, since that's the value of the Barclaycard Arrival miles you could
have earned with the same $ 14,000 in manufactured spend.
This means you should always be
earning bonus
points on paid stays at Marriott and Starwood properties if you
have Gold or Platinum Status.
You will also
earn bonus Starpoints at Starwood properties if you
have SPG
Gold or Platinum elite status, but these
points don't stem from the credit card.
While Amex Business
Gold focuses more on the
earning of
points and providing services for your business, The Business Platinum ® Card from American Express OPEN
has more focus in providing luxury travel benefits.
Amex Premier Rewards
Gold Card
has a great spending offer that can
earn you 30,000 Membership Rewards
points if you're an existing cardholder.
At the lower tier hotels, the difference between the loyalty programs remains smaller: a Starwood elite with the co-branded credit card
would need to spend $ 2000 to
earn a free night at a Category 4 Starwood property, while a Hilton
Gold elite with the free American Express card
would need to spend $ 1622 in order to
earn enough
points for a free Category 4 Hilton night.
2.24.1
Gold Members who
have earned 1500 Tier
Points or more in their membership year will receive two invitations for access to the Virgin Atlantic Clubhouses or Revivals at London Heathrow.
As an example, the Citi Hilton Honors Visa Signature Card
has a 10,000 -
point bonus for spending over $ 1,000 with Hilton in any given year, and $ 20k in total purchases during a year
earns Gold status.
You also
have the opportunity to
earn bonus
points as a Silver,
Gold, or Diamond status member.
2.25.1
Gold Members who
have achieved 2000 tier
points or more during their membership renewal year will
earn a one cabin round trip Upgrade Reward for two people on Virgin Atlantic operated flights.
With the Platinum card, you
have the potential to
earn 60,000
points if you spend $ 5,000 within the first three months (vs. the
Gold Card's 25,000 bonus
points on $ 2,000 in spending).
You can
earn points and status with Hyatt's
Gold Passport program and MGM's M life program at the same time, and Hyatt elites will
have their status matched by M life.
Members with the Expedia + Voyager card will automatically
have Expedia +
gold status each year of their card membership, and will be able to
earn 25,000 Expedia + rewards bonus
points after $ 2,000 in purchases within three months of their account opening.
I value Carlson
Gold points somewhere around 0.4 cents each so, if you
have the Premier Rewards Visa card, the promotion
would see you
earning 20
points / dollar spent at Carlson properties which is essentially an 8 % rebate on your booking.
If you spend 5 nights at Hyatt properties during the promotional period you
would earn enough
Gold Passport
points for a free night at a Category 1 property.
If I stay another four nights in April (and it
has to be increments of four) I'll
earn an additional 25,000
Gold Passport
points, enough for a free night anywhere in the world.
Those three trips
would earn 1,680 Tier
Points which
would easily see me to British Airways
Gold status.
If you
have Gold Status (easy to obtain though credit cards and status matches) you'll
earn an extra 25 % bonus on base
points too — that takes the total earnings to 37.5 HHonors
points / $ spent or 15 % rebate and, if you
've got Hilton Diamond Status the total earnings are 40 HHonors
points / $ spent or a 16 % rebate.
So, 5 nights at Hyatt properties during the promotional period,
would earn you enough
Gold Passport
points for a free night at a Category 1 property... that's not very enticing.
For every dollar you spend at Carlson hotels you
earn 20
Gold Points in your Club Carlson account so it wouldn't take too many nights before you earned enough for a decent redemption (50,000 points / night) or a good redemption (70,000 points / n
Points in your Club Carlson account so it wouldn't take too many nights before you
earned enough for a decent redemption (50,000
points / night) or a good redemption (70,000 points / n
points / night) or a good redemption (70,000
points / n
points / night).
If you're a person who travels a lot for business or just happen to
have a vacation booked that coincides with the promotion dates then you could
earn a good few Hyatt
Gold Passport
points but, for the rest of us, it doesn't seem that enticing.