The only other type of sweetener with that level of monetary worth is typically
a mileage bonus offered by one of the major airline reward credit cards.
With the additional 20 %
mileage bonus offered by the AAdvantage program, you'll receive 30,000 miles from the transaction.
Specifically, signing up for travel rewards cards to get
the mileage bonuses they offer.
With sign - up bonuses for airline rewards cards hitting new heights, savvy frequent fliers can pocket thousands of extra miles — for free — by signing up for a succession of credit cards with
mileage bonus offers.
Where the points are Where can you find the best sign - up
mileage bonus offers?
But
the mileage bonuses it offers are tough to resist.
Not exact matches
I know that United's
Mileage Plus and American's AAdvantage both
offer a significant amount of
bonus miles for signing up for financial services with companies like Fidelity and TD Ameritrade.
There might also be an
offer with no annual fee the first year, but without the
bonus miles.The
offer was available via united.com/club1yearfree, but now it is targeted to select
Mileage Plus members only.
Mileage earned: Purchases made with an Alaska Airlines credit card are eligible for
bonus mile
offers, which means you'll earn enough miles for your next trip even faster.
Keep up to date on new card
offers and the best credit card
mileage bonuses by subscribing to receive Cards for Travel updates.
Sign - up
Bonuses Credit card companies
offer deals and
bonus mileage at the time of signing up.
Big spenders may go for the British Airways Visa Signature that
offers additional
mileage earning on top of the sign - up
bonus.
Note there are no guarantees;
offers are supposed to be for «first time cardholders only» and people have been refused additional
bonus points on these grounds when reapplying, so your
mileage may vary
In September 2015, Emirates had a
Mileage Plan
bonus offer of 3x miles when flying first class and 2x miles when flying business or economy class on Emirates flights between certain cities.
If you're an Alaska Airlines fan who collects
Mileage Plan miles, using the shopping portal is an easy way to tack on a few more — especially if you get lucky and shop during a special
bonus offer period!
«I'm a wicked
mileage hustler, so I'll cough up the $ 450 for a 75,000 - mile sign - on
bonus, but then drop back to a basic card at the end of 12 months until another outrageously good miles
offer comes along.»
These include premier priority travel
offered by the airline, premier
mileage bonuses, complimentary premier upgrades, as well as various premier award travel benefits.
There isn't a limit on how many times you can receive this referral
bonus, so this is a great way to boost your
Mileage Plan miles when these referral
bonuses are
offered.
The banks hope to develop a banking relationship by
offering potential clients enticing
mileage signup
bonuses and money - saving benefits, while the customer gets to fly their preferred airline using perks from a co-branded credit card.
Airlines increase frequent flier sign - up
bonus rewards for credit cards — As lenders and airlines compete for the prized frequent flier demographic, credit cards are
offering bigger and better airline
mileage extras to woo new customers.
In this section we cover the
bonuses and perks
offered by the Alaska Airlines Visa Business card and the value of
Mileage Plan miles.
The Alaska Airlines Visa Business card
offers customers a welcome
bonus of 30,000
Mileage Plan miles.
Periodically, Alaska Airlines
offers a sign - up
bonus to new
Mileage Plan members.
Standard
Mileage Offer: To earn 1,000
bonus miles, complete an Eligible First Stay with a minimum booking value of $ 150 USD (or foreign equivalent), excluding taxes and fees.
Bonus miles
offer is valid only for new
Mileage Plan members who enroll between May 20, 2017 and September 30, 2017, and complete a qualifying Alaska or Virgin America flight between the enrollment date and December 31, 2017.
The
bonus mileage offer also comes with late checkout, which is a nice perk.
Tip: The standard
bonus offer for the
Mileage Plus Explorer Card is 30K.
Did you check out our post this week on two new sites
offering big
bonuses for hotel stays... how about 15,000 United
Mileage Plus miles for a three night stay in NYC or Chicago?
Those inaugural flights are coming up soon, and United is
offering mileage bonuses on both runs.
This
mileage sale is
offering bonuses of up to 40 % but, as this is a targeted promotion, Not all accounts will have been targeted...
The 10,000
bonus miles
offer is valid for active Virgin America Elevate members as of December 5, 2016 or later who received an invitation to activate a new
Mileage Plan account from Alaska Airlines, and are not active Alaska
Mileage Plan members.
Offer is not combinable with any other
Mileage Plan enrollment or account activation
bonus offers.
Alaska Airlines is adding a
mileage / codeshare partner; American and British Airways
offer bonus points / miles; and Air Canada wants you to stop over in Toronto on them.
The last Alaska
mileage sale may have
offered a
bonus of up to 40 % but it was so highly targeted that a lot of people weren't even
offered a
bonus at all.
The United
Mileage Plus explorer card now
offers 50,000
bonus miles after spending $ 2,000 within the first 3 months.....
Alaska
Mileage Plan regularly
offers bonuses like these with 40 % being a middle - of - the - road promotion.
American AAdvantage and United
Mileage Plus are
offering bonus miles for those that use its shopping portal between now and November 20.
Its most defining feature is a rewards program that
offers annual
mileage bonuses and a free companion ticket each year.
The current
offer is tiered so you'll only earn the full 40 %
bonus if you purchase upwards of 40,000 Alaska Miles.Alaska
Mileage plan sells miles in a slightly different way to a lot of its counterparts in that, although you're limited to buying 60,000 miles per transaction (excluding the
bonus), you can perform as many transactions as you like.
You can always boost your
mileage balance with the Citi AAdvantage Platinum Select MasterCard, currently
offering 50,000 miles as signup
bonus after spending $ 3,000 or more in eligible purchases within 3 months.
Alaska Airlines
Mileage Plan is currently selling miles (through a targeted
offer) with a
bonus of up to 40 % which sees miles valued at a little over 2.11 cents each — that opens up some very good value redemptions on the likes of Cathay Pacific and JAL.
I've shown the base
mileage earning but, not only will American Airlines Elites earn more AAdvantage miles depending on their status, American is also
offering bonus miles for premium cabin travel for a large part of 2016 (click to enlarge):
This one - time AAdvantage ®
bonus mileage offer is valid for first - time cardmembers with new accounts only.
This time, the new enterprise BCKSTGR is
offering United
Mileage Plus members 1000
bonus points just for signing up and linking your social media accounts to BCKSTGR!
If you need to top off your account, United is
offering tiered
mileage bonuses to those that purchase or share miles.
Alaska Airlines is
offering 1,000
bonus miles for joining their
Mileage Plan Dining program, going out for dinner or drinks, and writing up a review.
Remember that American Airlines processes its own
mileage sales which means that, if you use a credit card that
offers a
bonus for airline purchases, that
bonus will kick in.
I made the most of a recent Choice points sale when United Airlines was
offering a
bonus for transfers of hotel points to
Mileage Plus and I ended up effectively buying United Miles for just 1.13 cents each.
If you're a frequent flier on United, here's a deal to consider: the new United
Mileage Plus Explorer card, issued by Chase, is
offering up to 60,000 miles as a sign - up
bonus.
I would also have earned a
bonus as American Airlines still
offer mileage bonuses for travel booked through partner airlines: