Check your email. Bank of America is offering $50 flight discount after you spend $1,000 or more in purchases on your Alaska Airlines Visa Signature Card from now until December 31, 2016. This isn’t a cashback offer but a discount code that will appear in your Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan.
For the July 4th weekend, I’ll be going to Cleveland. I know its not the most glamorous location but it lets me spend some time with friends I haven’t seen in a long time. I went ahead and booked my ticket on American (Alaska didn’t let me book a flight a Cleveland) using gift certificates I had.
The major thing outstanding is where I’ll be staying. I could stay with my friend Constantine, get an AirBnB or get a hotel. Since I’ll probably be out late, staying with my friend and his 2 kids under the age of 5 isn’t an option. I checked the rates on AirBnB and the prices were ridiculous just for a private room. So I decided to just book a hotel room with my Citi Prestige card.
Although the Alaska Airlines Visa Signature isn’t necessarily the best rewards card it does have its peaks. Advance screenings to movies is one of them. If you live in the Seattle/Bellevue area, you can see X-Men: Apocalypse for free on May 25th, a day before it comes out. Not only do you get to see the movie but you also One (1) concession coupon per person good for one medium popcorn and one medium soda or water.. You can reserve 2 tickets. The last time this was offered was for one of the Divergent movies. Tickets went pretty quickly, so I would jump on this as soon as possible. Here is a link to sign up.
This morning I received an email from Bank of America with a promotional offer for my Alaska Airlines visa card.
EARN 2 ADDITIONAL MILES FOR EVERY DOLLAR YOU SPEND ON QUALIFYING HOTEL AND CAR RENTAL PURCHASES through March 31, 2016
The offer further states
Activate this bonus offer and earn 2 additional miles (up to 2,500 bonus miles) for every dollar you spend on qualifying hotels and car rentals when you use your Alaska Airlines Visa Signature® credit card. Your bonus offer begins from the day you activate through March 31, 2016, so don’t delay.*
I recently got back from my vacation to Costa Rica. Instead of going on American’s or Delta’s website and inputting SEA->SJO like a normal person, I ended up booking 6 different legs, on 2 different airlines. Here are the legs for the trip:
SEA->BWI on Alaska
BWI->ATL on Delta
ATL->SJO on Delta
SJO->ATL on Delta
ATL->BWI on Delta
BWI->SEA on Alaska
Over the past couple of months, I’ve been weighting the pros and cons of getting a high end credit card. I had the American Express Platinum for a few years but I couldn’t justify paying the high cost of card when I wasn’t using any of the benefits. Now that I’ve changed jobs and relocated to the west coast I’m traveling more often than I ever did before.
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