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MMWeek in Review: January 15th – 21st, 2017
Each week, here at Monkey Miles, we will give you a summary of all that was published the prior 7 days. We know that your weeks can be BANANAS and you might not have time to check in every day. We publish a MMWeek in Review so you can get catch up on all that has happened!
First Off, Thank you to everyone who has been reading. We do our best to keep content fresh, pertinent, and helpful. We also aim to keep a fun, light, and informational vibe here at MonkeyMiles. Our goal is to get you closer to your travel goals, dreams, and realities. We would be nothing without you and it seriously makes us so happy to see more and more of you reading.
Top Posts:
- How credit utilization can kill your credit score
- POP: Ethiopian Airlines Business Class LAX-DUB “Cloud Nine”
- Review: China Airlines Business Class 777-300ER LAX-TPE
January 15th
January 16th
January 17th
- Amex Platinum $200 airline fee credited AA gift cards
- Citi Thank You offers 25% transfer bonus to Virgin Atlantic
- POP Post: Air New Zealand Business Class LHR-LAX
January 18th
- Don’t forget: Earn 25k bonus points for 100k Amex Biz Plat referral
- AA introduces Basic Economy: No frills, less bills
- POP Post: Qatar Airways Business Class 777-300ER HAN-BKK
- Check to see if you’re targeted for 5x Air on Amex Biz Plat
January 19th
- How I successfully bid on an Ethiopian Airlines Business Class upgrade
- Make sure you activate your 10 free Gogo Passes with Amex Biz Plat
- That was quick – Biz AA award space LAX-SYD is pretty much gone
January 20th
- 80% bonus when purchasing Hilton Honors Points
- Don’t Miss! Today only, 15x at Alaska MileagePlan Award Mall
- AA bonus miles for crossing the Atlantic
- If you fly BA, ignore AA’s transatlantic promotion, and credit to Alaska
- Great Offer: $100 per night credit at Waldorf Astoria hotels
January 21st
- How credit utilization can kill your credit score
- POP: Ethiopian Airlines Business Class LAX-DUB “Cloud Nine”
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Chase Sapphire Preferred® Card
Welcome Offer
Earn 60,000 bonus points after you spend $4,000 on purchases in the first 3 months from account opening.
Annual Fee
$95
Points Earned
Transferrable Chase Ultimate Rewards
- 5x on all travel purchased through Chase Travel℠
- 3x on dining, including eligible delivery services for takeout & dining out
- 3x on select streaming services
- 3x on online grocery purchases
- (excluding Target, Walmart and wholesale clubs)
- $50 Annual Chase Travel Hotel Credit via Chase Travel℠
- The begins immediately for new cardmembers and after your account anniversary for existing cardmembers
- 2x on all other travel
- 10% Anniversary Bonus
- Every year you keep the card, your total spend will yield a 10% points bonus. If you spend $10k in a year, you’ll get 1k bonus points
- Chase Sapphire Preferred continues to redeem at 1.25c in the Chase Travel℠ and the slew of other benefits remain in tact including Auto Rental Collision Damage Waiver ( primary ), purchase protections, etc.
- Points are transferrable to 14 Ultimate Rewards partners
- Redeem in Chase Travel℠ for 1.25 cents per point
- No foreign transaction fees
- Suite of Travel and Purchase Coverage
- Auto Rental Collision Damage Waiver is my favorite
- Get complimentary access to DashPass which unlocks $0 delivery fees and lower service fees for a minimum of one year when you activate by December 31, 2027.
- $95 Annual Fee
We keep an up to date spreadsheet that lists the best ever offers: You can find that spreadsheet here.
Historically 80k is a very, very good offer and hit in both 2022 and 2023. In 2021, we saw the offer hit an all time high of 100k. Who knows if that will ever come back.
Main Cast:
Cards that earn flexible points and should be used on the bulk of your purchases.
Supporting Cast:
Cards that earn fixed points in the currency of the airline/hotel and can not be transferred at attractive rates. These cards yield benefits that make it worth keeping, but not necessarily worth putting a lot of your everyday spend on.
The Chase Sapphire Preferred® is exceptional starter card and offers transferrable Ultimate Rewards, and pairs well with other Chase cards.
If you carry this card alongside Chase’s cashback cards like the Chase Freedom Flex® and Chase Freedom Unlimited® or the business versions: Ink Business Cash® , Ink Business Unlimited® you can combine the points into Preferred account and transfer into hotel and airline partners
Annual fee is quite low at $95 a year + you get a 10% anniversary bonus on points + $50 hotel credit in Chase travel.
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