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Excellent Deal! Up to a 50% bonus on Purchased Alaska Miles
Alaska miles are arguably the best miles you can earn, and they consistently put up OUTSTANDING opportunities like this to buy them. I just received an email giving you the opportunity receive up to a 50% bonus on purchased Alaska Miles. This is a targeted, tiered offer, meaning you need to check to see what bonus you are eligible to receive by clicking here. If you’re targeted for the same 50% bonus as I am, you’ll be able to buy Alaska Miles for under $0.02 each. To put that in perspective you could be buying 1 way tickets in Cathay Pacific Business Class the States to Asia for under $1000 each way. That is an excellent deal! I never recommend speculatively buying miles or points, but if you have a specific trip in mind and you’re looking for OUTSTANDING ways to fly there – this could be a great opportunity for you.
Here is the email I received.
I was targeted for the 50% Bonus
You can click here and log in to see what your bonus will be. It’s a tiered off…so the more you buy the higher the bonus:
With a 50% bonus you’ll be buying Alaska Miles for roughly $0.0197 per point.
The deals runs until July 1st.
- Miles must be purchased between May 15th and July 1, 2017 at 11:59PM ET
- Transacted through Points.com so you will not earn bonus category spend for airlines
- You must have an account open 10 business days prior to purchasing miles to be included.
What could you do with Alaska Miles? You could fly to Asia from the States in Cathay Pacific Business Class for under $1000
Or interested in going to Africa? Check out the Alaska award chart. First class is only 70k points. An incredible deal at less than $1400
You can surprise your folks and get a Birthday Cake delievered to go along with your Krug and Caviar in Cathay First.
Another outstanding use of Alaska Miles is Japan Airlines First Class. We flew it earlier this year and LOVED IT. They serve a $400 bottle of Salon Champagne. I mean…
Not sure buying miles is worth it? Read our Monkey Miles Monday Memo on buying points. It’s our weekly Beginner’s series that peels the banana on this whole Points business 😉
Ready to buy some. Go here and see your bonus!
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Chase Sapphire Preferred® Card
Welcome Offer
Earn 60,000 bonus points after you spend $5,000 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 Points Boost
- each account anniversary you’ll earn bonus points equal to 10% of your total purchases made the previous year
- 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
- Complimentary DashPass which unlocks $0 delivery fees & lower service fees for a min. of one year when you activate by 12/31/27. Plus, a $10 promo each month on non-restaurant orders
- $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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