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One of my best pickups last year was the Atmos™ Rewards Summit Visa Infinite® Credit Card. Not because I use the card that much for purchases, but it’s saved me a ton on partner booking fees and I just used the 25k Global Companion certificate on an Aer Lingus booking. It also allows you to move points between accounts which allowed me to cancel my Hawaiian Airlines Business Card. Yes it costs $395 a year, but most people don’t realize that when you cancel a partner booking, they keep the fees. Having this fee waived has allowed me to book and cancel a least a dozen times this year on tickets for 2 people. At $12.50 a pop… that’s $300 right there.
This post is about the 25k Global Cert tho. So let’s get to it.
*heads up it appears some people are getting a 1099 error code when trying to use the certificates ( I haven’t personally had this happen using my phone browser, app, or chrome ) but there are several complaints in forums.
Step 1: Find your certificate
You NEED to start the process here. You can’t apply the certificate after you start searching, you MUST search with it attached. Then the discount is auto applied.
Step 2 – start your booking with it
Find it in your discounts and companion fares and click Use to Book
Step 3 – make sure you book for 2 people
It won’t allow you to book for more than 2 people, or at least I haven’t had any luck. Meaning, if you’re booking a group of 3, you may need to book separately. I’m hoping this is changed in the future, but that’s the luck I’ve run into.
As you can see below I was able to find one of the screaming good deals in business class that Alaska offers on Aer Lingus. Normally this would be 45k miles, but with the 25k discount, the second person flies for just 20k.
And that’s it… follow the rest of the booking and select your Summit card to avoid the partner booking fee.
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Chase Sapphire Preferred® Card
Welcome Offer
Earn 75,000 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
- Points are transferrable to 14 Ultimate Rewards partners
- 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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