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Spotted by The Bulkhead Seat, Indianapolis will have a direct flight Europe again in May of 2025. The last time I can remember this happening was when Delta serviced a direct flight to Paris…that ended several years ago. As someone originally from Indianapolis, and who frequently visits family in Indy then over to England, especially over the holidays, I couldn’t be happier that Aer Lingus has announced that it will commence a direct flight into Dublin from Indianapolis in May of 2025.
Indianapolis (IND) gains transatlantic flights.
Aer Lingus will begin flying from Dublin (DUB) to Indianapolis (IND) with a 4x weekly A321neo (likely XLR) starting May 5, 2025:
• EI83 Depart DUB 2:50 PM Arrive IND 6:25 PM
• EI82 Depart IND 7:55 PM Arrive DUB 8:50 AM (+1 day) pic.twitter.com/V0zL83GVvS— Ishrion Aviation (@IshrionA) October 20, 2024
This will likely be the plane that flies… single aisle with thrones
Booking Aer Lingus with points
- Alaska
- 55k Alaska
- Avios
- 60k Avios
- United
- 88k Miles
Since Alaska and Hawaiian merged, and Amex transfers to Hawaiian, this may prove to be the best way to go about booking Aer LIngus for the time being. Alaska has business class to Europe at 45k miles if it’s under 3500 miles. Sadly, IND to DUB is a little over 3700 miles meaning it should clock in at 55k miles. Still a great deal in my opinion…but Alaska will price Chicago to Dublin at 45k, so it may end up that they will price IND to DUB at the same price.
Overall
For those living in the midwest, another direct flight, especially from a very nice smaller airport, is always welcomed!
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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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