0:42 Bank of America $300 Personal Checking Bonus (HT DoC)

Requires $4,000 Direct Deposit in 3 months
You need to have a checking account with BofA to quality for their Preferred Rewards program (which provides up to 75% uplift for spending on certain personal BofA credit cards)

1:30 Banco Popular Avianca Vuela Visa 60,000 Offer (HT US Credit Card Guide)

3:53 Cathay Pacific Asia Miles Credit Card 50,000 (HT DoC)

7:10 Stop & Shop gas rewards for groceries?

Trial for now
Has anyone been targeted?
100 = $1 off groceries.
Not as good as gas rewards for all but the smallest tanks (10 gallons = this)
If you find yourself with expiring rewards this is a way to 'cash out' at 10/(your fill up in gallons).
Very similar to the Safeway rewards we've discussed.

10:02 Airline Shopping Portal Bonuses (HT Frequent Miler)

10:36 Amex Adds Weekend Night Certs to $95 AF Hilton Cards + 130,000 (HT DoC)

Surpass/Business 130,000 + Free Weekend Night
Both available for referral
Free Weekend Night cert for every $15,000 spent per *calendar* year, post quickly after spend threshold met
A whopper of a deal I say

13:12 BofA Amtrak 40,000 + $100 (HT DoC)

Some serious value he re if you’re up for Amtrak travel
Amtrak points are worth 2.9 cpp towards non-Acela
2.5 cpp towards Acela
10,000 Amtrak points gets you 4 one-way upgrade certs
Semi-related: You can redeem bank points for Amtrak through a roundabout method with up to 1.64 cpp of value
Deal or not a deal?

16:07 Free Topic: Is Hotel Status an even bigger trap than airline status?

Robert: Recent stay at Waldorf Astoria Chicago

Near total bust from a status standpoint
Concierge emailed ahead of time and said status entitles you to 1-level upgrade *if* space is available
Concierge pi

Speak Better English with Harry | Episode 244