Favorite Card Perks and Putting Them ALL Together

Award Travel 101

Angie and Joe are back to discuss their most recent card bonuses, some of their favorite card perks, and how Joe managed to combine multiple card offers/discounts plus earn rewards totaling thousands of dollars!

Post of the Week
Shawn Andrew
NEWS

Lahina, Maui (Hawaii) #Masterthread

WHAT BONUSES DID WE GET?

Angie - Update on Chase Ink Business Preferred and closing cards right now.

Joe - FINALLY an approval for the Chase Ink Business Preferred with reduced spend for 100K Ultimate Rewards points at time of publishing.

• P2 finally got her Hilton Honors Surpass bonus and a Free Night Award

HIGHLIGHT (Main Feature) Putting All The Tricks Together

Angie -

• Incidental Credits
• Lounge Access

Joe - perks and benefits used for our recent trips

• Clear - how to access freely
• Precheck/Global Entry
• Lounge Access -
• Flight Bump credit - used 50,500 Breeze points ($505)
• 34K AAdvantage miles P2 & P4
• Booked 3 hotels in Vegas
  • Excalibur - earned 3 Hyatt nights and used this to access MGM Grand Pool and Lazy River
  • Virgin Hotels - booked 5 nights to earn 50K AA miles and 60K Loyalty Points
  • Crockfords Las Vegas $480
    • $200 Fine Hotel & Resorts (FHR) Platinum Credit
    • $125 Property Credit
    • $66 breakfast credit
    • Room upgrade
    • Early Check-in
    • 4PM Checkout
    • Free Wifi
• Casino Loyalty cards for $100-200 in parking savings
• Free High Roller (Caesar's Diamond benefits) $80
• Two rental cars - why?
• Rental car status - walked in, skipped lines, had my choice of Audi, BMW, Mercedes, and Volkswagen SUVs for less than $50 per day
• AA flights for 21K both upgraded ($1,100 over the price of economy)
• Southwest flights - two for LAS-CLE and two for TPA-CLE totaling 51K $709
  • Southwest Performance Business saves $116 with A-List upgrades and Wifi
• Priority Pass - Bar Symon on return $112

The total savings amounted to $3807 in savings or discounts. Not only that but I earned miles and points and a free rental car during our travels too.

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