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US Airways & American Airlines Confirm Merger
Posted on 15. Feb, 2013 by PointsAdvisor.
Yesterday US Airways and American Airlines officially announced their upcoming merger.
To keep you in the loop, we’ve shared the information that US Airways sent to their members below:
“Today we announced that American Airlines and US Airways will combine to create a premier global carrier. Operating under the iconic American Airlines name, one of the most recognized brands in the world, the combined airline will have a robust global network, a strong financial foundation and one of the most modern and efficient fleets in the industry. We are excited about what the combination of our two great airlines means for our valued customers.”
What does this mean for you?
Until the merger actually happens, it’s business as usual with both programs on Points.com. See the below excerpt from US Airways on how they’re advising their loyalty program members:
“Until the merger is complete, US Airways and American Airlines will remain separate companies and each company will maintain its current loyalty programs (US Airways – Dividend Miles and American Airlines – AAdvantage®). In the meantime, existing miles will continue to be honored, and there will be no impact to your US Airways MasterCard® or US Airways Visa® card. Customers can continue to book travel and track and manage flights as well as frequent flyer activity on www.usairways.com. You can also continue to earn and redeem mileage for travel awards with us and our Star Alliance™ partners.We expect the combination to be completed in the third quarter of 2013. Additional information will be provided to customers of our frequent flyer program on any future program updates, including account consolidation or benefit alignment. In the meantime, please visit www.usairways.com/
There’s no action required to continue tracking and using your Dividend and AAdvantage Miles on Points.com.
For further updates, visit:
American Airlines: http://www.aa.com/arriving/
US Airways: www.usairways.com/
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March Promo Roundup: Earn More Points & Miles This Spring!
Posted on 20. Mar, 2012 by PointsAdvisor.
Early spring is in the air and the points and mile earning opportunities abound! Read on to find out how you can earn more points and miles to use for your summer vacation.
Buy, Gift & Transfer for More:
SAS EuroBonus: Get a 40% discount when you buy or gift EuroBonus points before April 23, 2012!
Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan: Get 40% bonus miles when you buy or gift Mileage Plan miles, now till April 15, 2012.
Choice Privileges: Get a 10% bonus when you buy or gift Choice Privileges points, now till April 30, 2012.
Jet Blue True Blue: Buy or gift points and get up to a 50% bonus! Now till March 31, 2012.
Earn with Points.com:
Amazon.com Gift Card: Redeem for an Amazon.com gift card on Points.com and up to a $10 bonus! Visit this page for details.
US Airways & Points.com: When you buy miles now until April 15, 2012, you get 50% more miles. If you join or already are a Points.com member, make sure you register your US Airways Dividend Miles account before April 15, 2012 to receive an additional 50% bonus! Buy miles and register on Points.com to get a 100% bonus! Visit this page for details.
Earn points/miles while you shop online:
You can earn points/miles in the program of your choice when you shop online at the following retailers. You make a purchase and then choose to earn in any of these programs:
Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan™
American Airlines® AAdvantage®
Best Buy Reward Zone®
Frontier EarlyReturns®
Hawaiian Airlines® HawaiianMiles®
Priority Club® Rewards
US Airways® Dividend Miles®
Virgin Atlantic Flying Club
Earn with these retailers:
T- Shirt Now: T-Shirt Now features an assortment of witty Ts with slogans and phrases from your favourite TV shows, movies and celebrities.
Kanto AV Systems: Kanto AV Systems has a wide range of AV products, including TV mounts, cables and speakers.
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December Promo Roundup
Posted on 08. Dec, 2011 by PointsAdvisor.
If snowflakes falling gently to the ground, mall Santas jingling their bells to a merry beat and retail outlets cranking the holiday tunes are not enough to put you into the gift giving (and receiving) spirit, perhaps these great promotions hosted by our partners will!
Buy, Gift & Transfer for more:
bmi Diamond Club: Receive a 50% bonus when you buy or gift miles! Hurry: offer ends December 11, 2011.
Choice Hotels Choice Privileges: Buy or gift points now until December 15, 2011 and receive a 10% bonus!
Icelandair Saga Club: Buy, Gift or Share Saga Points now till December 25, 2011 and receive a 20% bonus.
Virgin America Elevate: Buy or Gift up to 20,000 Elevate points before December 20, 2011 and receive a 100% bonus on your points purchase!
Starwood Preferred Guest: Buy or Gift Starpoints now till December 30, 2011 and receive 20% off the regular price.
Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan: Buy Alaska Mileage Plan miles now until December 31, 2011 and get 4,000 bonus miles for every 10,000 miles purchased – up to 16,000 bonus miles.
US Airways Dividend Miles: Reach your travel goals faster! Get 100% bonus US Airways Dividend miles when you buy miles now till December 31, 2011.
JetBlue TrueBlue: Buy or Gift TrueBlue points now til December 31, 2011 and receive a 35% bonus!
American Airlines AAdvantage: Receive up to 20,000 bonus AAdvantage miles when you Buy or Gift miles until December 31, 2011.
Get more with Points.com:
Aeroplan: Get up to a 25% bonus when you trade or exchange for more Aeroplan miles now till December 12, 2011.
Virgin America Elevate: Exchange or trade for more Elevate points now till December 22, 2011 and get a 50% bonus.
Earn points/miles while you shop online:
You can earn points/miles in the program of your choice when you shop online at the following retailers. You make a purchase and then choose to earn in any of these programs:
Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan
American Airlines® AAdvantage®
BestBuy Reward Zone
Frontier EarlyReturn Miles
Hawaiian Airlines® HawaiianMiles
Earn with these retailers:
T- Shirt Now: T-Shirt Now features an assortment of witty Ts with slogans and phrases from your favourite TV shows, movies and celebrities.
Kanto AV Systems: Katno AV Systems has a wide range of AV products, including TV mounts, cables and speakers.
Nola Metals: Nola Metals is an online store that focuses on items that have a uniquely New Orleans flare.
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November Promo Roundup
Posted on 02. Nov, 2011 by PointsAdvisor.
November has us reaching for our winter jackets and tuques here in Canada, but brings thoughts of pumpkin pie and Thanksgiving dinner for our American friends to the south. Luckily we’ve got lots of mile- and point-earning promos to be thankful for this month. Read on to find promotions that we’re hosting, and promotions that are being hosted by our partners.
Happy American Thanksgiving from everyone here at Points.com!
Buy, Gift or Transfer for more:
Priority Club Rewards: Buy or gift Priority Club points now till November 30, 2011 and get a 20% bonus on points purchases of 10,000 points or more.
Choice Hotels: Buy or gift points now until December 15, 2011 and receive a 10% bonus!
Starwood Preferred Guest: Buy or Gift Starpoints between November 1 and December 30, 2011 and receive 20% off the regular price.
Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan: Buy Alaska Mileage Plan miles now until December 31, 2011 and get 4,000 bonus miles for every 10,000 miles purchased – up to 16,000 bonus miles.
JetBlue TrueBlue: Buy or Gift TrueBlue points between November 1 and December 31, 2011 and receive a 35% bonus!
More ways to earn:
American Airlines AAdvantage, Delta SkyMiles, and US Airways Dividend Miles: Get 5,000 miles and 6 wines for only $6.99 per bottle with FREE shipping when you join American Cellars Wine Club - a savings of $69. Also earn 5 miles per dollar spent and a free gift! Offer ends December 31, 2011.
Best Buy Reward Zone: Get 5,000 points and 6 wines for only $6.99 per bottle with FREE shipping when you join American Cellars Wine Club - a savings of $69 . Also earn 4 points per dollar spent and receive a free gift. Offer ends December 31, 2011.
Earn points/miles when you shop online:
Earn points/miles in the program of your choice when you shop online at T- Shirt Now. T-Shirt Now features an assortment of witty Ts with slogans and phrases from your favourite TV shows, movies and celebrities.
Do you have a promotion to share? Leave a comment below! We’d love to hear from you.
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Double—and Triple the Earning Fun with Expedia Rewards!
Posted on 01. Apr, 2011 by PointsAdvisor.
Expedia Rewards:
On Monday, online travel agency Expedia.com® unveiled its new loyalty program, Expedia Rewards™ giving bargain-seeking travelers the opportunity to earn double or even triple their rewards when booking a trip. As you can imagine, this got us more than a little excited!
Our takeaway for this new program? It’s a great way to earn extra travel points in addition to the miles racked up in your frequent flyer program plus the credit card points you earn when booking the travel. You could get the most bang for your loyalty buck when taking advantage of Expedia Rewards from airfare purchases and travel packages.
Will you be signing up for the new Expedia Rewards program? We would love to hear your thoughts!
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Getting More Bang – and Miles – For Your Buck During Back to School Shopping Season
Posted on 17. Aug, 2010 by PointsAdvisor.
Points.com is pleased to have its first guest blogger, The Points Guy, sharing tips for back to school shopping. We look forward to featuring additional guest bloggers in the future!
Getting More Bang – and Miles – For Your Buck during Back to School Shopping Season
August is a month synonymous with transition. As the summer winds down, we gear up for fall, and for many people, that means going back to school. Whether you have little ones going off to elementary school or you yourself are gearing up for a semester in college, the costs of back to school shopping can be extraordinary.
Earlier this month, American Express released a report indicating that the average family of four will spend about $550 on back to school shopping, mostly on clothes, shoes and school supplies. Those costs can rise exponentially for larger families or college students who need to buy computers and textbooks.
Why not maximize these transactions by shopping for back to school items in a way that earns you points? It’s easy – and lucky for you, I have highlighted the major online shopping portals that will award frequent flyer miles for purchases. These portals link to the same exact website that you’d purchase from normally, but it stores your frequent flyer number so you automatically get a nice miles deposit generally 4-8 weeks after the purchase. Considering some merchants are offering up to 10 miles per dollar, the miles can add up.
Oh yeah, the miles are free so there is absolutely no reason to not shop through these portals.
Another tip: Get more bang for hard-earned buck by using a miles-earning credit card for your purchases, so the miles rack up even quicker. For example, if you spend $250 at Target (3 miles per $ spent) through the American AAdvantage Mall with your Starwood American Express you’d get:
750 AA miles and 250 Starwood Preferred Guest Points. 1,000 miles. Not bad, considering one-way coach awards start at 12,500 miles.
If your budget is extra tight this year and you’d rather use your points to pay for your back to school shopping, be sure to read my post on using miles for shopping.
Here are some links to shopping portals and some highlighted earning opportunities with back to school favorites
American: Barnes and Noble 4 miles per dollar, Lands End 4 miles per dollar
British Airways: Nordstrom 12 miles per dollar, Gap 2 miles per dollar
Continental: Target 4 miles per dollar, Banana Republic 3 miles per dollar
Delta: Kmart 3 miles per dollar, Macys 5 miles per dollar
Hawaiian Airlines: Sears 2 miles per dollar, Staples 3 miles per dollar
JetBlue: Sephora 1 point per dollar, Dell 1 point per two dollars
Midwest Airlines: Borders 2 miles per dollar, PCrush.com 2 miles per dollar
Spirit Airlines: JC Penney 3 miles per dollar, Adidas 5 miles per dollar
United: 7 miles per two dollars (including used textbooks!), Eddie Bauer 3 miles per dollar
US Airways: American Eagle Outfitters 2 miles per dollar, Big Dogs 6 miles per dollar
Virgin America: UGG 3 points per two dollars, abebooks.com (textbooks) 2 points per two dollars
About The Points Guy – The Points Guy has a passion for redeeming frequent flyer miles and points for travel. His hope is to educate people on the value of their loyalty point wealth by covering industry news, travel deals and reviews of major airline, hotel and credit card loyalty programs. Check out his blog at http://thepointsguy.com/.
