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Originally Posted by davidmash
Something you might want to look into is their mileage cards. The have 3 credit cards...2 citi banks and one Barclays. The all offer significant mileage bonuses for sign ups. I apply for one, get the bonus then cancel it, apply for the next one...etc. You can only get the bonus every two years so if you rotate through the cards one a year, you can keep getting bonus miles.
The Citi Platinum is offering 50k miles and they wave the fee the first yr. You have to buy $2,500 in the first 3 months.
The citi executive is offer 50k with $5k spent in the first 3 months but it cost $450 for a year.
Citi also has a business card which also gives a 50k bonus.
Barclays is offering 75k miles. 50k for $k in 3 months and then another 25k for $10k spent in the year..
So there are alot of free miles to be had if you work the system.
Between purchases and bonuses, we have a bit under 500k miles and we just booked 2 rt bossiness class tickets to Germany for next year ...Ms Mash is turning 60 and its out 20thanniversary.
https://cards.barclaycardus.com/banking/cards/aadvantage-aviator-world-elite-business-mastercard/
https://www.aa.com/i18n/aadvantage-program/miles/partners/credit-card/aadvantage-credit-cards.jsp |
There is a famous story about gaming the system that involved Korean Air Lines....
A guy would go in and buy a first class ticked from Korea to Japan each morning. Then he would enjoy lunch in the First class lounge which was supposed to be fantastic. For him it was free because he was a FC passenger.
Then he would cancel his flight and cash in his ticket.
The next morning he would book the same flight, have the same lunch, get the same refund.
And he did this for fifteen years.