Capital One is now offering one of the richest mileage bonuses ever — in addition to the 10,000 mile signup bonus you normally receive for signing up for their Venture Card (and spending $1,000 within 3 months), they will also match up to 100,000 miles you have in another frequent flyer program.
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Until April 15, 2011, you’ll receive 600 points for adding one or more authorized users to your Rapid Rewards Visa account. Under Southwest’s new frequent flier point system, 600 points is worth $10 towards a Wanna Get Away fare.
You can add authorized users by either logging into your account at chase.com/addcard or by calling customer service at the number on the back of your Southwest credit card.
Starwood is generously offering 100 bonus Starpoints to SPG members (including those with an SPG Amex card) in exchange for a pledge to observe Earth Hour this year.
Register for your bonus at spg.com/earthhour and commit to switch off your lights for one full hour on Saturday, March 26, 2011 from 8:30 to 9:30pm local time. Your Starpoints will be credited to your account no later than April 15, 2011. For more information on Earth Hour, see earthhour.org.
Today PNC announced a new line of checking accounts and credit cards with cash back and rewards that increase based on the customer’s banking relationship. The new credit cards include the PNC CashBuilder Visa, PNC Points Visa and PNC Flex Visa.
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Just a friendly reminder: Discover’s promo of 0% on purchases and balance transfers for 12 months with no balance transfer fees is expiring in just a few days on February 28, 2011. If you want to take advantage of this offer, you’ll need to jump on it soon.
While the number and quality of balance transfer offers has been increasing lately, it has been a while since there’s been a notable lifetime balance transfer deal. For a limited time, the PenFed Promise Card offers a promotional balance transfer deal of 4.99% APR for the life of the balance on transfers made now through March 31, 2011 with no balance transfer fees.
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Technically this is a repost, but if you haven’t already taken advantage of getting your 5 free iTunes Songs from Amex, you may now have a bit more incentive to do so.
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According to this thread on FW, if you have a ThankYou Premier credit card or a card that is due to be converted to one (such as a Citi PremierPass Elite or Citi Amex Platinum card), you can get a 25% discount off the Thank You points needed to book a flight. Better yet, this discount applies as long as you apply points towards at least a portion of the ticket, essentially allowing you to always get 25% off the best available airfare.
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The Priority Club Select Visa card now offers 60,000 bonus points after your first purchase with the card. That’s enough points for up to 4 free hotel nights, or even more if you redeem your points on PointBreaks participating properties.
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American Express now has a promo offering its cardmembers 5 free songs on iTunes. To get your free songs, enroll your American Express card at this link, then pay for any 5 songs with that card. A statement credit equivalent to the price of 5 song downloads plus sales tax will be issued to your account. Purchases must be made between February 10, 2011 and March 15, 2011.