Gorgeous Pictures from Iran and Cards That Earn Status

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POST OF THE WEEK

Inga KC - What Level 4: Travel advisory? Inga just returned from Iran flying Qatar Business Class for 70K AAdvantage miles each way.

NEWS & ENHANCED OFFERS

• Increased Southwest offers - 30% discount interesting
• 30% Transfer Bonus to Virgin Atlantic - Virgin Voyages
• Frontier Status with Rewards Card

TRIP UPDATES

• Angie - what to do when termites invade your house?
• Joe -
  • Atlanta - It had been 107 days since my last flight. Checkout the Presidential Suite and the rewards and card benefits I used to make this trip happen:
    • Free Breakfast ($28)
    • 18K Skymiles ($209)
    • 24K Hyatt Points ($1,122)
    • 12K Rapid Rewards - upgraded boarding & wifi credit from the Performance Business card ($207)
  • Chicago - Spent 24 hours in Chicago. Where'd we go, and what did we do
    • Free Breakfast ($56)
    • Uber Credits ($22) Plus 10X Earned on Lyft
    • UA Travel Bank ($511)
    • Economy Plus from status (upgraded on return) $306 value
    • Thompson using a Cat 1-4 Free Night Award Holiday Weekend ($685)

WHAT BONUSES DID WE GET?

• Angie - nothing new to report
• Joe - why couldn't I put a (travel) charge I’d planned on putting on Amex Biz Gold?

HIGHLIGHT (Main Feature)

Cards that can Help earn Status

• American - AAdvantage
• Delta - Skymiles
• United - MileagePlus
• Southwest - Rapid Rewards
• Hilton - Honors
• IHG - One Rewards
• Hyatt - World of Hyatt
• Marriott - Bonvoy

WHAT YOU DIDN'T KNOW

Always pay international bills

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