Black Friday Travel Deals & Introducing CardMatch!
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Good morning,
If your home looks anything like ours today, it involves sweatpants, laptops, 4K fireplace and hot cocoa. We’re already deep into Black Friday shopping and while some of you traditionalists may be braving the crowds out there, my fellow armchair shoppers may appreciate a little recap of the travel related deals available.
Introducing CardMatch™
Before we jump in, I’m thrilled to finally share a new tool available to readers! We’re often asked about the best way to find a card specific to the needs of an individual or family, while also taking into account the programs they value, existing cards in their wallet, and many other factors.
Find your CardMatch™ with Bankrate and participating partners in 4 simple steps. Your credit score won't be impacted and there’s no fee to use the service. Learn more here.
Points & Miles
Transfer bonuses and other deals for purchasing or redeeming points and miles.
American Express Membership Rewards
Avianca LifeMiles — 15% Transfer Bonus from Avianca until Dec 10, 2023.
Since this promotion is managed by Avianca directly, you won’t see it listed within the Amex portal. Learn more here.
Avianca is home to the 35k Business Class one way flight from JFK to Lisbon, one of the many “grail” flights popular within the miles community.
JetBlue TrueBlue® — 25% Transfer Bonus until Nov 30, 2023.
This brings JetBlue transfers to 1:1 ratio since they typically transfer at a discount, and while I’m not very familiar with TrueBlue, this may be worthwhile if you have a balance of JetBlue miles and can transfer just enough to achieve a reward flight.
Marriott Bonvoy — 20% Transfer Bonus until Nov 30, 2023.
Remember that if you have Bonvoy free night certificates, this can be a great way to add up to 15k points per night to supplement them, turning a 35k night cert into 50k or 85k cert into 100k redemption.
Qatar Privilege Club — 10% Transfer Bonus from Qatar until Dec 3, 2023.
Similar to Avianca, this promotion is managed directly by Qatar Airways, so it's not listed on Membership Rewards. Learn more here. Note that Qatar is offering a 25% transfer bonus for Citi below.
If you’re new to the American Express card offerings, we’re big fans of:
Both Gold Cards offers monthly statement credits on specific purchases, that are very easy for us to use and enjoy. Further, they each have very generous 4x earning categories that are worth learning more about in the links above.
Citi ThankYou® Rewards
Accor Live Limitless — 50% Transfer Bonus until Nov 30, 2023.
This promotion is managed directly by Accor (a popular European hotel brand), so it’s not listed in the ThankYou portal. Note that points typically transfer at a 2:1 ratio (1,000 ThankYou Rewards to 500 Accor Rewards) and this promotion increases that to 1,000:750. Learn more here.
Qatar Privilege Club — 25% Transfer Bonus from Qatar until Dec 3, 2023.
This promotion is managed directly by Qatar Airways, so it's also not listed in the ThankYou portal. Learn more here.
What are you booking or buying today, reply and let us know so we can share it in our 2023 community wins recap!
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