Best Bets – April, 23 2007

by Randy Petersen

Best Bets – April, 23 2007
  1. Through June 30, 2007, claim an American AAdvantage roundtrip MileSAAver coach award for 15,000 miles when traveling between Dallas (Love Field) and St. Louis, Kansas City, Austin or San Antonio.
  2. United Mileage Plus members can redeem miles for dining certificates through restaurant.com. Redeem 1,000 miles for a $25 certificate or 2,000 miles for four $25 certificates. Certificates are valid at nearly 7,000 restaurants nationwide. See http://insideflyerus.wpengine.com/link/?217 for more information.
  3. Through June 30, 2007, earn up to 9,000 Hyatt Gold Passport bonus points for stays at Hyatt Place and Hyatt Summerfield Suites. You can earn 3,000 bonus points on each of your next eligible three stays. Register at http://www.goldpassport.hyatt.com and see a list of participating properties.
  4. Earn up to 20,000 bonus points or 5,000 bonus miles with Priority Club Rewards. From May 14 until Aug. 31, 2007, you can earn 2,000 bonus points or 500 bonus miles for every second qualifying night at any Priority Club hotel worldwide. Register for the promotion at http://www.priorityclub.com/2000 or call (888) 560-5660 and enter promotion code 4139.
  5. Travel roundtrip between New York (JFK) and London to earn up to 50,000 American AAdvantage bonus miles when booking in F, J, A, D or I class. Complete travel by May 31, 2007. Register at http://www.aa.com/offers. Promo code AAJFK.
  6. Delta SkyMiles members can earn up to 45,000 miles (enough to redeem for a domestic first class ticket) for international travel between New York (JFK) and London (Gatwick). Until May 31, 2007, earn 45,000 bonus miles for BusinessElite (J or D fare classes) or 25,000 bonus miles for full-fare coach or discounted BusinessElite travel (I, Y, B or M fare classes). Plus, members who book JFK to Gatwick flights will earn an additional 2,500 bonus miles when paying with an American Express credit card. You must register for the promotion at http://www.delta.com/londonbonus before booking and complete travel by May 31.
  7. This summer, get the Choice Privileges Visa Card and get two free nights at a Choice hotel after making purchases totaling $150 within 75 days of the account open date (based on an 8,000-point Choice Privileges award night hotel in the U.S.). You must apply for the credit card between May 1 and Aug. 16, 2007. Apply at http://www.choiceprivileges.com or call (800) 341-7589.
  8. The Southwest Airlines Rapid Rewards Visa Signature card offers eight Rapid Rewards credits after your first purchase and up to eight more with balance transfers made within the first 90 days, double Reward Dollars on Southwest Airlines flight and vacation purchases and on Rapid Rewards preferred hotel and rental car partner purchases. You will also receive two Rapid Rewards credits every year on your cardmember anniversary plus an assortment of Signature card benefits. Mention card code 7GX2 if applying by phone at (888) 242-6597.
  9. Diners Club is currently running several special offers for their members, and this is one of the best. Travel to Iceland until May 31, 2007, for half the points. For 25,000 Club Rewards points, you can fly roundtrip coach to Iceland from the U.S. on Icelandair (30,000 points from Minneapolis or Orlando).
  10. From March 1 through June 30, 2007, Select Guest members can earn triple Delta miles after completing your second qualifying stay at Omni Hotels. After the first qualifying stay, you’ll receive your usual 500 base miles; after the second qualifying stay, you’ll receive a 1,000-mile bonus each for the first and second stay. After each successive qualifying stay, you will receive 1,000 bonus miles. The triple mile offer will apply to a maximum of six stays and 9,000 total miles during the promotional period.

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