Here are the most important recent news regarding miles, points and cash back rewards:
Staples Selling Fee-Free Visa Gift Cards This Week
Staples is selling fee-free $200 Visa gift cards this week (from April 2-8, 2023). Offer is valid in-store only. You can find a link to the weekly ad here.
The best cards to use are those that earn 5% in office supply stores (like Chase Ink credit cards).
Chase Ultimate Rewards 25% Transfer Bonus to Air France-KLM Flying Blue
Chase Ultimate Rewards is offering a 25% transfer bonus to Air France-KLM Flying Blue through May 15, 2023. Minimum transfer is 1,000 Ultimate Rewards points. Bonus miles will be awarded by Flying Blue in your Flying Blue account up to 7 days after the points transfer is completed.
You can find all transfer partners for Chase Ultimate Rewards here.
Amex Membership Rewards 30% Transfer Bonus to Hilton Honors
Amex Membership Rewards is offering a limited time 30% transfer bonus to Hilton Honors through April 30, 2023. Minimum transfer is 1,000 Membership Rewards points and estimated transfer time is up to 24 hours. Allow up to eight weeks for the additional Hilton Honors Bonus Points to be awarded.
You can find all transfer partners for Amex Membership Rewards here.
Earn 3,000 Marriott Bonvoy points for downloading Uber or Uber Eats app
If you don’t already have an Uber account, you can earn an easy 3,000 Marriott Bonvoy bonus points when you download the Uber or Uber Eats app, create a new account, and link it to your Marriott Bonvoy account. This limited-time offer ends April 15, 2023 and applies to first-time Uber users only. Here is the link for more information.
Here some additional limited time opportunities to earn free Marriott Bonvoy bonus points right now.
EVA Air Resumes Hello Kitty Flight Service
After EVA Air temporarily suspended Hello Kitty service due to the COVID-19 pandemic back in 2020, Hello Kitty flight service has finally returned on three (3) routes.
We had the opportunity to experience two Hello Kitty flights a few months before EVA Air suspended service in April, 2020. We flew EVA Air business class from Taipei to Chicago, which is one of the routes that has resumed its Hello Kitty service. We also flew Hello Kitty economy class from Singapore to Taipei but that route has not restarted Hello Kitty service yet.
Second Quarter 5% Categories Live
A new round of 5% categories are live for the second quarter of the year (April 1 – June 30, 2023) for credit cards that offer rotating quarter bonus categories. Make sure to register first and maximize your rewards this quarter.
Second Quarter 2023 5% Bonus Categories:
– Chase Freedom – Lowe’s and Amazon.com (our affiliate link)
– Discover – Restaurants and Wholesale Clubs.
– Citi Dividend – Drugstores and Grocery Stores
