Some readers are getting a faster path to gold status with Delta. It won’t work for many (including me), but why not check? This takes all of 5 seconds. Pop your account number in and know for sure.
United, Marriott, and Hertz
It’s still about the National aisle for me when it comes to rental cars (except for Turo occasionally), but who am I to turn down free status? Much like last year, a bunch of readers are getting bumped up to President’s Circle with Hertz by logging in, going to their profile, and adding 501032 under Personal Details in the CDP …
Friday The 13th Ebates Sale
Need to shop? Get 13% cashback for doing it through Ebates today. True story: Thirteen is my lucky number. That’s the second worst story I heard this week. The first was this actual conversation when Roger Federer and Klay Thompson met. Here’s the entirety of it… Klay: How’s your ping pong game? Federer: Pretty nice. Klay: Mine too.
Stuff Getting Better
Yesterday’s transfer from Amex to Virgin Atlantic is perking up a little. A few readers got excited to see on-and-off business class Delta availability on the Virgin site. Particularly between JFK and LAX for 22,500 miles each way. That’s under 20,000 American Express points needed with the bonus. If you can’t type in the airport code when looking for availability, …
Midweek Triple
30% bonus on Amex point transfers to Virgin Atlantic. As American Express transfers go, this isn’t as good as most. But, then again, this Southwest sale is a little better than usual. And discounted dongs to New York is just about par for the course from Delta.