Wrapping Up A Busy Week

  • Vanilla Reload cards are quickly dying at CVS. Say your goodbyes.
  • 200 free LeClub Accorhotel points here.
  • Valentine’s Day flower promotions from United, American, Southwest, US Airways, and Delta. 
  • FrequentMiler found cashbackholic to be a better shopping portal than evreward. It’s a good idea to check one or both of these portals before buying anything online.
  • For those who wonder about affiliate credit cards on blogs, a reader emailed me 2 really good posts here and here.
  • I receive questions every day. I know I’ve gotten backed up and I apologize. It’s a busy time right now. Contacting me through Facebook tends to be faster than email. Obviously, if you don’t use Facebook, email is fine. And yeah, I know allowing comments would make this easier. Blah.

Credit Cards

An updated version of my monthly “Top 25 Credit Cards” will be up in a few days, but here’s a few of the important changes. All were requested by readers:

  • A new 45,000-mile Delta card from American Express here.
  • A better AirTran offer from Chase.
  • My first link to a JetBlue card.
  • The possible “death” of the 2-browser trick for American Airlines.

Have A Pet? Want Miles?

Earn 500 to 10,000 US Airways miles for shopping at Pet Food Direct here.

Tuesday’s Deals

  • Earn 30 American miles per dollar spent on flowers for Valentine’s Day.
  • Priority Club’s PointBreak hotel deals are available.
  • Great JetBlue flight deals from NYC at noon EST every day this week here.
  • A possible-to-win 50,000 Starwood point giveaway here.
  • Get 1,500 American Airlines miles on 3-day car rentals through Avis. Use coupon MUAA070 for the miles and AWD# K817156 for 25% off.

Don’t Forget Dining

The coolest thing for a nerd like me is to see an increase in a mileage account and not know where the miles came from. 9 times out of 10, it turns out the mystery miles are from dining out. Over the course of a year, these bonus dining miles add up. So as you keep signing up for credit cards, make sure you remember to register them at Rewards Network. Keep registering those cards, don’t forget to sign up for the bonuses there, and you’ll rack up plenty of mystery miles like me.

A new competitor for Rewards Network is Mogl. Again, it’s really simple. Register your cards and when you eat at restaurants, you’ll get some surprise miles showing up in your account. For me in California, I’m getting an awesome 6 Virgin America miles per dollar spent in Mogl restaurants through February.