500 Easy Hilton Points

All you have to do is have a Facebook account and watch a video. Click here to pick up your 500 easy Hilton Honors points.

Double Miles From Southwest Or AirTran

Register for double miles on Southwest flights here, and AirTran here. You can actually get triple miles from AirTran on international fights. Have a great weekend!

100 Free Aeroplan Miles

Click here. Easy one (if you collect Aeroplan miles).

Scattered Stuff

  • 3,000 American Airlines miles on a 1-day car rental from Avis here
  • 4 American Airlines miles per dollar on rentals from Hertz here
  • Win 500,000 Delta miles here
  • Pick up bonus Starwood Preferred Guest points on stays here
  • 25 American Airlines miles per dollar from 1-800-Flowers here

Fruits Of Our Labor

I’ve been told that I need to show some of the ways I use my miles. I guess people do need some extra motivation when this starts to feel like a grind. Ok, I hear you. I just booked the following:

  • 2 flights from LA to Maui.
    (This cost 50,000 British Airways miles and the flights will be on American Airlines)
  • 7 nights at the Grand Wailea Resort in Maui.
    (This is a Waldorf Astoria hotel and it cost just over 450,000 Hilton Honors points)
So, how was this possible?
I’ve described a few times how easy it is to accumulate Hilton points. Paying cash, the Grand Wailea would cost me almost $600 per night. And British Airways miles are PERFECT for short flights like this one. Many of you got the 100,000 British card bonus last year. Others have a big pile of Membership Rewards points that will transfer to British miles. 
This really wasn’t that hard to do. Especially when you look at the alternative (paying for vacations). I just priced out this trip and it would have cost me $8,730 without the miles and points! And that’s why we do what we do.