Serve.com And A Free $25

I’ve mentioned Amazon Payments (a lot) as an easy way to meet your minimum spend for credit card bonuses. $1,000 a month is the most you’re going to do there – unless you get really sneaky (opening multiple accounts, different addresses, etc). Venmo is another option I’ve talked about. Serve is still a pretty new option. You can load a credit card with $250 per month. Pick up a free $25 before Friday here.

Virgin America Credit Card

Get 20,000 points after your first purchase here. Why would you care about a measly 20,000 points? One, because there’s no big spending needed. Two, because this card is from Barclays. As most of you know, the cards we usually like are from Citibank or Chase. Any other choices are HUGELY welcomed.

12,000 Southwest Airline Miles

Anyone who pays for hotels should go pick up miles here. It’s simple. Buy $100 in Marriott gift cards and get 1,200 Southwest miles. $1,000 in gift cards? 12,000 miles.

It’s a perfect example of how different mile nerds are than “regular” people. They just go and spend $1,000 on their hotel stay. No miles, no points. Nothing. We get the following:

  • Marriott points from the hotel stay
  • Upgrade, lounge/free breakfast, free internet for those with a Marriott or Ritz Carlton card
  • Miles (or points) from using one of our many credit cards
  • 12,000 Southwest Airline miles from using this promotion
Also, welcome to everyone who discovered MileNerd yesterday. There were a couple thousand of you! Look around and feel free to contact me if you have any questions.