This ends over the weekend. Through April 15, you can get a 50% bonus on purchased US Airways miles. If you register your US Airways account at points.com, you get another 50% bonus. This has been a solid deal for buying miles and makes your cost under 2 cents per mile.
Basically you order 6 bottles of wine for $42 here and pick up 2,000 miles. If you keep your membership going, you’ll get another 3,000 miles with the second shipment. Some people call after the second shipment and say they “forgot” to cancel their membership and want to return the wine. Customer service then asks if you would be willing to keep the shipment if they take half off the price.
Last year’s British Airways credit card offer was probably the best of 2011 (get 100,000 miles after spending $3,000). This year isn’t as good, but if you missed out last time and want to apply, the link is here.
If you’re booking a flight to a tropical location, check the list here to see if you can get some bonus miles out of it.
