Unlike Amex, Chase allows you to redeem offers on multiple cards, so you could theoretically get 10% off on several rides by switching payments cards after each one if you’re targeted for this offer on two or more cards.

The Deal

• Get 10% back on Lyft with a new Chase Offer.
  • $10 cash back maximum.
  • Offer expires 8/31/2026.
  • Offer valid one time only.

Key Terms

• Offer only valid on purchases made directly with the merchant.
• Offer valid online only.
• Offer not valid on gift card purchase.
• Offer not valid on purchases made using third-party services, delivery services, or a third-party payment account (e.g., buy now pay later). Offer only valid on U.S. purchases.

Quick Thoughts

If you’re targeted, this is a pretty good discount for spending on Lyft. Depending on the card(s) you have it on, you can also earn bonus points based on Chase’s partnership with Lyft.

Remember to link your Lyft account with one of their partners: Alaska Airlines, Hilton, Bilt, and United are your options, but you can only earn with one at a time.

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Comments

• On none of my 7 Chase cards… by JohnB
• In reply to 1990. Indeed. See the DoC article about Lyft's ... by Fred
• 10% off after charging you double thanks to surveillance ... by 1990
• Link to doordash for every ride discount by Toddd
• Got Lyft offers on two of my cards: 5% on my Hyatt personal ... by Ben

 

The Deal

• Spend $250+ in one or more transactions on room rate & room charges at Best Western properties in the US & Canada & get $50 back with a targeted Amex Offer.

Key Terms

• Expires August 31, 2026.
• Offer valid at participating Best Western & SureStay Hotels in the US and Canada.
• Reservations must be made online at bestwestern.com, by using the Best Western To Go app, or by calling (800) 780-7234. Excludes all other purchases.
• Not valid at Best Western Plus Boston Hotel, Best Western Plus Chateau Inn Sylvan Lake, Best Western Plus City Line Hotel, Best Western Plus Stadium Inn, Best Western Plus Sugarland/Stafford, Best Western Plus Greensboro Coliseum Collection, The Nedia Best Western Signature Collection, Best Western JFK Airport Hotel, GLō Best Western Brooklyn NYC, SureStay by Best Western Mount Pleasant Racine, SureStay by Best Western Williams – Grand Canyon, Hotel Lac Brome Best Western Signature Collection, and WorldHotels properties.
• Qualifying purchases must total a minimum of $250 USD, following conversion from a foreign currency.
• Offer only valid on room rate and room charges.
• Offer not valid for lodging stays that are paid for before the promotion start date or after the promotion end date.

Quick Thoughts

The statement credit from this Amex Offer will be triggered when spending $250 or more on both room rate and room charges. Unlike shopping portals that offer rewards on the base room rate only, taxes on your room rate and any other applicable room charges do count towards the $250 spending threshold.

Note that this offer is only valid for stays in the US and Canada, so it won’t be helpful if staying at a Best Western property overseas.

If you have this Best Western Amex Offer on more than one household card and your stay will cost more than $500, you can ask the hotel to split the payment across two or more cards in order to earn multiple statement credits.

Don’t forget to register for this Best Western stay promotion if you’ve not done that already.

Click through from a shopping portal to earn additional rewards on your booking(s). You can find the current rates here and here.

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Comments

• In reply to MichaelE. Amex Offers are usually targeted, so if ... by Stephen Pepper
• I am not finding the Amex offer for BW on my Platinum card. Any ... by MichaelE

 

The Deal

• Buy $300+ Mastercard gift cards at Office Depot/OfficeMax & get $15 off instantly.

Key Terms

• Valid 8/2/26-8/8/26.
• Limit 10 per household/business (different stores may try to impose various limits that don’t correspond to the ad).

Quick Thoughts

As always with these deals, the best option is to buy in three-card increments, as Office Depot/Max gives a $15 discount for every $300 you spend. So, buying three cards means you’re spending $600, which takes off $30. Buying nine cards means you should get $90 off, but YMMV as to whether a store will let you do that.

For every three cards you buy, you’ll pay $23.85 in fees (3x$7.95), giving you a net $6.15 in profit in addition to any additional rewards. Buying nine cards at a time triples both the profit and rewards (but will likely involve an ID check to make sure that the payment you’re using is yours).

Past Deals

• 7/5/26-7/11/26
• 6/7/26-6/13/26
• 5/10/26-5/16/26
• 4/12/26-4/18/26
• 3/15/26-3/21/26
• 2/15/26-2/21/26
• 1/18/26-1/24/26
• 12/14/25 -12/20/25
• 11/16-25-11/22/25
• 10/19/25-10/25/25
• 9/21/25-9/27/25
• 8/24/25-8/30/25
• 7/27/25-8/2/25
• 6/29/25-7/5/25
• 5/4/25-5/10/25
• 4/10/25-4/12/25
• 3/9/25-3/15/25
• 2/9/25 to 2/15/25
• 1/12/25 to 1/18/25
• 12/15/24 to 12/21/24
• 11/17/24 to 11/23/24
• 10/20/24 to 10/26/24
• 9/22/24 to 9/28/24
• 8/25/24 – 8/31/24
• 7/28/24 – 8/3/24
• 6/30/26 – 7/6/24
• 6/2/24 – 6/8/24
• May 5-11, 2024
• April 7-13, 2024
• March 17-26, 2024.
• March 10-16, 2024
• February 11-17, 2024
• January 14-20, 2024
• December 17-23, 2023
• November 19-26, 2023
• October 23-29, 2023
• September 24-30, 2023
• August 27 – September 2, 2023.
• July 30 – August 5, 2023
• June 4-10, 2023
• May 7-13, 2023
• April 9-15, 2023
• March 12-18, 2023
• February 12-18, 2023
• January 15-21, 2023
• December 11-17, 2022
• November 27-December 3, 2022
• November 6-12, 2022
• August 14-20, 2022
• May 15-21, 2022
• February 13-19, 2022
• November 28-December 4, 2021
• September 26-October 2, 2021
• August 15-21, 2021
• May 16-22, 2021

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• In reply to CJH. I just had this happen by Joshua Stevenson
• In reply to hoon84lee. it might just be the gift card vendor ... by CJH
• In reply to CJH. yep too much competition for sure and ... by hoon84lee
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As always, this might be targeted, and sometimes members have different bonus amounts or tier thresholds.

If you find that Points.com won’t accept your IHG login details, you should still be able to buy the points if you click through from an IHG email about this points sale, or by clicking through from the IHG app.

The Deal

• Buy IHG Rewards points for 0.5 cents per point when buying points with a 100% bonus.
  • Buy 5K+ points = 80% bonus
  • Buy 10K+ points = 90% bonus
  • Buy 30K+ points = 100% bonus
• Direct link to offer (our affiliate link)

Key Terms

• This Offer is available for qualifying purchases of IHG One Rewards points made between 12:00 AM ET on August 1, 2026 and 11:59 PM ET on August 17, 2026 (“Offer Period”).
• Members will receive a bonus of up to 100% of the points purchased when they purchase a minimum 5,000 points purchase threshold on a per transaction basis.
• There is a minimum points purchase threshold on a per transaction basis to be eligible for a bonus. The percentage bonus amount will show for eligible members when they log into their IHG One Rewards account.
• The number of points a member may purchase, gift, or receive as a gift during the Offer Period is subject to annual limits under the IHG One Rewards Membership Terms and Conditions, which are available on www.ihg.com. Members may purchase a maximum of up to 200,000 points during a calendar year, so the number of points a member can purchase during the Offer Period will depend on how many points the member had already purchased during the same calendar year. For example, if a member had previously purchased 50,000 points in 2026, then the member could only purchase up to a maximum of 150,000 points during the Offer Period and would be eligible to receive the applicable percentage of additional bonus points under this Offer based only on the amount of points purchased during the Offer Period.
• Similar limits apply to gifting points and receiving points as a gift: members may gift up to a maximum of 200,000 points, or receive as gifts from other members a combined maximum of up to 200,000 points, during the Offer Period, subject to reduction by the number of points that have been already gifted, or received as a gift, in the same calendar year. If a member purchases points that exceed the 200,000 points threshold for 2026 then they cannot purchase points for the remainder of the calendar year.
• Purchased points, as well as any bonus points awarded under this Offer, do not count towards IHG One Rewards Elite status.
• This is an exclusive, non-transferable offer for intended recipients only and may not be forwarded.
• Please allow up to 72 hours for points to post and appear in the recipient’s account.

Best uses of IHG points

• 4th night free. Use points to book 4 nights for the price of 3. This benefit is valid for longer stays, so if you’re staying 8 nights, you’ll get both the 4th and 8th nights free. This benefit is available only to cardholders of the IHG Premier, Traveler, and Business credit cards. Rather than reducing the total cost of the stay by 25%, the points required for every 4th night are deducted. Seeing as IHG uses dynamic pricing, that can be great if the 4th night is the most expensive, but not as good if that night is the cheapest. See this post for more about the possibilities.
• 10% points rebate. If you have the IHG Select credit card (no longer available for new applications), you’ll get a 10% points rebate when booking award stays. The points are credited back a few weeks after your stay, so you need to have the full number of points required for an award stay in your account. The 10% points rebate stacks with the 4th night free benefit if you have both an IHG Premier, Traveler or Business credit card and an IHG Select card, with the 4th night free being calculated first.
• Sweet spots with dynamic pricing. Although IHG uses dynamic pricing for award stays, award pricing isn’t always as high as the corresponding cash cost. For example, Stephen booked a stay at the Staybridge Suites Temecula-Wine Country in California. The average nightly cost was $258.81 with taxes and fees, but the points cost ranged from 19,000 to 23,000 points per night. Buying points at 0.5cpp would therefore enable you to stay for only $95-$115 per night at that award pricing – less than half the cost of a regular paid stay. Stacking the 4th night free and a 10% points rebate reduced the cost of a 9-night stay there to only 14,500 points per night, or $72.50 per night when buying points at 0.5cpp. That was less than a third of the cost of a paid stay.

Things to know about IHG points

• When you book nights with points, you will not earn points for the stay unless IHG is running a promotion that awards bonus points per night/stay, which includes award nights.
• Most hotel taxes are not charged on award stays, so this can make the value of buying points even better. Arguably, this factor and the one above roughly cancel each other out.
• IHG Rewards points purchases are made via Points.com. You can click through from a shopping portal to earn a little cashback on the purchase, thereby reducing your net cost for the points – you can find the current rates here.
• Points.com purchases don’t code as travel, so it’s best to pay with a card that earns at a higher rate for everyday spend or on a card where you’re working on a minimum spend requirement.
• A couple of readers report that some card-linked IHG spending offers are triggered by points purchases, despite payment being processed by Points.com rather than IHG. See the discussion thread here.

Past IHG points sales

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• Received a new offer in my email: For a limited time: up to ... by r2e
• In reply to caleb. My wife and I have frequently been ... by Stephen Pepper
• Does anyone with the premier card still see the 100% bonus ... by caleb
• There is an excellent opportunity here for those of us with the ... by Dave Hanson
• Looks like offer was extended from 6/6 ro 6/12, per the fine ... by Dave Hanson
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Before you get too excited, they are, for all intents and purposes, a single transfer bonus as you can get 30% more Avios when transferring Membership Rewards to British Airways, Iberia, and Aer Lingus.

The Deal

• Get a 30% bonus when transferring American Express Membership Rewards to the following Avios programs:
  • British Airways
  • Iberia
  • Aer Lingus

Key Terms

• Expires September 27, 2026.

Quick Thoughts

I was a little surprised when checking our records of past transfer bonuses as it’s been more than a year since Amex last ran a transfer bonus to these Avios programs, although we have seen transfer bonuses from Chase, Capital One, and Bilt during that time, as well as from Citi to Qatar’s Avios program.

The reason that I said earlier that this new set of transfer bonuses is, in effect, a single transfer bonus is because Avios programs allow you to transfer your points from one to another for free. There can be different pricing between the programs both in terms of the Avios required and the taxes/fees that are payable on award flights, so that gives you flexibility to book with whichever program offers the best value. See this post for more: How to transfer Avios between British Airways, Qatar, Iberia, Aer Lingus, Finnair and Loganair

When booking awards using Avios, you’re given the option to redeem fewer points and pay more in taxes/fees. It’s worth taking a look at your options because it’s usually possible to get good value at the third or fourth tier whereby it makes sense to pay a little more cash in order to redeem fewer Avios; you have to do the math though.

These transfer bonuses are around for almost two full months, so there’s no need to transfer speculatively right now if that’s something you were considering.

Here’s a list of all current and past transfer bonuses to British Airways, Iberia, and/or Aer Lingus from all transferable currencies:

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The Deal

• Earn 15% cashback when booking your first hotel stay or vacation rental through Capital One Travel as a Discover cardholder.

Key Terms

• Earn 15% cash back on a hotel or vacation rental booking on Capital One Travel, up to $200, when you set up online account access with Capital One by October 25, 2026, and book within 180 days of online account set-up.
• This is a limited time offer that will provide eligible customers one-time elevated earn of 15% cash back on one hotel or vacation rental reservation made via Capital One Travel during the offer period for a maximum of $200 of elevated earn for a reservation (only applicable for payments made via Capital One Travel and including taxes and fees). For this booking, customers will earn 15% cash back on their booking, instead of their standard rewards earn rate, up to a total earn of $200.
• If booking a package, only the hotel portion of the package booking will qualify for this offer.
• After reaching a total of $200, customers will earn their standard rewards earn rate on the remaining portion of the purchase.
• Rewards earnings will apply to net purchases (purchases minus any credits or returns) only.
• Rewards will not be earned on any travel credits used or any rewards redeemed for the purchase.
• Earned rewards are usually visible online within 10 days, but may take up to 2 statement cycles to post to your account.
• This offer is only available while supplies last and for one booking per account.
• This promotion cannot be retroactively applied to bookings made before the offer starts, and will not be applied to any bookings made after the offer expires.

Quick Thoughts

The promotion dates for this offer are a little confusing. As you can see in the screenshot earlier, it states that it expires on January 23, 2027. However, the terms state that you have to set up online access by October 25, 2026 and then book within 180 days.

Discover cardholders who’ve already had their cards moved over to Capital One now earn 5% cashback on hotels and vacation rentals booked through Capital One Travel. That means that this new promotion is adding an additional 10% cashback to that earning rate. With a limit of $200 cashback, you’ll max this out when spending $1,333.33, with any spend above that amount reverting to the 5% cashback rate.

Do note that this is only eligible on one booking, so if you anticipate booking two or more stays then it’d be worth booking the more expensive one first.

To see if you’re targeted for this offer, log in to Capital One Travel and then check your Travel Offers.

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Their partnership with Delta ended on December 31, 2025, with that news coming via an officially announcement. It now looks like their partnership with United has also ended, but I can’t find any official news about that.

However, the Turo landing page for the partnership is dead and United’s page listing its partners is missing Turo, so it does appear to have ended.

Turo isn’t available on most shopping portals, but it is on Rakuten, Capital One Shopping, and Capital One Offers.

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Turo and United have launched a new partnership today which offers 5x MileagePlus miles on your first rental and 1x thereafter.

The Deal

• Earn 5x United MileagePlus miles on your first Turo rental, then 1x miles on subsequent rentals.
• Direct link to offer.

Quick Thoughts

Up until now, the only way to earn miles or points on Turo bookings has, to the best of my knowledge, been through its partnership with Delta. It’s therefore great to have an additional earning option with United.

That Delta partnership offers 2,000 bonus SkyMiles on your first rental and 500 SkyMiles on subsequent rentals versus 5x MileagePlus miles on your first rental via the United partnership and 1x miles on subsequent rentals. The best option will therefore depend on how you value Delta miles vs United miles, as well as how much your rental costs. Let’s say you value both sets of miles at 1cpp (cents per point). Your first ever Turo rental would need to cost $400+ to make it worth choosing United over Delta, while rentals as an existing customer would need to cost $500+ to make it worth picking Turo’s partnership with United. If you value United miles higher than Delta SkyMiles though, that calculation would be different and so every person will need to run the numbers for themselves.

If you’re planning on booking a Turo rental, be sure to look out for card-linked offers that’ll stack with earnings from one of these two airline partners. At the time of writing this post there are definitely Turo Amex Offers and Citi Offers available and I feel like I might’ve seen a Turo Chase Offer too.

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Comments

• “Oh no, anyway” meme. by 1990

 

The limit is nine per customer per day in-store, although some stores may allow more. Different stores appear to have different policies regarding the variable-load cards that some Staples now sell. Some folks report that fees are waived when they purchase them…others find that they aren’t. Your mileage may vary.

The Deal

• Staples in-store will waive the $7.95 activation fee when you buy a $200 Visa Gift Card.

Key Terms

• Offer valid 8/2/26-8/8/26.
• Limit 9 per customer per day in-store (YMMV on whether your cashier/store allows or enforces the limit).

Quick Notes

These deals can be a great way of getting rewards through spending at office supply stores. If you can buy 9 at a time in-store, that’s a potential of $1,800 that’s possible each day. Note that some stores may allow you to purchase more than 9, and we also hear occasional reports that some managers will only sell a smaller amount despite what the ad says.

Other times this deal has run recently at Staples:

Fee-free Visa Gift Card Sales

• 7/26/26-8/1/26
• 6/28/26-7/4/26
• 5/31/26-6/6/26
• 5/3/26-5/9/26
• 4/19/26-4/25/26
• 4/5/26-4/11/26
• 3/8/26-3/14/26
• 2/8/26-2/14/26
• 1/11/26-1/17/26
• 12/7/25 – 12/27/25
• 11/23/25 – 11/29/25
• 11/9/25 – 11/15/25
• 10/12/25 – 10/25/25
• 9/14/25 – 9/20/25.
• 8/17/25 – 8/23/25
• 7/20/25 – 7/26/25
• 6/22/25 – 6/28/25
• 5/25/25 – 5/31/25
• 4/27/25 – 5/3/25
• 3/30/25 – 4/5/25
• 3/2/25 – 3/8/25
• 2/2/25 – 2/8/25
• 1/5/25 – 1/11/25
• 12/22/24 – 12/28/24
• 12/8/24 – 12/21/24
• 11/17/24 – 11/23/24
• 10/13/24 -10/19/24
• 9/15/24 – 9/21/24
• 8/18/24 – 8/24/24
• 7/21/24 – 7/27/24
• 6/23/24 – 6/29/24
• 5/26/24 – 6/1/24
• 4/28/24 – 5/4/24
• 3/31/24 – 4/6/24
• 3/3/24 – 3/9/24
• 2/4/24 – 2/10/24
• 1/7/24 – 1/13/24
• 12/10/23 – 12/16/23
• 11/12/23 – 11/18/23
• 10/15/23 – 10/21/23
• 9/17/23 – 9/23/23
• 8/20/23 – 8/26/23
• 7/23/23 – 7/29/23
• 6/25/23 – 7/1/23
• 5/28/23-6/3/23
• 4/30/23 – 5/6/23
• 4/2/23 – 4/8/23
• 3/5/23 – 3/11/23
• 2/5/23 – 2/11/23
• 1/8/23 – 1/14/23
• 12/25/22 – 12/31/22 (only on $100 cards)
• 12/11/22 – 12/17/22
• 11/6/22 to 11/12/22
• 10/9/22 to 10/22/22
• September 25-October 1, 2022
• September 4-September 10, 2022
• August 7-13, 2022
• July 10-16, 2022
• June 12-18, 2022
• May 8-14, 2022
• February 27-March 5, 2022
• January 16-22, 2022
• December 12-18, 2021
• October 31-November 13, 2021
• October 17-23, 2021
• September 26-October 2, 2021
• September 5-11, 2021
• August 8-14, 2021
• July 11-17, 2021
• June 13-19, 2021
• May 9-15, 2021
• February 28-March 6, 2021
• January 17-23, 2021

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• Could I purchase 5 $200 gift cards, load to my paypal account ... by Rachel
• Small print on store sign indicates current sale will last to ... by IthacaTraveler
• In reply to Brandon Fletcher. You can buy amazon gift cards ... by K819
• In reply to Jody. I know your post was from a month back, but ... by Thankful
• […] Update 12/5/24: Deal is back and valid until 12/8 – ... by Staples: No Purchase Fee On $200 Visa Gift Cards (12/8 - 12/20; Limit 9) - Doctor Of Credit
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The Deal

• Buy $200 virtual Visa gift cards with no purchase fee at Staples.com.
• Direct link to offer.

Key Terms

• Expires August 8, 2026 or while supplies last.
• Limit 4.

Quick Thoughts

There’s a limit of five listed, but if you try buying $1,000 worth it won’t let you, so you have to reduce the total to four cards costing $800.

When Staples offers these virtual cards, they tend to sell out within a couple of days—if not sooner—so it’s best to buy ASAP if you’re interested.

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• In reply to Christopher Hughes. Those are all normal ... by Jed
• In reply to Mike Chicago. Happened sometime after 11AM ... by Amol
• In reply to Mike Chicago. Thanks – I've marked it as ... by Stephen Pepper
• Appears dead today. by Mike Chicago
• In reply to Joel. Yes by Stephen Pepper
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Update 8/1/26:  A week after a lot of decent gift card redemption options were removed from Capital One Shopping, a number of good ones have returned.

The selection of gift cards you’ll see is targeted, so there’s no guarantee you’ll have all—or even some—of these. However, some people are now able to redeem their Capital One Shopping cashback for brands including Best Buy, Starbucks, DoorDash, Lowe’s, Lululemon, Kohl’s, and more.

Nick’s original post follows.

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Capital One Shopping, the public shopping portal, has added some very interesting gift card redemption options, including Apple and Princess Cruises. Note that we sometimes see gift card redemption options come and go. For instance, though I’ve had Best Western available in my account for a long time, Stephen reported this morning that Best Western and eBay showed up in his account for the first time in a while. I’ve consistently had options that I frequently use, like Hotels.com and Marriott gift cards, but there are lots of other useful options that have been added in the last few days.

The Deal

• Capital One Shopping has added many new gift card redemptions on the site today, including Apple gift cards, Princess Cruises gift cards, and more.
• Direct link to gift card redemption options 

Quick Thoughts

As a reminder, Capital One Shopping is a publicly available shopping portal. You do not need a Capital One account of any sort to use Capital One Shopping. However, the rewards earned through Capital One Shopping can only be redeemed for gift cards. The options available for gift card redemption change over time, though I’ve noticed that the options in my account have mostly stabilized over the last year, with some minor ebb and flow in availability. The brands I care most about, including Hotels.com and Marriott.com, have been available in my account for at least a year if I recall correctly. However, when I saw Apple available as a gift card redemption option over the weekend, I knew that would be of great interest to those readers who have built up a sizable amount of Capital One Shopping rewards.

I see numerous other options newly available in my account today, including Princess Cruises. I’ve not seen that particular option before. I also see many lesser-value brands.

Keep in mind that many merchant gift cards can be purchased at a discount through various channels now and then. That said, I’m happy to see a wider range of gift card redemption options, as that makes it increasingly likely that you’ll find a good option for you through your Capital One Shopping account.

It’s worth mentioning that some users seem to have a lot of difficulty with Capital One Shopping offers tracking properly. I’ve had great success with the portal, earning five figures worth of cash back in my account alone. I continue using it frequently, and I’m glad to see more gift card redemption options for those of us who are finding success with it.

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• One of my best payoffs with Capital One was with Skechers shoes ... by Carl P
• Best Buy, Walmart and Apple are now gone for me. Shame. by Delta 360 Member
• In reply to Paul. You're definitely not alone — we get that ... by Nick Reyes
• Capital One only rarely tracks deals I click on. by Paul
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On August 1st, 2026, Bilt Rent Day will feature a status offer with ALL Accor whereby Bilt members can pick up elite status with ALL Accor by transferring Bilt points. The number of Bilt points required and the corresponding status with ALL Accor depends on your level of Bilt elite status. This certainly could be worth it if you intend stay at Accor properties.

The Deal

• On August 1, 2026, Bilt will offer a one-day status match to ALL Accor as follows:
  • Bilt members with no status or Silver: match to Accor Silver when transferring 5,000 Bilt Points (which become 3,333 Accor points, which are worth €66.66)
  • Bilt Gold: match to Accor Gold when transferring 5,000 Bilt Points (which become 3,333 Accor points, which are worth €66.66)
  • Bilt Platinum: match to Accor Platinum when transferring 15,000 Bilt Points (which becomes 10,000 Accor points, worth €200)
• Direct link to this deal (note that the match will only be live on August 1, 2026)

Key Terms

• Valid 8/1/26 only
• Must transfer points to Accor (as shown above) to qualify for status
• Silver and Gold matches will need to activate via email link (which will arrive within 48 hours) and will be valid for 12 months
• Platinum matches will happen automatically within 5 business days and will last until December 31, 2027

Quick Thoughts

ALL Accor does not get much attention in the blogosphere because points are worth a fixed amount towards stays. That fixed amount is two euro cents per point. The transfer ratio from Bilt to Accor is 3:2, which means your Bilt points are worth about 1.52 cents per point when used toward Accor stays, based on the current exchange rate of  €0.01 = $0.0114. While it’s impossible to get outsized value with Accor points, one of the key advantages is that you can book any room type and use points to cover your room, either at booking or at checkout (though you may want to head to checkout early, as Greg ran into an issue where the email verification code he needed to use points at checkout didn’t come through immediately). You can also use points to cover things like dining and spa charges, etc.

For those unfamiliar, Accor has a huge footprint outside the US, with brands like Fairmont, Sofitel, Mövenpick, Novotel, Ibis, Ibis Styles, SLS, SO/, and many more. The US footprint is small, but in Europe and Asia, Accor has strong coverage. One rarely discussed program feature that can be particularly handy for family travelers is that some hotels offer a “Family rate”, whereby you get a 50% discount on the room rate for a second room.

This month, on August 1st only, you can increase value a bit further with a status offer that depends on your status with Bilt and the need to transfer some amount of points as follows:

• Bilt members with no status or Silver: match to Accor Silver when transferring 5,000 Bilt Points (which become 3,333 Accor points, which are worth €66.66)
• Bilt Gold: match to Accor Gold when transferring 5,000 Bilt Points (which become 3,333 Accor points, which are worth €66.66)
• Bilt Platinum: match to Accor Platinum when transferring 15,000 Bilt Points (which becomes 10,000 Accor points, worth €200)

Matches to Silver and Gold will be valid for 12 months from activation (the activation link will arrive within 48 hours of qualifying transfer) and have to be activated within 30 days, so you don’t need to activate immediately unless you’re about to stay at an Accor property. Matches to Platinum will be completed within 5 business days (with no need to activate) and will be valid through December 31, 2027. The nice thing here is that the match doesn’t require you to have other hotel elite status, and you don’t lose any value in the transfer. Elite status is a nice added benefit.

According to the promotion landing page, Silver status can be extended through December 31, 2027 after 3 stays and Gold can be extended to the same date with 8 stays, but it doesn’t state a timeframe for the stays. The Terms & Conditions link on the landing page leads to January 2025 Bilt Rent Day terms. Under that offer a year and a half ago, the stay window was the entire year (through December 31, 2025) in order to extend for an additional year. Assuming this offer is similar, I suppose you’ll likely have 12 months to meet the stay requirements to extend. Maybe Bilt will update the terms and conditions between now and August 1st.

Accor elite benefits are a bit less robust than some other programs, with Silver members receiving a free welcome drink and late checkout based on availability. Gold members add the potential for early check-in and free upgrades. Platinum status adds lounge access and two suite night upgrade certificates, which could certainly come in handy. If I had Bilt Platinum status, I would almost surely take the match here as I would seek out a use of the suite upgrades that, when combined with the value received in terms of points, would make for a nice win.

It is worth noting that Accor appears to be in the midst of a big push to expand reach. We’ve recently seen Amex Platinum cards in the United Kingdom and Canada add Accor Gold status as a card benefit after launching transfers to Accor in those countries. We don’t yet know whether Amex will add Accor points transfers or status for US card members, but Accor does seem to want to build interest in the program

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The Deal

• Emirates Skywards is offering an award sale whereby you can get 25% off partner economy-class awards on select airlines when you book by August 9, 2026.
• The following airline partners qualify:
  • Aegean Airlines
  • Air Canada
  • Air Mauritius
  • Azul
  • Bangkok Airways *excluding Bangkok (BKK) to/from Koh Samui (USM)
  • Condor
  • Copa Airlines
  • Garuda Indonesia
  • GOL
  • Japan Airlines
  • Jetstar Airways
  • Korean Air
  • Malaysia Airlines
  • Olympic Air
  • Qantas Airways
  • South African Airways
  • TAP Air Portugal
  • United Airlines
• Direct link to this deal
• Search for partner awards here
  • Be sure to slide the toggle to book classic rewards and then choose “partners” out of the drop-down instead of Emirates:

Key Terms

Quick Thoughts

Emirates uses distance-based awards. Earlier this year, it updated its partner award charts, in the process making short-distance flights less expensive on many carriers. United and Air Canada weren’t among them, unfortunately. Pricing for both carriers is governed by the following chart (amounts shown are without the economy sale applied):

Many of the award rates aren’t terribly exciting, but you can certainly score some reasonably-priced award tickets in certain situations. For instance, you’ll find some short-distance United economy class flights for just 6,000 miles and $5.60 one-way, like these options from Salt Lake City to Denver.

That certainly beats the 10,600 miles that United is charging for the same flights.

Note that you can use the flexible date search to look for up to a week at a time by checking the box for “+/- 3 days” on the calendar:

While it isn’t a completely failsafe method, we used Seats.aero and searched for North America to North America via Air Canada Aeroplan to find a United flight that was available to Air Canada in the hopes that it would also be available to other partners like Emirates. That might not work in all cases because Air Canada Aeroplan might have expanded access to some United award space.

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That’s because in addition to the tickets, hospitality passes, etc. that you’ll receive, some of the packages also come with $1,500 of gift cards. Depending on the final auction price, that could be an excellent deal.

The Deal

• Bid on college gameday packages through Experiences by Choice.
• Direct link to offer.

Key Terms

• Various expiry dates.

Quick Thoughts

All tickets are auction-style. Bidding on some packages starts at 40,000 Choice Privileges points, while other packages start as high as 150,000 points.

The appeal of each package will largely depend on which college team you support, although even for neutrals there are some eye-catching games like Oklahoma vs Michigan and Oregon vs Ohio State.

From a value perspective though, some packages are potentially much better than others. That’s because the packages that have bidding starting at 150,000 points include two-night hotel stays and, even more valuably, $1,500 in gift cards. In previous years, those were Visa gift cards and so pretty much as good as cash.

In past years, those types of packages were listed on a ‘bid now’ basis, which means that if you redeemed points before the packages sold out, you were guaranteed the package. That’s not the case this year, though, because of their auction-style nature. Although the opening bids for each of those packages were 150,000 points, they’ll likely end up going higher than that by the time bidding ends.

If you don’t currently have sufficient Choice points in your account to place a bid, it’s a tricky decision whether to transfer points, particularly from Wells Fargo, since they transfer on a 1:2 basis. You’ll need enough points to place a bid, but that means transferring points that’ll subsequently be stuck there if you ultimately get outbid. If you’re content with being able to redeem Choice points in other ways in the future, that might not be so bad; just be aware that it’s a very real possibility.

Another option for getting enough points to place a bid is to buy Choice points. Some people can currently buy points for as low as 0.62 cents per point. Depending on the final winning bid cost, buying points could still be a profitable endeavor based on the value of the gift cards, even if you have zero interest in the game tickets, hotel stay, etc.

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The Deal

• Avianca LifeMiles is offering a 15% transfer bonus from Capital One.
  • Valid from August 1st – August 31st

Direct link to promotion

Key Terms

Quick Thoughts

While 15% isn’t a terribly exciting bonus, it can nonetheless be useful, especially since it’s coming from Capital One, which doesn’t offer nearly as many transfer bonuses as Amex or Chase.  Avianca has devalued awards a couple of times in recent years, but a number of sweet spots remain.

We always recommend keeping points transferable until you need to make a booking, rather than transferring speculatively. That is particularly important for Avianca, given that Lifemiles expire after just 12 months of inactivity unless you are a Lifemiles+ subscriber.

Best Uses for Avianca LifeMiles

Things to Know

Current Transfer Bonuses

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The deals I am seeing on my account are primarily 1,000 miles back on $20+ in purchases, 1,500 miles back on $30 in purchases, or 2,000 miles back on $40 in purchases. Current retailers include: Sam’s Club, CVS, Home Depot, Lyft, Priceline, Staples, Hotels.com, and many more. Folks with cash back cards may see dollar amounts instead of miles.

The miles that you earn can be redeemed towards travel purchases at a rate of 1 cent per point or transferred to one of Capital One’s transfer partners for even more value (we currently value Capital One miles at 1.45 cents each).

The Deal

• Capital One Offers has a variety of improved spending deals that can get you 50% or more back from your purchase in the form of cash or miles
  • Offers are available both in-store and online, depending on the retailer
  • Check exclusions before making purchases
  • Most seem to expire on 8/7/26, although any individual offer might be gone before then
  • You can only have three in-store offers active at one time
  • Retailers include:
    • eBay
    • Sam’s Club
    • Lyft
    • Home Depot
    • CVS
    • Expedia
    • Dollar General
    • Staples
    • Priceline
    • Hotels.com
    • Many more

Direct Link to Capital One Offers (you must log in to your Capital One account to see yours and click through)

Quick Thoughts

You must have a Capital One card to be eligible for Capital One Offers, unlike the Capital One Shopping portal, which anyone can use. However, it still functions more or less like any other shopping portal, where you click a link and make your purchase.

Capital One specifically states that you can use a non-Capital One card online and receive the incentive. However, we have heard from numerous folks over the years who have had issues getting the offer fulfilled when they used another bank’s card if the offer doesn’t track. In-store, you must use the Capital One card that you added the offer to in order to trigger it.

This has the potential to be a great deal, especially given the low purchase thresholds required. Most of the terms exclude gift cards. I have no idea if, as often happens with Chase or Amex Offers, you’ll still be able to trigger the offers with an in-store gift card purchase, but I’d avoid doing it online (I’d love to hear others’ experiences in the comments).

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If the recent promotion to earn additional points for purchases paid for with payment platform Paze was not yet enough to interest you in checking out the platform, there’s a new promotion out now whereby you can get $10 back on $10 or more, up to $100 back on every eligible card you have (which includes both credit and debit cards across most of the major banks and many credit unions and other financial institutions).

There are now some major restrictions on the retailers and types of transactions that this promotion can be used for now. Most significantly, the Paze checkout option is no longer available for gift cards via Newegg and Clover.

I imagine that will make Paze wildly more popular because not only do you have the opportunity to potentially earn additional points per dollar on select cards, but you have the opportunity to get $100 back on a wide range of cards that you probably already have in your wallet.

Paze is a payment platform similar to PayPal. At select merchants, during checkout, you’ll see Paze as a payment method option. Only a limited number of merchants accept Paze so far, but with Paze coming from the same company behind Zelle, that will likely continue to expand.

Some sites like Newegg accept Paze and sell many third-party gift cards, which could certainly make this useful. In fact, Dan’s Deals has identified a range of merchants for whom it is possible to purchase $10 gift cards, which will surely make this promotion very useful for folks who don’t mind dealing with numerous small-denomination gift cards. I expect that some of those $10 gift cards may sell out sooner rather than later, so if you’re interested in taking advantage of this, it’s probably worth considering that list while you can. I also imagine that loading your Dunkin’ account in the Dunkin’ app should work if you’re able to check out with Paze, though I haven’t checked to see if that’s possible in my app.

I did see the $10 back on $10 reflected when using Paze to check out at Newegg just now (I bought a $10 Uber gift card).

In an email from a marketing representative, City Experiences was highlighted as a participating merchant. I hadn’t heard of City Experiences before, but it appears to be a tour booking website (think Viator, but with a website that looks much less modern). Unfortunately, it seems to only be available in select cities; however, there are experiences that start at just over $10. It’s certainly possible that you’ll find something relatively inexpensive to do if you need additional ideas for using credits.

Overall, this certainly seems like quite an incentive to give the Paze payment platform a try. I tend to avoid most third-party digital wallets, particularly because they sometimes interfere with card-linked offers. However, I’ll certainly be checking Paze out now.

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The Chase Sapphire Preferred® Card is now once again out with an offer to earn 100,000 Ultimate Rewards points after spending $5,000 in the first three months. This marks a return to the best-ever offer on this card, and it comes alongside a complete refresh. The card now offers new bonus categories: 3X on gas and EV charging, and 3X on select vacation home brands, as well as other popular existing bonus categories like 2X on all travel. The annual hotel credit has also been bumped up to $100 back each year when you make a prepaid hotel booking of $100 or more through Chase Travel. If you’ve been thinking about this card but haven’t gotten it yet, now is probably the time.

The Offer & Key Card Details

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Card Offer and Details

Chase Sapphire Preferred® Card ⓘ $1395 1st Yr Value Estimate$100 prepaid hotel credit valued at $70 Click to learn about first year value estimates 100K Points ⓘFriend-ReferralThis is a friend-referral offer. A member of the Frequent Miler community may earn a referral bonus if you are approved for this offer Earn 100,000 bonus points after spending $5,000 within the first three months from account opening. $95 Annual Fee Learn more Information about this card has been collected independently by Frequent Miler. The issuer did not provide the details, nor is it responsible for their accuracy. FM Mini Review: Great welcome offer. Unlocks ability to transfer points to hotel & airline partners, though note that the transfer ratio to Hyatt is 4:3 for cardholders who apply on or after June 15, 2026 (transfer ratio to Hyatt becomes 4:3 beginning October 1, 2026 for those who had the card prior to 6/15/26). Solid option to pair with no annual fee Ultimate Rewards cards such as the Freedom cards, Ink Business Cash, and Ink Business Unlimited. Earning rate: 5X Travel booked through Chase Travel℠ (2X all other travel) ✦ 5X Lyft through 9/30/27 ✦ 3X Dining ✦ 3X Vacation homes ✦ 3X gas & EV charging ✦ 3X Select streaming services ✦ 3X Online grocery Base: 1X (1.5%) Travel: 2X (3%) Flights: 2X (3%) Portal Flights: 5X (7.5%) Hotels: 2X (3%) Portal Hotels: 5X (7.5%) Dine: 3X (4.5%) Gas: 3X (4.5%) Card Info: Visa Signature issued by Chase. This card has no foreign currency conversion fees. Noteworthy perks: Primary auto rental collision damage waiver ✦ Free DoorDash DashPass (min. one year, must activate by 12/31/27) ✦ $10 off each month on one non-restaurant orders from DoorDash ✦ Transfer points to airline & hotel partners ✦ Up to $100 back for hotel stays booked through Chase per cardmember year in the form of a statement credit ✦ A year of complimentary Apple TV when activated by 12/31/26 ✦ Up to $120 every four years as reimbursement for application fee charged to your card for a Global Entry, TSA Precheck(R) or NEXUS application See also: Sapphire Preferred 100K Q&A: Everything You Need to Know

Quick Thoughts

The Chase Sapphire Preferred Card has long been widely regarded as one of the best starter travel rewards credit cards in the hobby. That’s because of the flat 2x it offers on all travel, excellent travel protections, and a couple of other useful bonus categories.

The card has now been refreshed by bumping up its annual hotel credit, adding a credit for Global Entry, TSA PreCheck, or Nexus, and adding a couple of useful new bonus categories (read Greg’s take on those changes here). That’s all great news, and I think it will make this card a fantastic fit for most newcomers to this hobby (and still an excellent fit for many long-term rewards credit card enthusiasts).

The biggest negative change with today’s refresh is that transfers from Chase Ultimate Rewards to World of Hyatt are now 4:3 for new Chase Sapphire Preferred cardholders (down from 1:1), so you’ll need to transfer 4 Ultimate Rewards points to get 3 World of Hyatt points. This new transfer ratio applies to those who apply starting today (6/15/26). Those who had their cards open prior to June 15, 2026, will maintain a 1:1 transfer ratio until October 1, 2026, when the transfer ratio will become 4:3 for all Sapphire Preferred cardholders.

Overall, the Chase Sapphire Preferred remains a great card for the $95 annual fee price tag. It has been more than a year since we last saw this card offer 100,000 points, so if you’ve been interested in the Sapphire Preferred, now is probably a great time to consider it. I should add that we did see a very brief window last year where it was possible to earn additional bonus points from Rakuten by clicking through to apply for the Sapphire Preferred card. That offer expired a long time ago and only lasted a couple of days, but if you’re still on the fence about this card, you might want to keep an eye out for anything like that coming back.

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The Deal

• • Spend $1,000+ in one or more transactions with Marriott Homes & Villas and get $350 back with an Amex Offer.
    • Expires 9/30/26

Key Terms

• Offer valid at participating Homes & Villas by Marriott Bonvoy® properties in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Central America, South America, and the Caribbean.
• Reservations for Homes & Villas by Marriott Bonvoy® properties must be made online at homesandvillasbymarriott.com. Excludes all other Marriott brands.
• Not valid on gift card purchases, online retail purchases, hotel amenities or purchases of Marriott Bonvoy® points.
• Qualifying purchases must total a minimum of $1,000 USD, following conversion from a foreign currency.
• Offer not valid for stays that are paid for before the promotion start date or after the promotion end date (for example, if the final payment that occurs 30 days before your stay falls outside of the promotion dates, it will not count towards qualification).

Quick Thoughts

This offer provides some excellent savings if you’ve been considering a Homes & Villas stay. Even if you hadn’t been looking at one previously, it could be worth checking out your options if you need to book any paid accommodation for the coming year, as the $350 statement credit could more than offset any additional cost of booking through this platform.

You can usually pay 50% down on Marriott Homes & Villas, then pay the remaining 50% closer to the stay. In that case, you might be able to pay $1,000+ now to use the Amex Offer on one card, then pay the remaining $1,000+ on another card with the Amex Offer loaded to it to earn two sets of $350 statement credits, provided that the timing works out

Marriott Homes & Villas frequently runs promotions giving bonus points on stays, which will stack nicely with the savings from this Amex Offer. For example, some folks are targeted for $300 back in rewards from Capital One Shopping when they spend $650 or more, and there’s another promo that gives you 10% off a 2+ night stay. Stacking those with this Amex Offer could create some terrific rates on vacation rentals.

Don’t forget to click through from a shopping portal before making your reservation(s). You can find the current rates here, here, and here.

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A couple of weeks ago, Stephen’s wife got an interesting one that gives her 26,000 bonus miles without taking a trip…although she does have to get a United credit card. I wasn’t targeted for an offer then, but today one appeared: book one trip and get 6,000 bonus miles.’

If you weren’t targeted previously, check again to see if you have something now. Even if you were targeted earlier, it’s worth taking another look, as Stephen’s wife found a brand new offer today.

Let us know what other offers are out there!

The Deal

• Earn bonus MileagePlus miles when completing United Mile Play offers.

Direct link to see if you’re targeted

Key Terms

• Member must register for this promotion on or prior to October 5, 2026.
• Only transactions initiated after registration and completed on or prior to October 5, 2026 will qualify toward satisfaction of the offer requirements.
• All flight activity for the applicable trip must be complete on or prior to October 5, 2026
• Each offer has a fare minimum per trip to be eligible (usually $200-$250)
•  “Trip” is defined as each unique travel itinerary as documented by United with a confirmation number.
• For this promotion, only dollars spent on the “fare” on eligible flights operated by United® and United Express® will qualify toward meeting spending milestones.
• Certain specialty tickets, including but not limited to unpublished, consolidator/bulk, group, tour and opaque fares, will not be counted towards spending milestones.
• Dollars spent on tickets purchased for flights operated by Star Alliance member airline or a United MileagePlus® partner airline with tickets issued by United (ticket number starting with “016”) will not qualify for this offer.
• The “fare” is the base fare of the ticket plus carrier-imposed surcharges, excluding any government-imposed taxes and surcharges. For tickets purchased in a currency other than U.S. dollars, we will convert the purchase to U.S. dollars using an industry-standard exchange rate.
• Flights on award travel tickets do not qualify for this offer.
• Bonus miles will post to your MileagePlus account six to eight weeks after the promotion ends on October 5, 2026.

Quick Thoughts

Mile Play offers vary from person to person – if you’re even targeted – so there’s not one single offer that’s applicable to everyone. It seems like, more and more, they send out offers in waves as opposed to all at once. In fact, neither my wife nor I have received one yet.

Stephen’s wife’s original offer gave her a 10,000-mile bonus for becoming a United credit cardholder, 2,300 miles for linking her United and Lyft accounts (which is decent on its own), and 700 miles for opting into push notifications on the United app. If she does all three, she gets another 13K for a total of 26,000 miles.

The offer that I was targeted for today gets me a 6,000-mile bonus after I take one trip that costs $275 or more.

There are a couple of important things to keep in mind about United Mile Play offers. The first is that the spending threshold for the flight(s) you need to take relates to the fare itself. Various taxes and fees are added when booking paid flights, but the fare and carrier-imposed surcharges must exceed the minimum threshold by themselves, excluding government-imposed taxes and fees.

Another key point to note is that qualifying flights must be booked after you’ve registered for the promotion. Nick once booked a United flight just a couple of days before being targeted for MilePlay. However, because that flight was booked before he registered for his MilePlay offer, it wasn’t eligible as a qualifying flight to meet the offer requirements. Thankfully, that was easy to remedy; the price hadn’t changed, so he was able to cancel and rebook to earn the bonus miles from the flight.

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There are usually multiple variations of these things, so let us know if you see a different one and which card you found it on.

The Deal

There is at least one new Amex Offer that provides cash back on Delta purchases:

• Earn a $50 statement credit after using your enrolled eligible Card to spend a minimum of $500 in one or more purchases directly with Delta Air Lines.

Key Terms

• Expires September 26, 2026.
• Offer valid for purchases made directly with Delta Air Lines through U.S. delta.com, via Fly Delta U.S. App, and U.S. reservation telephone line.
• Flights must originate in the U.S., including U.S. territories, in order to qualify.
• Offer valid only for purchases where Delta Air Lines is the merchant of record, such as airfare, fare upgrades, seat selection fees, baggage fees, standby fees, and Delta Sky Club® memberships.
• Excludes the following: (i) purchases in-person at the airport where Delta is not the merchant of record, lounges, and sales offices, (ii) all purchases on-board flights including food, beverage, and WiFi, (iii) standalone hotel bookings and car rentals through delta.com, (iv) purchases through affiliated agents, (v) Delta Vacations®, Delta Dive, Delta Cargo, On Demand Charter services, Delta Flight Museum, SkyMiles® Marketplace purchases, SkyMiles Experiences, SkyMiles Cruises, Delta Meeting Network, and (vi) travel insurance/trip protection, gift card purchases, and charitable donations.
• Valid only on purchases made in US dollars.

Quick Thoughts

Once upon a time, it was possible to buy Delta gift cards from a specific link in order to lock in the discount. Unfortunately, that’s no longer an option because all Delta gift card purchases online are processed by CashStar. Still, this is a good offer if you need to book any flights with Delta in the coming months.

It seems to be fairly targeted. I checked both my wife’s and my cards, and there’s nary an offer to be found.

If you are lucky enough to have it, there is one hoop to jump through that could make it slightly irritating: the flights must originate in the US. Many folks have been able to apply these to other flights by booking a main cabin flight that complies with the terms and then canceling it after 24 hours to retain a Delta flight credit. If you go this route, note that the resulting flight credit will only be valid for one year.

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