Mouth-watering offers & buying from the worst salesman ever.

Fun travel story:

My flight this week from Colorado Springs to Dallas was delayed.

So much so that I’d miss my next flight home to Detroit.

Standing in line in Dallas at customer service, resigned to getting a hotel, I casually opened my phone.

The Detroit flight had been seriously delayed, and I hadn’t even noticed.

I *RAN* up the stairs to the Skylink train, got to terminal C, galloped to gate 31, and slipped onto the plane home right as they were closing the doors.

The best part? Because I’d been automatically rebooked, they put me in the only open seat: the first row of main cabin extra, right behind biz class.

Had the whole row of main cabin extra to myself - glorious.

The lesson? Airlines don’t always suck & running in airports is worth it.

But you’re here for the deals!

And I’m slinging them like a monkey after a cup of coffee.

Last week I told you about an amazing deal with one of Chase’s business cards, but I’m aware that card isn’t an option for all of you.

Here’s a unique + elevated card offer that anyone can get.

The Capital One Venture Rewards card has a limited-time $250 Capital One Travel credit.ON TOP OF the ability to earn 75,000 bonus miles.That’s equal to $1,000 in travel!A $250 travel credit is insane for a card with an annual fee of just $95.Trust me, you never see this. If you know nothing, this is worth $1,000. If you follow my content, this is worth $2k-$3k. (You can transfer points to epic partners like Virgin Atlantic, Avianca Life Miles, Wyndham Rewards, and Air Canada Aeroplan). If you're just starting out and are looking for the right card, you'd be insane not to go for this. This was my first card when I got started. It hasn't disappointed me.

If you really want to get fancy, get this card, earn the bonus, then refer your spouse.

You’ll be sitting on ~180k points + $500 in travel credit.

I’d be off to Europe faster than you can say Häagen-Dazs.

Email me with questions about this amazing offer!

Buying from the worst salesman ever + why I got an airline card.

I’m pretty strict about getting new credit cards.

(Me staying chill when being sold an awesome CC offer).

But I flew American this week and they had an inflight offer that was too good to be true.

Background: One of my main goals with my points is geographic freedom + opportunity.

I want to be able to, whenever I feel like it, fly my family all over the U.S.

Having studied all the major programs, I believe, as someone living in the Midwest, that American has the best program for someone looking to fly all over the country.

I can fly from the tiny airport of Fort Wayne, IN to ANYWHERE in the USA for as low as 6,000 points one-way.

The catch: it’s super hard to earn American points.

No banks transfer to American, so the best way to earn is with a credit card.

So I got this puppy:

70,000 miles is a ton. Also preferred boarding & first checked bag free? Heck yea.

There’s also no minimum spend - I’ll earn the bonus after paying the annual fee (worth it) and spend just $1.

Crazy.

The funny hiccup in all this: I needed that 6-digit code to apply.

Leaving the plane, I tried to ask the flight attendant for it but he ignored me and was chatting up this young lady…

I waiting on the jet bridge for him to finish/notice me.

Finally, she left and he saw me.

“Whatchu need,” he muttered.

“Can I have the code to apply for the aviator card?”

You would have thought I asked him to clip my toenails.

He was SO annoyed, and hastily (still quite slowly) wrote down the code on a (potentially used?) napkin.

“Here,” he said as he hastily moved on to the next thing.

So, worst salesman ever, but he still closed me.

lol.

Luckily there were no terries on this flight.

Last thing: 

I’m considering adding a paid tier to this newsletter.

It would have in-depth breakdowns of super-high-value redemptions + strategies I’m implementing for my clients.

It would be a playbook for using points to save *thousands* of dollars, in more detail than what I currently do.