Hilton & Citi Hilton HHoners & Bonus Points

Earlier this week, I wrote about how I earned 11,000+ Hilton Points with one stay. First2Board blogger, Travelblawg,wrote a similar piece about how he earn 25,000+ Hilton Points & 3,000 United points.

I highly recommend reading his article as it gives great advice. However, one of the best pieces of advice came from a comment left by Carol:

Here is the link, she provided. The offer lasts until February 28th.

Here is what you must do to earn 2,500 bonus points:

1) If you register for the promotion,

2) Stay at a Hilton prior to February 28,

3) Pay your stay with a Citi Hilton HHonors Visa

I wish I would have know about this promotion sooner. I would be 2,500 points richer. Easy Points! All you need to do is register your card.

My recommendation is to register for the promotion regardless if you have a planned upcoming Hilton Stay. Why? Because you never know when you might stay at a Hilton.

This promotion proves Travelbawg point even further. Always Register For Promotions!

Happy Sunday!

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Check Your Email for Great Dining Rewards Offer

Recently, I received an email from Dining Rewards. This isn't abnormal, as Dining Rewards sends out emails constantly with catchy subject lines. This one;s subject line was Harvest Those Bonus Miles.

Typically, I ignore these emails, because they are just trying me to use the program. However, I am super happy that I opened this one, as it was a bonus:

 "Earn 2,000 MileagePlus bonus award miles when you dine from October 15 to October 29. This 

  fall, you'll gather 2,000 bonus miles just for dining out with the Happy Harvest Bonus. Search 

  for all the delicious places you can visit and review to earn those bonus miles. No registration       required. See details below."

Well the details below didn't provide much detail:

 "To earn through this bonus, you must dine at participating restaurant, bar, or club between

  October 15 and October 29. Please not that all dines must occur during a valid reward 

  period and be paid for with a credit or debit card registered with MileagePlus Dining. You

  may earn this bonus only once. Offer is not combinable with other MileagePlus Dining

  bonuses. Please allow 6-8 weeks from the date of your qualifying dine for any bonus miles to

  post to your MileagePlus Dining account. All account inquires related to this bonus must be

  received by December 29."

As you can see, the details did not provide much information on what one must due to earn the miles. I called the customer service number and learned that the I need only to dine once between October 15th and October 29th and complete the survey. 2,000 miles for only one dine. Easy breeze.

The offer is only for those who received the email, so check to see if you are eligible.

Remember DON"T LEAVE POINTS ON THE TABLE.

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My Surprise On My Door Step

Earlier this week, I came home to a big box at my door. I was surprised, because I don't remember ordering anything. I opened the box and found these 6 bottles of wine:

What do these bottles represent? A failure! Yes, these bottle of wine are a points failure.

Let me explain.....

As part of August United Miles Challenge, I decided to sign-up for the Vinesse Wine Club.

Vinesse Wine Club was offering those with Chase United MileagePlus Credit Cards 2,500 miles if you sign-up for the wine club. For $41.99, you would get 6 wines and 2,500 United Miles.

In August, I received the 6 wines and the 2,500 miles.

However, I forgot to cancel my wine subscription. I forgot to cancel the WINE SUBSCRIPTION.

I did not notice until the box of wine arrived this week. Sure enough, there is a charge on my credit card for the wine subscription for $121.14.

I paid $121.14 for 6 bottles of wine. 6 bottles of wine that will take a year to drink. The only good news is that I will earn 4,000 MileagePlus miles as well. After your second shipment, you earn additional 4,000 miles.

One of my goals of the blog is to share my failures. These 6 bottle of wines are a failure. The lesson I hope you take from my failure is to put reminders on your calender to cancel subscriptions. Many of the best points earning offers involve some type of subscription. Without those reminders, you may be shelling out unnecessary money and you may not be so lucky to get 6 bottles of out of it.

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Should I or Shouldn't I Particpate?

Most of the community has discussed the 2,000 mile offer from AAdvantage Shopping mall for spending $35 by September 30th.  My problem is deciding to participate or not.

When I first glanced at the email with the promotion, I dismissed it. All I read was the subject headline. I though the spend was higher based upon previous similar promotions.  After a few days of blog posts, I went back to the promotion's email and finally read the details:

Still I did not plan on participating. I couldn't come up with anything to purchase that cost $35. My next thought was to just spend $35 on anything to earn the points. Earning 2,000+ points for spending $35 is a good deal. To purchase 2,000 miles from AA, the cost would be $93.43.

Yesterday, Frequent Miler had a great write up about the promotion. It was in this article that I got a closer look at the promotion and I missed an important detail. The $35 spend requirement is "cumulative" not all in one purchase. I never clicked the link on the email, so I missed the terms and conditions!

With this new information, I am leaning towards participating in the promotion. However, I still can't think of something or things to purchase.  The only thing I NEED is a purple morph suit for the upcoming Northwestern football game in October.

 But $50 is more than I want to spend for the suit. I bought Blue for $20 at Walmart.

If you are undecided like me, Frequent Miler post has some interesting ways to complete this spend, but none of them make sense for me.

Therefore, I still have a conundrum.  To participate or not?

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