250 Free Priority Club points

Priority Club has got to be one of the easiest ways of obtaining a no cost hotel stay and this promotion continues in that tradition. Through the end of March they are offering 250 points for taking a short survey on travel habits and brand perceptions, link here. It is not a secret, I and probably every other Priority Club member received an email selling the virtues of the program including the link. It is just quite easy for these nuggets to get lost in the spam of dining updates for every program under the sun and all the other email that comes in. Posting time was about a week in my case so this is not a magic fix for rounding up to redemption levels.

Reduced Mileage Awards

I carry the Citibank AAdvantage Mastercard so I can get miles for most of my everyday purchases. In addition to the mileage earning aspect of the card the other prime benefit is the option to redeem miles at reduced amounts for selected destinations. I have made use of this feature about once per year so my $85 annual fee is essentially buying me 7500 miles, not a bad deal by itself. The list for spring 2012 has been released and can be found here. As usual the Northeast US is lacking,represented exclusively by Charleston WV more southern/Applachia than Northeast. The upside I see is that my home airport, MSP, is again on the list as are my haunts on I-75. I may very well be attending March Madness in Lexington again to experience the UK riots.