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[…] for 7 AA cards(6 personal, 1 business) over the past three years and gotten anywhere from 50,000 to 100,000 points each time. One roundtrip ticket from Los Angeles to Hawaii is 35,000 points so you can see how […]
By: Get the 2014 US Airways Mastercard Before It Goes Away - American Airlines, Arrival, Barclay Arrival, Credit Card Review, US Airways
[…] programs over the years since it’s paid for two trips to Hawaii and it will be paying for the outbound trip to Italy for our […]
By: The Ugly Side of VRBO - airbnb, bay to breakers, SF, VRBO
[…] favorite things to do is travel, your worlds can kind of collide. Luckily, I use a lot of the airline miles I rack up from credit card sign-up bonuses to get free flights and hotels. But the latter can […]
By: How I Got $480 Worth of Contact Lenses for $20 - HSA, uPromise, VisionDirect, VSP
[…] a cash back site called uPromise and that got me 9% cash back($20.15) on my purchase. Since I used my AA Executive card that also got me back about 1 cent per dollar spent($2.24). Plus Vision Direct has this promotion […]
By: Harry Campbell
In reply to <a href="https://yourpfpro.com/100000-american-airline-miles-one-credit-card-sign/#comment-17844">Paul Latta</a>.
Nice I saw that on TPG blog the other day but didn't think it would be worth my time. Might have to give it a shot, thanks for the tip(again! haha).
You actually inspired me to write an article about Loyal3 and funding with credit cards. I'm at 1,000 words right now and counting. I'll publish Monday if I get it done in time :)
By: Paul Latta
In reply to <a href="https://yourpfpro.com/100000-american-airline-miles-one-credit-card-sign/#comment-17842">Harry Campbell</a>.
AA Advantage now has a Facebook app where I just earned 840 miles by playing trivia games, watching a brief YouTube video and other minimal things. Took me about 12 minutes to get through everything. Not a bad use of my time.
Loyal3 is legit. I learned about it from Dividend Growth Investor on the Carnival of Wealth. That guy is so analytical that if he vouches for it, it must be good.
By: Harry Campbell
In reply to <a href="https://yourpfpro.com/100000-american-airline-miles-one-credit-card-sign/#comment-17841">Paul Latta</a>.
Thanks for the compliment Paul. I did not know about Loyal3! I just did some research though and it looks very interesting. No catch as far as I can see other than the obvious risk of the market volatility. Like you mention, this is an amazing bonus if you were going to buy the stocks anyways. I don't invest much in individual stocks but still I'm very tempted to get in on this to help with spend req's.
I could also use my Barclay Arrival Card which gives me 2.2%, man this is very tempting haha. According to MMM thread, there are people 'spending' 25k a month right now but getting warning letters from Loyal. I think as long as you keep it below 5-10k a month you'll be fine though. Looks like most of these guys are doing it more for spending than actual investing. That's a big risk but there sure is a big benefit if you can buy/sell 10k a month and get $440 in rewards from a card like Barclay!
By: Paul Latta
Harry,
Love your blog. Down to earth and easy to read. You may already know this but Loyal3 lets you buy stock with a credit card. I purchase shares with my AA Advantage card and pay it off at the end of the month. Best of all, no transaction fees. I would buy the stocks anyway, but using my card and getting points for free travel is a bonus.
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[…] my account with my credit card and was able to deposit $500 for free. This was a nice bonus since I need to spend a lot of money to hit the spending requirement on my latest card. (Note: I was charged a cash advance fee of $25 […]
By: Harry Campbell
In reply to <a href="https://yourpfpro.com/100000-american-airline-miles-one-credit-card-sign/#comment-17809">Mario Adventuresinfrugal</a>.
Haha well back in the day I know people used to do just that since you didn't need a ticket to get into the terminal.
I've never done an Admirals club but if they don't require you to show a boarding pass and they're in the same terminal as SW, you could pay for a SW ticket with points(since they can be cancelled up to 10 mins before the flight with no penalty) and cruise over to Admirals Club and cancel your SW flight then walk right outta there.
By: Mario Adventuresinfrugal
If I could somehow leverage this into getting free lunch in the Admirals Club every day, then I'd be all over this :)