Help Louisiana Flood Victims And Earn United Airline Miles

I just received the below email today from United Airlines.  

"Our thoughts go out to all those affected by the flooding in Louisiana. Please join us in supporting our humanitarian aid and disaster relief partners – American Red Cross, AmeriCares, Feeding America and Airlink – as they provide critical aid to those impacted. If you choose to contribute, United® will reward your generosity with MileagePlus® bonus miles:


Donate $50–$99 and earn 250 bonus miles

Donate $100–$249 and earn 500 bonus miles

Donate $250 or more and earn 1,000 bonus miles

We will award a total of up to one million bonus miles to MileagePlus members who contribute to these organizations by August 31, 2016. Thank you for your support."


Just click here and help those in need.

Free National Park Days

The National Park service turns 100 in 2016, and in honor of its centennial, national parks that charge entrance fees will be fee-free on 16 days.  Those days include April 16 through April 24 for National Park Week. For the full list of fee-free days click here.

$50 or $70 off $100 bookings at Airbnb

Want something different than the typical hotel room?  Why not try Airbnb? You can rent a room or an entire house. Airbnb is located in 190+ countries. So why do I bring this up now?  I was checking my American Express credit card and I noticed an offer to get a $50 statement credit if I spend $100 on my next Airbnb booking by 12-31-15.  Not a bad deal.

If you don't already have an Airbnb account you can save an additional $20 off your first qualifying stay (generally $75 or more, except holidays) by clicking on my link here and setting up an account.

Log into your American Express account and scroll to the section that says "AMEX Offers & Benefits" to see what offers you have available.  Not every AMEX card has the same offers but why not check your offers out.

Take a survey and earn Jet Blue points

Last month I wrote about how to earn 50 miles on United Airlines by taking a one minute survey.  Well, Jet Blue has joined the survey business too. You can earn 400 TrueBlue points by clicking here and signing up at Points For Surveys.

I don't fly Jet Blue that often but I enjoy being able to earn points without even flying.  The nice thing about Jet Blue is there is no expiration for True Blue points.  I already completed my first survey.  Why not try it?

Great Emirates Safety Video

Thanks to blogger, "One Mile at a Time," I came across this safety demonstration video by Emirates airline personnel.  The difference is this safety demonstration took place this past Sunday, October 25, at a stadium in Lisbon in front of 65,000 fans.  It is not your typical safety video.  Hope you enjoy this and have a great weekend.  Happy Halloween

Great job Emirates airline!

Uber and SPG Partnership

This past weekend I had friends visiting from New York.  They were staying in Portland at a SPG branded hotel.  They happened to mention they take Uber everywhere.  I asked them if they were aware of the SPG and Uber partnership. They were not so I thought I would mention it in my blog.

You can earn one Starpoint for every dollar you spend with Uber. You earn even more Starpoints while staying at an SPG hotel.  Just sign in and link your accounts here and complete one qualifying SPG stay.

For those with elite status with SPG you can earn even more points during your SPG stay.

Hotel Groups

In my travel class last week we discussed the importance of airline alliances and signing up for airline mileage cards.  Tuesday we discussed signing up for hotel frequent stay cards.  To make it easy to sign up I have attached the following links.  Just click on the name of the hotel in red.  The hotel names listed directly below the hotel name in red are all part of the same family.  For example, if you stay at a Courtyard hotel, you will show your Marriott card.

Marriott

Residence Inn, Courtyard, Springhill, Ritz Carlton…

IHG

Intercontinental, Holiday Inn, Crowne Plaza…

Starwood

St. Regis, Westin, Sheraton, Le Meridian…

Hyatt

Andaz, Park Hyatt, Hyatt Regency…

Hilton

Waldorf Astoria, Double Tree, Conrad, Embassy Suites…

BestWestern

VIB, Executive Residence

I am sorry if the links do not work on a mobile device.