It all began in September 2010.\u00a0 I found a link to sign up for an American Airlines Citi card that would offer me 75,000 AAdvantage miles for a minimal spending amount of $1,500.\u00a0 I applied for the card, was accepted, and easily met the $1500 spending requirement. The 75,000 miles hit my account, and it felt good.\u00a0 I was excited to be amassing so many points with one swing.<\/p>\n
I was so excited that I decided to apply for the exact same card for my wife.\u00a0 She was also approved, with a lower credit limit, but approved nonetheless.\u00a0 The same spending requirement was easily met and her account with American Airlines took a big jump as well.\u00a0 Even though I hadn’t spent any of the miles from the previous card, I wanted to get more points.<\/p>\n
Greedily I applied for the American Airlines Citi Business card with the 75,000 sign up bonus.\u00a0 I hoped that I wouldn’t get denied because I knew other people who had tried to apply for two Citi cards and had been unsuccessful.\u00a0 Luckily I was approved and I still haven’t actually met this requirement, but I should at some point this month.\u00a0 That is going to be exciting because between my wife and I we should have over 260,000 miles with American.<\/p>\n
Of course I still wasn’t happy, so when Capital One came out with the Venture card that offered a one time match of Frequent Flier miles I was interested.\u00a0 I knew I would have to act fast as it wouldn’t last long.\u00a0 I decided to apply for my wife first.\u00a0 They gave me the “We will notify you in a week if you are approved.”<\/p>\n
This made me nervous as I wasn’t sure if she was going to get approved.\u00a0 I knew that I had already applied for two cards within the last six months, but I couldn’t let the opportunity pass to acquire $1100 in travel expenses for a minimal $1000 in spending.\u00a0 I then made the leap of faith and applied.\u00a0 Great Success!\u00a0 Instant approval.<\/p>\n
For those of you who don’t know how Capital One’s point system works, here is a small rundown.\u00a0 Their points are used to pay for any type of travel expenses: hotel, car rental, airfare, cruise, etc.\u00a0 Each dollar you spend on the card gives you 2 points.\u00a0 Capital One ran a promotion that they wanted to prove that their points were better than anyone’s frequent flier miles.\u00a0 Therefore, they were willing to bonus anyone up to 100,000 points as long as you had at least that many airline miles with an airline.\u00a0 This was easy with my recent churnings of the Citi AAdvantage cards.\u00a0 This equates to $1000 in spending.\u00a0 Essentially the points are worth $0.01.\u00a0 I’m not getting the card for the long term use, but it is worth an application, a few dollars spending, and then the sign up bonus.<\/p>\n
My wife was also approved for the Capital One Venture card and we have almost met the spending requirements for both card.\u00a0 This is exciting as we now have over 260,000 American Airlines AAdvantage miles and $2200 in spending.<\/p>\n
The purpose of this blog is to help you to acquire points and miles just as I have acquired.\u00a0 We will give ideas that will help you to experience the world.\u00a0 There are a lot of things out there to see.\u00a0 Let’s make sure we all get to see them!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
It all began in September 2010.\u00a0 I found a link to sign up for an American Airlines Citi card that would offer me 75,000 AAdvantage miles for a minimal spending amount of $1,500.\u00a0 I applied for the card, was accepted, … Continue reading