This seems to be an offer that is targeted but I am sure if you call in to Citi they may be able to sign you up if you have an AAdvantage (American Airlines) rewards card. The deal is that you get 3X AAdvantage Miles on Eligible Holiday Shopping Purchases. That’s when you ask what qualifies for a holiday purchase?
You earn 2 AAdvantage bonus miles per $1 spent on eligible purchases made with this card account at toy, electronics, computer and apparel stores, up to 5,000 AAdvantage bonus miles, through 12/31/12. Just when I was about to stash this card away for no further purchases this year I got this email. I think I will use this card for purchases at apparel stores which I hope includes Hollister, PacSun, Express, Armani Exchange, Guess Clothing, and American Eagle. Places I will be shopping for the Holidays when it comes to apparel and maybe Urban Outfitters and shoe stores such as Foot Locker. If this 3x works at Armani Exchange or AX it will be the only true way to get cash back from them since they have no online partners to earn back money. I may also use this card at Sony Store and the Apple store since that would fall under electronics I would think.
If you are looking to shop at Best Buy use the Chase Freedom card because they are doing a full five percent cash for this quarter. I just wish that American Airlines would get their act together or we will not even have our hard earned miles we earned from things like this. Hopefully the bankrupt airline will be able to survive into 2012 because I plan on earning lots of miles with this card. Read below for more terms on this:
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The best way to maximize your spending when it comes to rewards is to make out a plan and look up all of the promotions while you are paying bills for the current billing month. I make a spreadsheet or in this case I just decided to write it out for this blog post and go back to remind me what cards I should be using for what purchases. I plan on using two credit cards from Chase and Discover the most the final quarter of the year starting October 1st. The Discover More Card is offering 5% Cashback Bonus on up to $1,500 in purchases at Department Stores and for all Online Shopping from October through December. Chase is offering through it’s Freedom branded line of cards a 5% back at airline and hotel purchases and on retailers Best Buy and Kohl’s. I liked it much better last year when it was 5% at Amazon.com. I will just use my Discover More for Amazon since it covers all online up to $1,500 supposedly.
Here’s a great way to save money on something we all dislike paying for and that is fuel. The Fuel Rewards Network is offering for you to spin a wheel to score either a $0.05, $0.10, $0.20 or $0.25 per gallon reward. Once you lock in your number you will need to register. After you put in your name and address, your FREE Shell Fuel Rewards Card will be mailed to you and can be used at participating Shell locations to get your discount right at the pump.
I almost fell for this scam today while opening up one of my emails from who I thought was American Express Credit Cards. The email looked real with the traditional American Express logo and blue and white colors. The email then went on to say that the bank had new safeguards to protect my online security while on their site and that they require me to confirm my login details. I thought that was strange they used the word “confirm” but thought at first it was some additional security add on such as my pet’s name or grandfathers middle name type thing. It turns out while I looked over the viewable link by mousing over the link to log on to my account it did not goto an https: version of the site nor did it go to American Express. The scammer tried to take me to a site with the url starting with ecommsultor.com.br while they tried to fool me with “americanexpress-amexupdate-logonpage.asap.com/update/account/index.html” in the same link. Notice the .com and the .br in the site name and American Express would never send anyone to a Brazilian owned domain name unless you lived in Brazil. Do not fall for this scam. 
This only took about 5 minutes although it seems complicated it really is not. First, you have to sign up with this link for a BMI Diamond Club loyalty account. Make sure that you fill in the space that says voucher and enter 1JA1KD. Click over to the statement and you will see that you have 1,000 points in your account. If you did not enter it correctly like I did the first time you will see a zero balance. The voucher code is what gives you the 1,000 Avios. You then sign into your British Airways Executive Club account 
Stubhub is now testing out a pilot rewards program. StubHub Fan Rewards is the first program designed to reward fans for buying tickets through their site. It’s free to sign up for this new program and you get some of these benefits:
We are excited about this new contest and easy way to earn free points each day. This started this week from Club Carlson. In case you are not familiar Club Carlson is the loyalty program under the umbrella of Carlson Rezidor Hotels including Country Inns and Suites, Park Inn, Radisson, and Radisson Blu. Radisson Blu being one of my favorites. You can enter the sweepstake to win 5 nights at a Club Carson hotel for two people, business class airfare, and $5,000 in spending money. While doing all of this you each day you can earn 100 points just for viewing beautiful hotels and resorts that Carlson Club has to offer for a minute or so until September 24th.
This is a great find. You can get your own personalized free luggage tags from KLM Royal Dutch airlines and make your suitcase stand out more on those international travels this summer. Ready to style your suitcase? KLM is giving away a limited number of free luggage tags, to make you stand out in the crowd. There are only around 8,000 left at last glance and they are going fast so get one now! With this you can personalize your baggage and give them a unique makeover.
You can help kids in need and earn a quick 100 miles. You also will have the chance to win up to 100,000 AAdvantage miles from American Airlines. You need to visit the AAdvantage Facebook page and participate in our Summer Miles Challenge benefiting the American Airlines Kids in Need program to get these miles.