In my blog post “Sometimes… you should take the deal” I shared how the airline (American) offered us 60K miles to sign up for their credit card and that I was somewhat astounded that more people didn’t take advantage of the offer. In that blog I said it it were offered, I would do it again. Well…

I used those miles for 2 free round trip fares to Las Vegas and, during that flight, they offered the deal yet again and I had my wife sign up this time. Again this is a small hit to the credit report for a hard inquiry but that is rather trivial. She was instantly approved and awarded the miles (the card also means your checked bag is free and you receive priority boarding).

Using those miles, I just booked a free trip to New England with enough miles to spare for yet another free ticket in the future.

In times of inflation, when everything seems to be going up, taking advantage of these kinds of giveaways and perks is definitely worth doing.