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šŸ¤— Elite status just got easier

Plus, Flying Blue has released some excellent award flights for their September Promo Rewards.

Happy (hopefully) lazy weekend morning to you ā˜ŗļø

Grab a cozy beverage of choice and relax as I take you through the best travel happenings from this past week.

āœ… LAST CHANCE to get the best offer weā€™ve ever seen on the Capital One Venture Rewards Credit Card.

āœ… New! 20% transfer bonus from Capital One miles to Flying Blue.

āœ… Did you get targeted for this Hyatt promo to earn up to 90,000 bonus points??

āœ… Catch up on our latest YouTube video about how to book the coveted Turkish Airlines business class!

āœ… This weekā€™s podcast coversā€¦ a secret Marriott cardā€¦ Should you get it?

šŸ† Favorite pick of the week: Fast-track to Southwest elite status

Oh, Southwestā€¦ Itā€™s a love, hate, loveā€¦ hateā€¦ love-type relationship, I suppose.

And hereā€™s a fun fact: Iā€™ve never flown Southwest šŸ˜³

Their boarding process just gives me anxiety, and I continually choose to run away from my fear rather than face itā€¦

But I know many of you have, and the general consensus is that you love the airline very much. So this fast-track to A-List and A-List Preferred elite status could be very valuable for many of you.

Screenshot of Southwest current promo

These are the three main ways thatā€™ll help boost you toward earning status:

  1. Earn double Tier Qualifying Points on paid flights

  2. Earn 2,000 bonus Tier Qualifying Points for every $5,000 you spend on the airlineā€™s co-branded cards

  3. Reward flights booked with points will also qualify toward status šŸŽ‰

Now if we take a look at the requirements to earn status, you can already see how these boosted options make it that much more attainable šŸ‘‡

An image showing the requiremnts and perks of elite status

Those perks and benefits arenā€™t too shabbyā€¦ which is usually the whole reason we chase status to begin with šŸ˜

And oftentimes, award flights donā€™t count toward earning status with airlines, so the fact that Southwest is also throwing that in as an option is superb.

Just be sure that you register for the offer in your Southwest account and know that all aspects of this promo are valid through November 30th, 2024.

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šŸ„‡Septemberā€™s Flying Blue Promo Rewards

Honestly, Flying Blueā€™s program is one of the best and easiest to use. Iā€™ve booked many award flights in the past that stemmed from one of their monthly promos.

And in case you arenā€™t familiar, each month, Air France and KLMā€™s joint loyalty program, Flying Blue, releases discounted award tickets typically from the U.S. and Canada over to Europe (and sometimes beyond).

This month, theyā€™re covering their bases by offering cheap flights to and from New York, Washington, Las Vegas, and Phoenix over to Europe!

Screenshot showing routes part of Flying Blue's September promo

Itā€™s great to see cities listed on both the East and West Coast for ease of access no matter where in the country you live (even if you need to take a short positioning flight first).

And for just 15,000 miles?? So, so good.

But you might also notice in the screenshot above that theyā€™re featuring a route from Europe over to Hong Kong for just 18,750 milesā€¦ a personal bucket list place destination for me šŸ˜

Hereā€™s the best partā€”remember that Capital One is also currently offering a 20% transfer bonus to Flying Blue.

That would drop the already insanely low ask of 15,000 miles to get to Europe to just 12,000 šŸ¤Æ

WILD.

So it makes that shiny Venture card with its elevated offer that much more appealingā€¦ 75,000 Capital One miles (plus the $250 travel credit!) is a lot, yā€™all.

If youā€™d like to view all the routes and destinations featured on this monthā€™s promo rewards, you can do so here.

Just remember, you need to book your flights by the end of this month for travel that takes place before the end of February 2025.

šŸ“£ Quick Callouts

Thatā€™s all for this shorter week! I still canā€™t believe itā€™s already September, so tell meā€¦

šŸ Do you have any fall travel plans?

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Tiffany Eastham
Weekend Warrior

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