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How to quickly earn a free vacation with credit card
intro bonus miles -- no flying
required
Posted March 24, 2008
You can earn free roundtrip domestic airline tickets
for 2 and 2-5 free hotel nights by applying for two
credit cards that feature high introductory point bonuses and having your
spouse/travel companion do the same.
1. Earn your free plane
tickets
The American
Airlines Citi® Platinum Select® / AAdvantage® World
MasterCard® has a special offer that gives you 25,000
miles when you use the card for $750 in purchases within 4
months. That is enough for a roundtrip ticket in the 48
mainland United States on American Airlines or its partner
Alaska Airlines. In addition there is no annual fee the first
year. You can apply
for the Citi® Platinum Select® / AAdvantage® World
MasterCard® using this link .
We have generally found American
Airlines miles to be among the easier to redeem for domestic
tickets. If you want 2 roundtrip tickets, have your travel
companion apply for a card separately. The credit card carries
an annual fee, but it is waived for the first year, so you
could cancel later if you choose and pay no
fee.
2. Earn your free hotel nights
Apply for the Starwood
Preferred Guest American Express using this
link
(earns points for Sheraton, Westin, W, Le
Meridien, Four Points, and St. Regis hotels). You will receive
10,000 points after your first purchase. That is enough for
1-3 free nights at most Sheraton, W, Westin, Le Meridien, and
Four Points hotels. If you want 2-6 free nights, have your
travel companion apply for the card separately as well.
10,000
points gets you a free night at upscale properties like the
Dolphin resort at Walt Disney World, the W hotel in New
Orleans, or Westin St. Francis in San Francisco. 3-7,000
points gets you most other Sheraton/Westin/Four
Points hotels in the U.S. Best of all, there are no
blackout restrictions. If a standard room is available for
sale at one of these hotels, you can book it with your points.
Click here for a complete list of 3-4,000 point
per night hotels
Click here for a complete list of 7,000 point
per night hotels
Click
here for a complete list of 10,000 point per night
hotels
The credit card carries an annual fee but it is waived for the
first year, so you could cancel later if you choose and pay no
fee. However, this is our highest recommended credit card for
earning points, so it's likely you'll want to keep it. Learn more about it
here. You can apply for the card with the
special bonus at
this link.
3. Start planning a
vacation. Here are some examples of how you can use your free
points.
Luxury
weekend -- 2 nights on the beach in Florida
-
2 roundtrip coach tickets to Tampa on American Airlines
(25,000 miles each)
- 2
nights at the Shearton Sand Key Resort on the beach in
Clearwater Beach, Florida -- just 20 miles from
Tampa (10,000 points each night).
Desert golf and sun -- 5 nights
in Arizona
- 2 roundtrip coach tickets to Phoenix or
Tucson, Arizona.
- 5 nights at the
Sheraton Tucson Hotel & Suites or the Four Points by
Shearton Phoenix Metrocenter (3-4,000 points each night).
Disney magic weekend -- 2 nights at
Disney's top hotels
- 2 roundtrip coach
tickets to Orlando on American Airlines (25,000 miles
each)
- 2 nights at
the Walt Disney World Dolphin or Swan resorts (10,000 points
each night).
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