We Travel Cheap: September 2012

Chase Sapphire 40,000 Bonus Miles Offer

Earn 40,000 Ultimate Rewards Points after charging 3,000 miles in the first 3 months.
No annual fee for the first year
Earn 2 points for every dollar spent on travel and dining

Tips: You can use your 40,000 points for gift cards, merchandise, travel or experiences. If you don't want the points or you're hard up for cash, they will mail you a check for $400 after you have received the 40,000 points.

You can also transfer your Ulitimate Rewards Points to the following rewards programs:

Amtrak
British Airways
Hyatt hotels
Korean Airlines
Marriott hotels
Priority Club hotels
Ritz Carlton hotels
Southwest Airlines
United

WTC Review: My wife and I both have this card and we have just been sitting on our points. The best way to use the Ultimate Rewards Points from this card is for travel. We will probably end up transferring them 1:1 to Southwest Rapid Rewards.

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Free Museum Day Nationwide!

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Smithsonian Magazine is hosting a free museum day nationwide on Saturday, September 29. Click here to see the 14 museums on the list for Utah. The best value is the Natural History Museum of Utah. One adult admission is $11 and children are $8-$9. I haven't ever been there, but I've heard it's cool. They have more information about their free day available here. It looks like they are not taking reservations anymore, but you can show up for a limited number of first come first served tickets. You could also choose one of the other 13 museums in Utah. What a great free day out for the family!

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30,000 CITI ThankYou Points for New Accounts

Citi Card

I just signed up for the Citigold Account Package because you can get 30,000 ThankYou Points, redeemable for up to $300 in gift cards. The other two options only give you 10,000 ThankYou Points. This offer ends 10/31/2012.

You do have to jump through a few hoops to get it the ThankYou Points and there is a $30 service fee every month unless you have a $50,000 balance in the account. I will probably cancel after 2 months, but $60 is a pretty good trade for $300 in gift cards.

Here's what you have to do.

Open a new Citibank checking account in The Citigold^®, Citibank^® or Basic Banking^® Account Package by 10/31/12.
Within 45 days after account opening, enroll the new checking account in Citi ThankYou^® Rewards AND
Complete one direct deposit AND complete one qualifying bill payment for two consecutive months. (I'm going to setup my direct deposit from PayPal. That should be easy!)

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