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Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Graduating College? United Airlines has a graduation gift for you!


United Airlines is offering 10,000 free Mileage Plus miles to anyone who graduated from college within the last 12 months. You have to sign up for their college program, which is free, then send in a copy of your transcripts to claim the miles. If you aren't already a member of Mileage Plus, you can join, just to claim your free miles.


A ultra conservative estimate of the value of a frequent flyer mile would be one cent, so you can look at this as a gift from Uncle United worth at least $100, not bad, probably not the worst graduation gift you will get this year.


Thursday, April 8, 2010

$10 off a $50 BP gift card offer is back at Publix Supermarkets

Now through April 14, a generous offer has returned. Rip the coupon out of the ad (available in the store) for $10 off a $50 BP gas gift card with a $25 grocery purchase. If you live near a Publix and shop there anyway, be sure to take advantage of this great offer. For those readers who don't want to do the math, at the current gas rates, this promotion takes over 50 cents off of each gallon purchased with the discounted gift card.

Wednesday, April 7, 2010

Southwest Airlines is offering double credit for flights


Get double Rapid Rewards credits for all of your Southwest Airlines flights through May 26th. To get the double credits you must register first, starting today at this link.

Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Red Roof Inn Rooms for 1 cent sale starts tomorrow


Red Roof Inns have a great promotion that might be difficult to book, but very rewarding if you can get it done.

They are offering 1 room at every one of their hotels for only 1 cent a night. The deal starts tomorrow and runs until 4/15/10. Each day a new days rooms are made available at noon Eastern. If I am understanding the deal correctly, the deal offers rooms 48 hours in advance.

Sunday, March 21, 2010

Get $10 off a $50 BP gas gift card at Publix

This one might be a bit of a stretch to call a travel deal, but it was too good to not mention. There is a coupon in this week's Publix ad for $10 off a $50 BP gas gift card with a minimum $25 grocery purchase. The deal runs until the end of the day Wednesday, March 24th. For those of you reading this outside the Southeastern part of the US, Publix is a grocery store chain. To keep to the mission of this travel site, be sure to use your gas gift card as part of a road trip!

Saturday, March 20, 2010

Another Free 100 Holiday Inn Priority Club Points

Our friends with the Priority Club program want to make sure you get another 100 free points. Just answer this real easy 3 question quiz. It is as easy as that. Enjoy!

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Holiday Inn offers up to 7,500 Priority Club Points for new members

Holiday Inn has a special way to welcome new members. With enough points for a free "Point Breaks" night at one of their hotels. By clicking on the following link, entering my number as the referring member (enter number 410965487) and signing up for Priority Club you qualify to earn 7,500 bonus points after your first stay at Staybridge Suites or Candlewood Suites or 5,000 bonus points if your first stay is at one of the other brands in the Holiday Inn family of hotels. Your first stay must occur before May 14, and qualify for points (most stays booked at www.holidayinn.com qualify).

Here is a cut and paste from the email Holiday Inn sent me:

Friend instructions—how to earn 7,500 bonus points:
1. Go to priorityclub.com/enrollafriend.
2. Enter Michael’s membership number 410965487 in the designated box.
3. Join and stay. You’ll soon have enough points for free nights, merchandise and more!

Thursday, March 11, 2010

Holiday Inn's Priority Club wants to give you 300 Free points!


Holiday Inn is feeling generous and wants to give you 300 free Priority Club points. It takes all of 60 seconds to answer 5 easy questions (and if you get one wrong, just take it over). For me the points posted immediately.


Monday, March 8, 2010

jetBlue $10 Sale

jetBlue has launched a $10 fare sale to celebrate their 10th birthday. All of their original routes are on sale for $10 one way. The sale is only for flights on 3/9/10 or 3/10/10. Check out www.jetblue.com for all the details.

I know many of my readers are in Tampa, and may have ties to USF. This fare works to see USF play in the BIG EAST men's basketball tournament. You can go up and back on Tuesday to see the first round, or up and back on Wednesday to see the second round, or stay a night and see both. The Bull play at noon on Tuesday and would play at noon on Wednesday if they win. I priced out a roundtrip from Tampa to JFK for $41.40 all taxes included.

Sunday, March 7, 2010

Play online games to earn free frequent flyer miles with Club Bing

I will be sharing a few ways to turn your spare time into frequent flyer miles. If you like playing online games (the simple ones, like word games and puzzles) then why not use them to earn some frequent flyer miles with Club Bing.

Bing is the Microsoft Internet search tool, similar to Google. For whatever reason they are willing to invest to get you to use it. They designed a series of games that generate many bing.com searches. You earn tickets for playing the games. The better your score, the more tickets you earn. A typical game can earn from 5 to 25 tickets. Generally the longer a game takes to play the more possible tickets you can earn. Some games can be tedious while others are fun. You can earn up to 1,000 tickets per day. Keep an eye on their homepage for double ticket days.

You can redeem your tickets for prizes, including frequent flyer miles from 7 different airlines: Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, Delta Airlines, Frontier, Hawaiian, Midwest, and US Airways. The increments of miles earned are either: 100 miles, 500 miles, 1000 miles, 2500 miles, 3000 miles or 4000 miles. You can earn each quantity of miles only once. That does not mean 100 miles on Delta and American, it means 100 miles, on any one of the 7 possible airlines. The tickets are a better value for the larger awards, but that can take time. Consider the 100 mile award to extend the expiration date of any program you are in danger of having your miles expire. Be wary of taking too long to earn your tickets, since the rules or prizes can change at any time.

Sunday, February 28, 2010

Free 4 Night Vacation to the Bahamas

Update 3/4/10 - reports say this deal is no longer available to new bookings, feel free to keep trying, but don't waste too much time on it. I will update again with any new information.


Here is an example of why you should bookmark my website, offers like this one.





Expedia (click on the add on the top of this page to support this site) has a $400 discount code for a 4 night trip to the Bahamas. This includes a roundtrip flight, 4 nights in a hotel and all taxes. The code is BAH400





Here are the steps need to make your trip completely free:


1. Click on the Expedia logo on the top of this page.


2. Set up an Expedia account


3. Price out a flight plus 4 night hotel vacation package from Fort Lauderdale (FLL) to Freeport (FPO) - FOR ONLY 1 PERSON TRAVELING (you can book your significant other on a separate transaction) Spring break time is blacked out, so look before mid March or after April 10th.


4. Sort the results by price, look for a package that comes in under $400 (if the lowest priced option for 1 person comes in over $400, start over with different dates)


5. Uncheck the box for the airport transfer and decline all add-ons.


6. Before entering a credit card, put in the discount code BAH400, reprice, confirm the price drops to a grand total of $0.


7. Enter in your credit card to pay the $0 cost.


8. Go back to step one and begin again for the next person traveling with you (you can only use the code once per Expedia account, so your traveling partners will need to set up their own Expedia accounts).





Things to remember, you need to get to Fort Lauderdale on your own, yes the code will work from other cities, but it won't be free. Booking the free trips makes this risk free, you can not show up for your flights and there is no harm. The hotel I got was the Island Palm Hotel, it got mixed reviews, its not on the beach and it won't match the level of quality you would get in the States, so a sense of adventure will help make this work.

Earn up to 6,000 bonus Holiday Inn Priority Club Points

There is a great partner offer out there from Holiday Inn. Click here to register. Then get up to 6,000 for completing 3 partner activities. You can read all the rules from the registration page.

Here are a few ideas of ways to get the bonus points.

Sign up for Points.com from this page (click on their add on the left), then make a free transfer into Holiday Inn Priority Club Points. The exchange rate is horrible. I transferred 10 US Airways Dividend Miles into just a mere 1 Priority Club Point, This would normally be a really bad deal, except that 1 Priority Club Point comes with at least 1,000 bonus points. Do not do any more than the minimum needed to get one point.

Priority Club Shopping has Restaurant.com as one of its stores. You can buy a $10 dinning certificate for only $4. You can save on the purchase by getting a discount code from www.naughtycodes.com (which is a great place to look for discount codes for all kinds of online shopping)

Priority Club Dinning - sign up, register a credit card, then eat out (or have a drink) at one of the member restaurants. (you can see one of my previous entries to learn more about the dinning program)

Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Earn 3,000 United Miles with each stay at Hyatt

I got an email with a very good offer from United and Hyatt. With every stay of 2 nights or longer through April 30, 2010 earn 2,500 bonus miles on top of the standard 500 you would normally earn. This promotion includes Hyatt Place (often old Amerisuites converted and renovated) which tends to be a good middle of the road value. You must register for this promotion by clicking here. There is no limit to the number of bonus miles you can earn (well, I guess you could take the number of days between now and April 30th and divide by two night stays).

Monday, February 22, 2010

Free $100 Amazon.com Gift Card from Westin


If you plan to stay at Westin twice before May 13, 2010 with an arrival each time from Sunday to Thursday, then be sure to register for this nice promotion for a free $100 Amazon.com Gift Card. You can register by clicking here. You must register by April 30th, you must be a Starwoods Preferred Guest member (you can sign up just for the sake of this promotion). Receiving the gift card won't prevent you from receiving points for your stay, so there is no reason not to take full advantage. Please consider clicking on the Westin ad on this page to make your reservation, doing so supports http://www.travelingsense.com/ .

Save up to $60 on American Airlines


Here is a quick plug for one of the many discounts that can be found in your local edition of the Entertainment coupon book. Lots of travel deals in there, including rental car coupons, Hotwire hotels and American Airlines. The American Airlines deal is $10 off per passenger, good for up to 6 passengers. You can only get one discount code for each coupon book you buy and you can only use that code once. You can make this deal even better by clicking on the Ebates link in the upper left corner, signing up for Ebates and getting money back for ordering your Entertainment book (currently $6).

Save $10 on an upcoming Air Tran Flight


Little Debbie (you know, the amazingly inexpensive junk food) has teamed up with Air Tran for a great contest and promotion. Visit http://www.littledebbie.com/ and enter to win an all expenses paid trip on Air Tran and they will email you a voucher for $10 off your next Air Tran flight. I just entered today and my voucher requires a flight booking by 2/28/10 and travel completion by 5/31/10. I do not know if the expiration date of the voucher is tied to the day you enter the contest but that would make sense since the contest runs until 5/31/10.

Wednesday, February 17, 2010

Earn up to 2,500 United Mile Plus miles with each rental

United Airlines and Hertz are teaming up for a really nice offer. Rent a car from Hertz (with only a 1 day minimum) and get triple miles up to 1,500 plus 1,000 bonus miles. The offer runs through April 30, 2010. You must use the specific codes provided by the link. Click here for all the details and to reserve this special offer.

Monday, February 15, 2010

Expedia's Best Rate Guarantee

Expedia offers a guarantee that they are the lowest priced option on hotel rooms. They back up this guarantee with a promise to refund the difference in price and give you a $50 coupon towards a future hotel stay. The coupon can be used on a one night stay, so it can cover the whole cost of a value option.

Remember that you want to make sure you only book refundable rooms, so you can change your mind and cancel the room later. You do have to pay upfront for the room, so you have to be comfortable with having the charge hit your card, even if it is refunded just a couple of days later. The Best Rate Guarantee must be filed with Expedia within 24 hours of making the reservation. You get to keep the $50 coupon even if you cancel the room the next day. You can earn up to three coupons per calendar month.

There are two websites to remember for making this process go smoothly, the first is this site, www.travelingsense.com If you book your Expedia travel by clicking on the link here you will be supporting the continued work of this site to bring you great deals. The second site is http://www.bestrateguarantee.blogspot.com which provides an excellent source for all the details of making the most of the guarantee and listings of hotels that are eligible.

Sunday, February 7, 2010

Where to Look for the Best Deals on Flights

One thing I wanted to do was share a website that I visit at least five times a day, and often more. Farecompare is a great tool for those who love to travel and are willing to let a great deal dictate where they might go. The concept is simple, plug in your home airport and Farecompare will show you the least expensive places you can fly to based on what part of the world they are in.

Here is the direct link to the part of Farecompare that shows you the best deals from your home airport. Bookmark it so you can check it easily (also bookmark this site to keep up with all the great deals). Then you can click on any of the maps to see a longer list for that part of the world. This site does not consider when you want to fly, it just looks at all dates to see the least expensive price between two cities. Remember if you live near a couple airports, be sure to search them all on Farecompare. I personally live in Tampa, and I search Tampa, Sarasota and Orlando every time I visit the site.

When you find a fare that intrigues you, come back to www.travelingsense.com and click on the Expedia link on the top of the page, and search the two cities with the option "dates flexible" to find out what airlines and dates are available for the great deal you just discovered. My clicking on the Expedia link on this page, your booking help support this site. Farecompare is not perfect, it can sometimes produce a false rate. This most often occurs on international flights that might include a fuel surcharge.

I wanted to share some of the great fares farecompare has provided to me, $42 roundtrip from Sarasota to Saint Louis, $212 roundtrip from Tampa to Madrid and $112 roundtrip Tampa to Las Vegas. Some of these great fare are great sales, others are airline mistakes when they load in new prices. If a fare seems too good to be true, be as impulsive as possible and get the ticket booked before the airlines changes the price. If you book a fare that you think might be an airline mistake, be sure to wait a few days before booking non-refundable hotel rooms just in case the airlines decides it does not want to honor the fare. While this has never happened to me with a major US carrier, it can happen.

Tips to use Farecompare to your advantage:
  • Be open to booking a great deal on the spot, sometimes sleeping on it will cost you the deal
  • Farecompare can be ahead of other travel sites, sometimes a great fare is loaded into the system and visible on Farecompare, but not on any other sites. If you can't find the fare on Expedia, then consider checking back in an hour
  • Search all local airports you would consider flying out of
  • Click on the US map, sometimes the great deals are not shown on your front page (for example, from Tampa, the front page may show flights in the Southeastern US for up to $145 roundtrip, if Las Vegas is on sale for $149 roundtrip, you won't see the price unless you click for more details)
  • Check www.travelingsense.com often, any mistake fares or incredible deals will be posted here for my loyal readers

Saturday, February 6, 2010

1,000 Free Holiday Inn Priority Club Points


Holiday Inn is giving away free Priority Club points. They have launched a promotion that gives called the luckiest loser. Basically it is a contest where you might win up to 2,000,000 Priority Club points, but they are giving you 1,000 just for entering.


The idea behind the promotion is to take a shot at the Hilton HHonors program, and HHonors recent devaluation of their points when they made their awards more expensive in term of points. This is a good time for me to remind you that all points and miles tend to decline in value over time, so try not to hold on to them for too long.


If you have a Hilton HHonors account, have that log in information handy, with a couple simple steps you could earn 20% of your HHonors points value in Priority Club Points, if you win the contest. You have to take a screen shot and send it to the Holiday Inn, but it is simple for computer novices thanks to good instructions. This promotion runs until 2/28/10.


Here is the link to enter and claim your free 1,000 points.




Friday, February 5, 2010

Save Big in Your Hometown or on the Road

I recently stumbled into a website with lots of great deals that I wanted to share with you. Groupon (click here to sign up and start receiving their deals in your inbox) is a buying consortium that leverages quantity to get the best deals.

After you sign up for your hometown's deals, Groupon will send you one email a day from Monday to Friday for that day's deal. The Friday deal will last through the weekend. Each day there is a minimum that needs to be met for the deal to go into effect. If the minimum is not reached then your card is never charged. There is also a maximum number of offers for each deal, so don't wait until the end of the day to sign up.

You don't have to limit yourself to your hometown, I keep checking on a few cities I know I will be visiting in the next few months, looking for deals there. The deals usually tend to be 40-65% off. Often you are buying a gift certificate. There are a few limitations which are clearly stated but they don't seem to be deal breakers. The most common limitation is that you can only use one Groupon at a time.

The deals come from a wide range of businesses. I have seen boat rentals, bowling, hotels, museum family passes, dentistry and lots of great places to eat. Just tonight I took my wife to Catch 23, a trendy local restaurant in Tampa for her birthday. We had a wonderful dinner that would have been worth the full price. I presented my $50 certificate that I purchased from Groupon earlier in the week for just $20, for a net savings of $30. The whole process went smoothly and I look forward to repeating.

I recommend clicking on the link above and signing up for Groupon. The membership is free and you can opt out to stop receiving the emails at any time. If you find just one deal a month the savings are worth the effort. Plus, if you are like me, its fun to get the email and see what deal that day offers.

Thursday, February 4, 2010

Get 5% Off your Travel Purchases with your Discover Card


I wanted to pass along a great deal for anyone planning to purchase any flights, rental cars, hotels or cruises between now and the end of March. If you have a classic Discover Card, be sure to log into your account at http://www.discovercard.com/ and register for the 5% cash back bonus on travel purchased with your Discover Card through the end of March.


Every quarter Discover offers a similar promotion in different categories. The rest of the year is already posted:


April to June 2010 - Home Improvement, Clothing and Department Stores

July to September 2010 - Gas, Hotels and Movies

October to December 2010 - Restaurants, Department and Clothing Stores


In addition they have special bonus months like March 2010 which features Grocery and Drug Stores.


You have to register for each promotion, and there is a cap on how much you can earn (the 5% bonus on travel is limited to the first $800 of spending during those months.) I wanted to mention that the non-bonus cash back feature of the Discover Card is often less valuable than the rewards offered by other credit cards. I personally only carry a Discover Card for special promotions and the 5% bonus cash back offers. I try to max out the dollars of bonus cash for each quarter. You can use your cash back money to buy discounted gift cards or get it back in a check.

Monday, February 1, 2010

United Airlines joins American Airlines Offering 1-Way Mileage Awards

Frequent flyer miles tend to depreciate in value as time passes. Awards cost more miles and are harder to redeem. (this is the argument for why you shouldn't plan to save miles for years and years, but instead try to keep spending them as you go) Every once in a while a change is made in the rules of the game that makes your miles a little more valuable.

A while back American Airlines made a game changing announcement that it would allow you to use your miles for one way award tickets for exactly half the cost (in miles) of a roundtrip ticket. Today, I am excited to announce United Airlines followed suit.

We can all think of ways to use a one way ticket. Meet your friends somewhere and then ride back in their car. Lets think bigger picture, here are some great uses of this new policy that I thought of, and I am sure there are more:

  • Take advantage of a great discount on a repositioning cruise (one way cruises can often be the best deals)
  • Great price for one leg of your trip, use miles only to cover the leg that was more expensive
  • Saver award available in one direction on American and in the other direction on United, use both of them to make the whole trip cost less miles

Now lets hope that other airlines fall into line with this customer friendly policy.

Finding the Best Deal on a Rental Car

If you are going to need a rental car on your next trip then read on to learn how to get the best deal. There are three distinct steps to take to lock in the best possible price.

The first step is the simplest. Click on the Expedia logo on the top of this page and enter in your parameters for the car you need. Compare the total price (including all taxes and fees) and make a reservation for the lowest total price. Expedia won't ask you for a credit card and the reservation is completely cancelable with no penalty for you. Make a note of the total price, because this is the number you are trying to beat.

The next step is more complicated. You can spend as much time and effort on this step as you see fit. This step is looking for a coupon or discount code that might result in a lower total cost for your rental. If you have a AAA membership this might give you a discount. There are many good car rental coupons in the entertainment coupon book (a wonderful purchase for any frugal person, and there are a few good travel coupons in every one of them). You can also use google to search valid coupon/discount codes. Make a new reservation and cancel your first one if the total cost is lowered. This reservation should also not require a credit card and be risk free. After making your second reservation (assuming you were able to beat the price of your first reservation) go ahead and cancel your first reservation. Budget rental cars has a sponsored link on this page, if you are going to make a reservation with budget in this step, please consider using the link on this page.

The third step involves using priceline.com to bid for a lower price. Here are all the relevant facts to keep in mind using priceline.
  • Priceline reservations can not be canceled, be confident you will need the car before placing your bid
  • Priceline allows you to bid on the same car type with the same dates only once every 24 hours
  • Only compare the total price because priceline has higher fees associated with their bidding system
  • You will only know if your priceline bid was successful after it was either accepted (and your card was already charged) or denied
  • You can not choose which car rental company you are renting from with a priceline bid
  • Priceline reservations from the name your own price feature may not be eligible for airline frequent flyer miles or points, so make sure the financial savings are greater than the value of the miles you are giving up
  • Because of the nonrefundable nature of priceline bids, look for a greater discount the earlier you are and settle for a lower discount at the last moment
  • Never place a priceline bid for a reservation you feel you may need to change or cancel, it isn't worth the risk
  • Don't be afraid to use the reservation you made in step one or two of this process. Often priceline will be the best deal, but it isn't always
  • Don't use priceline for their non bidding reservations, they tend to be slightly more expensive than using expedia or booking right from the car rental company

If you are wondering how much you can save, I often find that going from step one to step two will often save me 10-25%. Priceline will often save another 10-25%. It is not uncommon to save 50% off the non-discounted rates. Yes it takes some work, but the savings can be well worth it.

Thursday, January 28, 2010

Free Roundtrip Flight from Southwest Airlines Visa


Chase sent out a promotional email to me today advertising their Southwest Airlines Rapid Rewards Visa. This offer is worth passing along because it is much more rewarding than previous offers. It offers 16 Rapid Rewards credits with your first purchase. That is one free roundtrip anywhere in the US that they fly. The card has a $59 annual fee (so you don't want to keep long enough to pay that fee twice). Be careful on the balance transfer option, that could prove to be very costly in the long run. Also, don't get a second card on the same account for a spouse, consider each signing up on your own.
Now here is the hard part, I looked over the terms, and it does not indicate that this offer is just for me (there is another offer for 32 credits, but only the person targeted can apply for that offer ...... if you happened to have gotten that offer in your email inbox, apply for it as fast as you can.) You may wish to call Chase either right after applying or right before to ensure the offer will apply.




Here is a cut and paste of the email sent to me.


Here is the offer you've been waiting for is here--a FREE roundtrip flight* after just one purchase!
You
Have 0 RAPID REWARDS
credits as of 01/19/10.

+ 16 Bonus credits
after the first use1.
+
Up to 8 More credits
when you transfer a balance today1.


Up to 24 TOTAL RAPID REWARDS CREDITS.
Low annual fee and balance transfer fees apply

Dear Mike,
You've patiently waited for an offer you couldn't refuse, and now, your patience has paid off! Receive 16 credits--a FREE flight--the first time you use your card!

Then, continue to earn more free flights fast with these great ongoing benefits:

Double Reward Dollars on Southwest Airlines flight, inflight, southwestgiftcard®, and Southwest Airlines Vacations package purchases.2
Double Reward Dollars on Rapid Rewards Hotel and Rental Car Partner purchases.2
Visa Signature® benefits such as free concierge service and special access to exclusive events.3,4
Low annual $59 fee.5
This is a limited time offer--don't miss out on your FREE FLIGHT!


TERMS AND CONDITIONS:

* Travel is subject to the government-imposed September 11th Security Fee of up to $10 per roundtrip. An annual fee will apply to your Southwest Airlines Rapid Rewards credit card account. Please see Pricing and Terms for credit card pricing details.

1 You will qualify and receive 16 bonus credits after your first purchase/first use of the card. First purchase/first use includes purchases, balance transfers, or any checks that are used to access your account, and excludes cash advances. One bonus credit will also be credited to your Rapid Rewards account for each $1,200 in balance transfers within the first 90 days from account opening, up to a maximum of 8 credits (or $9,600). Balance transfers are subject to a fee of 3% of the amount transferred with a minimum of $5. Southwest Airlines will issue a free roundtrip flight for every 16 Rapid Rewards credits accumulated during any consecutive 24-month period. Please allow 6 to 8 weeks for bonus credits to post to your Rapid Rewards account. This bonus offer is valid only for first-time Southwest Airlines personal cardmembers with new accounts. Existing Southwest Airlines personal cardmembers/accounts are not eligible for this bonus offer.

2 You will earn 2 Reward Dollars for each $1 of net purchases made directly with Southwest Airlines, including flight, inflight, southwestgiftcard, and Southwest Airlines Vacations package purchases. You will earn 2 Reward Dollars for each $1 of net purchases at participating Southwest Airlines Rapid Rewards Preferred Hotel and Rental Car Partners. You will earn 1 Reward Dollar for each $1 of all other net purchases. Each year, you will receive 2,400 Reward Dollars (2 Rapid Rewards credits) after your Anniversary. ("Anniversary" means the year beginning with the date of your account opening through the first statement after the anniversary of the date of your account opening, and each twelve months thereafter.) Once you earn 1,200 Reward Dollars, you will receive 1 Southwest Airlines Rapid Rewards credit. You do not earn Reward Dollars on balance transfers after the first 90 days from account opening, cash advances, any checks that are used to access your account, travelers checks, overdraft advances, interest, unauthorized or fraudulent charges, or fees of any kind, including fees for products that protect or insure the balances of your account. See Southwest Airlines Rapid Rewards Visa Program Rules and Regulations, which will be mailed after your account is established.

3 In certain circumstances, you may receive a Visa Classic card with different credit availability instead of a Visa Signature card. Some Classic card rewards and benefits are different from the Signature card rewards and benefits. Classic card rewards do not include the 2 Reward Dollars for each $1 of net purchases at participating Southwest Airlines Rapid Rewards Preferred Hotel and Rental Car Partners or the 2,400 Reward Dollars (2 Rapid Rewards credits) each year after your Anniversary. Classic card benefits include the bonus offer(s) described in this offer. The Classic card and Signature card have annual fees of $39 and $59, respectively. Once your account is opened, please see Southwest Airlines Rapid Rewards Visa Program Rules and Regulations and your credit card benefits materials for details.

4 Cardmembers are responsible for the cost of any goods or services purchased through Visa Signature Concierge.

5 An annual fee will apply to your Southwest Airlines Rapid Rewards Visa Signature card account. Please see Pricing and Terms for details.



SOUTHWEST AIRLINES RAPID REWARDS PROGRAM INFORMATION

Southwest Airlines Rapid Rewards rules and regulations apply to the Southwest Airlines Rapid Rewards frequent flyer program. The Southwest Airlines Rapid Rewards Visa Program is brought to you by South­west Airlines and Chase. Southwest Airlines Rapid Rewards credits are not the obligation of Chase. Rapid Rewards credits can only be transferred to the primary cardmember's Rapid Rewards account. Southwest Airlines will issue a free roundtrip flight for every 16 Rapid Rewards credits accumulated during any consecutive 24-month period. Rapid Rewards credits received from the Southwest Airlines Rapid Rewards Visa card will be combined with Rapid Rewards credits received from Southwest Rapid Rewards Preferred Partners and flights on Southwest Airlines in your Rapid Rewards account.

Travel good on Southwest Airlines published, scheduled service. All Rapid Rewards rules and regulations apply.