👋 Hi Reader,

Hope your weekend is off to a great start! Here are some highlights from today’s newsletter:

• 💰 Earn 5-7x on groceries, gas & dining
• 🏦 $530+ bank bonus
• 💺 Biz class award flight deals from 45k miles
• 🏨 6 Increased hotel card welcome offers
• ✈️ Bonus miles on United, BA & Alaska
• 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Listener Q&A on parenting & family life
• 🚕 Free Uber rides for teens and more!

If you enjoyed reading this newsletter, I'd really appreciate it if you could forward it to someone else who might too. And if that's you, click here to subscribe! Thanks so much!

Chris

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Listener Q&A: Parenting & Family Life with Amy

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Amy and I discuss parenting, covering everything from preparing for a baby to childcare, schooling options, and parenting strategies. We also share tips for traveling with kids, managing screen time, and more.

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🛫 Travel, Points & Miles

💰 Earn 5-7x on Groceries, Gas & Dining

A popular bank is currently offering targeted spending offers for cobranded cardholders, allowing them to earn 5x-7x points/miles on up to $1,000 in combined purchases at grocery stores, gas stations, and restaurants. This article has a list of all the offers with direct links to register, which you have to do before 3/31.

🏨 Increased Welcome Offers on Hotel Cards

Last week, I shared sign-up offers for co-branded credit cards from one of my favorite hotel chains. This week, two more hotel chains have increased their offers, with some offers worth >$1,000 or offering >150k points. Plus, a few even come with free-night certificates.

Or if you have a specific card in mind, make sure to check out my cards page for all the latest offers.

💺 Latest Biz Class Award Flight Deals

One of the best things about points and miles is that you can get outsized value redeeming them towards business class flights. If you're planning to travel to/via any of the destinations below, make sure to check out these recent award deals:

• Tokyo: From 60k miles via Japan Airlines​
• Dublin: From 45k miles via Aer Lingus​
• Abu Dhabi: From 76k miles via Etihad​
• Lisbon: From 60k points via TAP Air Portugal​

Or if you don’t mind flying economy, American Airlines and Fiji Airways have a round-trip deal to Auckland for just $520.

✈️ Ways to Earn Bonus Miles: United, Alaska & BA

United: The Mile Play Promo (running till 3/17) lets members earn bonus MileagePlus miles by completing certain activities, such as taking flights or using United credit cards. Register here.​

Alaska Airlines: Use this link to sign up for Greenlight (a debit card and app that helps parents monitor their children's spending while teaching them to save and invest) before 3/19. Pay $5.99 for the first month to earn 4,000-6,000 bonus Alaska miles.

British Airways: Earn bonus British Airways Executive Club tier points​ for paid flights booked before 2/14 for travel anytime after 4/1. Register here.

🏆 MileagePlus Premier Status Match Challenge

United Airlines' 2025 status match challenge allows travelers to temporarily match their elite status with another airline to United. After meeting requirements within 120 days, they can extend their United status through the remainder of the program year. This offer is not valid if you have participated in the MileagePlus Status Match or received a Premier Status Exception in the last 5 years.

🤑 Latest Deals

🏦 $530+ Bank Bonus from SoFi

If you open a SoFi checking and savings account using one of these partners, and direct deposit $5,000+ within 45 days, you can earn $300 from SoFi and $273 from MyPoints (or $230 from Swagbucks, UPromise or InboxDollars). Plus, there's no requirement to keep money in the account after your direct deposit, so it’s pretty straightforward.

💸 Capital One Offers: Earn 30% Back + 19k Miles

Capital One has two great offers right now:

1. Capital One Shopping: Get 30% back at Marriott Homes & Villas, which can stack with getting $250 off $1,000 with this offer and earning 2x bonus points with this promo.
2. Capital One Offer: Earn 19,300 miles on $100+ spend at Faire. This deal requires a bit of work but this article has a step by step process (with great tips in the comment section) to make this offer worth it.

⛰️ AllTrails+ Annual Membership for $17.99

If you do a lot of hiking, the AllTrails app has a promo running right now to get AllTrails+ for a year for $17.99. Just use code NEWYEAR2025 to unlock premium features like offline maps, 3D views, and more alerts.

🚕 6 Free Uber Rides For Teens

While I don't like rewarding failure, Uber currently has a promotion offering 6 free Uber rides to teenagers who failed their drivers test.

🕵️ Great Finds

🛢️Show Recommendation: Silo

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I just finished binging Season 2 of Silo and was so excited to keep going that I ordered the books the show was based on. Needless to say, I've really enjoyed the series about a dystopian future where a community is living in a giant underground silo. Silo is available on Apple TV+.

📰 Tangle: News from Both Sides

Thanks to subscriber Daniel for emailing me about Tangle, an independent newsletter that tries to curate arguments from both sides on current news. I haven't subscribed long enough to make a strong recommendation, but I love the concept.

💬 Parting Thoughts

As always, thanks so much for reading! I’d love to hear your thoughts on today’s newsletter, and if you enjoyed it, please let me know why!

Chris