2017 Quarter 1 miles and points recap

Disclaimer

This is the quarterly post on how many points I collected in the previous quarter.  This is NOT a brag and moan post.  This was the impetus of this entire blog; so I could track how many miles and points I earn in a year.  Some of you may do a lot less than this; some may do a lot more.  Do what you feel is comfortable.  Don’t overextend yourself just so you get similar numbers or whatnot.  Remember cashback numbers are also gross, not net.

 

Recap

With so many MS avenues drying up, these days, I just try to stick to scalable opportunities because we’re all on borrowed time at this point.  I had to offset the costs of these points by using cashback cards as well, but I’ve removed them from the post.  I’ve definitely switched to cashback more these days; probably a 75%/25% split towards cash.  I don’t resell anymore and don’t even bother to track portals anymore (if it works, great, if not, I’ll just move on.)  It could be just my old age getting lazy.  I’ve also excluded Amex Offers from this as well just because it’s tracked separately and I’m too lazy to add it up now.  Will do that in the year end recap.

 

AIR 9,969 Portal Spend
Alaska 4,984 0 4,984
American 4,984 0 4,984
Delta 0 0 0
Southwest 0 0 0
United 0 0 0
HOTEL 589,278 Portal Spend
Fairmont 7,477 7,477
Hilton 217,933 217,933
Starwoods 363,869 363,869
BANK 180,457 Portal Spend
AMEX MR 24,922 24,922
Chase UR 102,630 0 102,630
Citi TYP 0 0
Flexperks 27,983 27,983
Merrell 24,922 24,922

27 comments on “2017 Quarter 1 miles and points recap

  1. And with that much spend on SPG, how are you not getting shut down? Any tips to avoid shutdown and how to rack up that amount? Are you doing Money Orders?

  2. Please don’t answer if this is just too nosey, but if you’ve quit reselling, what are you doing instead?

  3. I distinctly remembered you writing a post discouraging the accrual of Hilton Points…what changed!

    1. Haha for my last 2 stays, I’ve noticed Diamond does get treated better than Gold, so I’m MS’ing mostly for the status.

      1. dont have the amex surpass at the moment, but do you know how Citi tolerates cycling credit? thinking about doing the same for the citi reserve despite it being suboptimal cpp wise

  4. How about also quantifying the cost of generation? Don’t necessarily have to divulge methods, but end cpp/m?

  5. Yeah, nice SPG haul!!! Was there a special situation in Q1 for these SPG? Looks pretty daunting even w/ a couple high CL cards for 1x spent.

  6. Did you get back into chase for UR or is that through a family member? Nice SPG haul!

    I am guessing you are going for the 50k spend with ML?

        1. Delta lounge. It’s really irrational since I only forsee myself going there 4 times for the rest of the year and it’s only marginally better than Centurion. Who knows… I may switch to travel credit instead.

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