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Europe 2013: London, Day 1

Following my shuttle adventure, my flights to Manchester were pretty uneventful. Nobody tried to sing to me, and nobody tried to kill me. I used miles to fly on U.S. Airways in first class and Envoy the whole way. Between it being off-season and having the US Airways credit card, the ticket was only 55,000 miles, which is a fantastic deal.

Port and Ice Cream for dessert

Port and Ice Cream for

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Get 100 free American Airlines Miles while helping support Miles For Kids in Need

American Airlines runs a program called Miles For Kids in Need, which helps provide free travel for underprivileged children and their families. Each year, American and its customers donate millions of miles to the charity. It’s a great cause if you have some extra AAdvantage miles that are going to be expiring soon.

American is currently running a Facebook promotion where you can earn 100 free AAdvantage miles for a quick form entry, which will get you entered to win

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Get 520 US Airways miles for only $4

Via Mommy Points, here’s a great deal for some quick US Airways miles. I know that 520 miles doesn’t sound like a lot, but those of us who are mileage collectors know that every little bit counts when you’re saving up for an award.

US Airways Dividend Miles has introduced Daily Deals, and you can get 500 miles for your first purchase. For the next 36 hours or so, they are offering a subscription to Scholastic’s Parent & Child magazine

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Credit Card Tip: Get an extra, updated offer from Chase using the Secure Message Center

I recently signed up for the Chase United MileagePlus Explorer Card. If you have miles in your United frequent flier account, you can currently get an offer that gives you 50,000 miles just for using the card once, plus there are some additional perks as well (more details available on Flyertalk).

About a month after I got the card, it came to my attention that the credit card offer had been updated to include a $50 statement credit. Chase will

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Get 1,000 free Virgin America Elevate points for joining a quick Facebook promotion

Virgin America has just announced a Facebook promotion where you can earn 1,000 Elevate points just for adding yourself to their virtual yearbook.

First, make sure you’re signed up for the Elevate program.

Then, add yourself to the yearbook. Make sure you enter in the same e-mail address that you originally used to sign up for Elevate, so your account is properly credited. It all takes just a couple of minutes, and you’ll get 1,000 points toward free flights. According

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Get 1,000 free BMI (eventual BA) miles for signing up for their Diamond Club

British Midland (BMI) is giving out 1,000 free Diamond Club airline miles to all new members of their program. While I’m never one to pass up free miles, this offer is of particular interest to anyone who has a British Airways Avios account, as BA will be taking over BMI in the future.

Even if the BMI miles don’t end up transferring to BA 1:1, free miles are free miles, and could be an easy way to keep your account

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