US Airways Grand Slam Partner Promo Starts September 1st

August 31, 2010 - Rick

As in 2008 and 2009 you earn hits for qualifying partner activity. The most hits you get, the more miles you earn. 4 hits earns 4,000 miles, and it takes 16 hits to earn enough for a domestic ticket. The max, 36 hits earns 100,000 US Airways miles.

If you know of inexpensive ways to earn hits, please post them in the comments section so others can enjoy the benefits of your ideas.

Here is the link. The promo runs from September 1st to November 14th. You can register today but the activity must be on or after 9/1 to qualify. Remember to keep a paper trail of your activity for proof when or if you get shorted.

Anonymous

Please remove this post…it's will now be public and get the loophole busted for everyone!
Anonymous

I agree with the above comment
Anonymous

REMOVE please
Anonymous

Are you trying to kill this for everyone?
Anonymous

Yeah, I hate to say it, but I found this process through quite a bit of trial and error.

But, when one loophole closes, another one opens…

I hope.

Then again, judging by shipping times, MommaMint isn't being overworked (i.e. curve is leaning toward supply-heavy). As long as they have the mandate to move coins, likely we'll have the advantage…
Anonymous

This is ridiculous, can you please remove this post.
FrugalTravelGuy

Lots of early morning passion abou tthis post. Terrific.

It reminds of the people that move into a paradise location then say "close the door" to anybody else that wants to move in after them. It happened in my small hometown. I thought this blog was about sharing info? What happened to that concept?
California Dude

Rick, I'm also surprised by all the "remove this post" comments. You've posted much more innovative techniques than this Amex + authorized user w/separate mailing address system for US Mint. It's a great technique but the volume is certainly below the radar of anything that will get noticed.
Anonymous

Please remove…you are trying to get this killed sooner
Anonymous

Would you be glad if this method gets shared with the media?

The concept of sharing info can certainly be helpful, but this is a bit extreme, because it encourages people to abuse the system — which ultimately leads to killing the deal.
Anonymous

Please remove,when the mint closes this down we will know why.
Anonymous

imo those who still "know" the mint know this. thus remove as not good to make the mint less happy then they are right now!
Anonymous

Hey Rick, I'm all for the creative thinking…but won't this impact the credit score of the people you're adding as authorized users? I'd make sure they're cool with that before just adding them to a bunch of your cards and charging like crazy (the age of the card and utilization ratio might impact their rating too, no?)
Anonymous

I don't take advantage of this loophole and find it a bit overkill as far as greed goes. It really is against the spirit of the mint coins to an extreme, as well as against the bank and cc to some extent. I would draw the limit at spending levels required, but this really is just a bit more than the normal level of immorality.
Anonymous

The info shared should be that you can purchase coins from the mint in general.. Not the loophole to order more. Let people figure that out on their own, it took me weeks of playing around to figure it out. Let's not make it TOO easy.
Anonymous

Keep this up! I doubt all of you that commented above found out about buying from the Mint in the the first place because you are all avid coin collectors. It was because someone else found it out and then decided to share it with you, so be grateful and quit being such babies. The whole mileage collecting is all based around loopholes and sharing information.
danny

i agree with sharing the info. i'm still not gonna go through this effort, so let the folks who want to do it.

i'd just like to point out that i've been ordering 4 boxes of a single prez since they changed the rules to $1K max because the 2 boxes per prez term was removed from the mint's site and i don't think it's a stipulation anymore.
Anonymous

Boo hoo.

Bunch of elitists all upset because somebody may order a few more coins than they do. All pissy because they think they are holding the secrets for sliced bread.

You will kill this deal for us, we want the American Tax Payers to foot the bill for our credit card fees and shipping so we can violate the terms of the program and bring these coins right to the bank, but we don't want anybody else doing that.

The mint just needs to end this fiasco. It's not getting any coins into circulation, it's just costing everybody money.
Anonymous

"P.S: My only worry is if this gets abused, this will come to an end prematurely so every one move with caution."
Are you kidding me? Explaining exactly how to abuse the system and then feigning concern that people might actually abuse the system? How disingenuous (or naive) can you get? So much for the oft-quoted adage about hogs getting slaughtered. It's never enough in the end.
I agree with most of the previous posts. I always thought this blog had higher standards at this game than the others but I guess in the end they're all the same: the ends justify the means. Tsk, tsk, tsk.
Anonymous

I agree with Rick on this one. I'm also curious to hear how people use the coins? Do they all go to the bank? I thought banks were not taking this many coins back?
FrugalTravelGuy

To the previous anon: I didn't write the ps the original email writer did. U could have emailed me to ask the question???
Anonymous

Not even the Mint, but AMEX will certainly look into it and stop it. Potentially (without any certainty) AMEX will NOT reward ANY points similar to the Flexperks. Kudo to the Loyal Reader.
Mikeef

Thank you for the loophole. It's very helpful. Please ignore anyone who gives you the "I already know it so make sure nobody else does."

Mike
doonya

Im all for sharing information and deals..but this posting pretty much can be a kill switch for the mint. We have a serious gold mine here for getting miles/pts…and I think we are all afraid ONE person could irresponsibly take down our gold mine by abusing it. Better to have a flowing stream of water, than a gushing tidal wave of water
Kevin

Possibly no need for multiple email addresses. You can just add "+blahblahblah" to the end of a gmail address and it will still come to the same inbox. Maybe it would work here?

I feel that FTG should keep sharing insider deals, but only with me
Lantean

To: Anonymous

Why would Amex possibly stop it? They are making 3% commission for the transaction, for each $1k we spend on coins Amex gets $30… just like they would from any other purchase. They would have to be stupid to stop this!
Anonymous

"It reminds of the people that move into a paradise location then say "close the door" to anybody else that wants to move in after them. It happened in my small hometown. I thought this blog was about sharing info? What happened to that concept?"

So much for loyalty to your readers. That was an easy sellout.
Anonymous

How long do people need to keep open the Chase accounts so the bankers earn commissions?
Anonymous

You did the right thing showing us …. Yes some people out there are prob. Upset those are the greedy ppl. I for one look at this blog as a place of insight and to learn more thanks for the hard work
Anonymous

Deleting this post was completely againist the spirit of the blog. We all are here to share ideas and maximize our miles and points based on advice from each other. Otherwise what is the point of this blog? Very sad reaction by people.
Carsten Varming

Please stop crying about the publicity of these kind of schemes. It is out and so be it.

Someone above was interested in what people do with their coins. Personally, I buy lunch with them. The first time you pay with coins people typically give you a small story about how they are going to save these coins, or give them to their children to collect, or something like that. I find these stories very amusing.
FrugalTravelGuy

I've got both side of a 50-50% split pissed off now. Pol results were down the middle. For those that think I pulled it because of pressure, your answer is no I did not. I pulled it because a friend will be speaking about it at the Chicago DO. IIRC I've only pulled two things from the blog. The other one offended someone with an alternate lifestyle and they had every right to call me out. I thnk that is a pretty good record for almost 3 years now. Bfore the conversation gets heated and somebody mouths off in a non constructive manner: I need to hear from a computer geek.

What does the word "cache" mean and will it help those that think is should be available today? Does it solve the problem for those with the initiative to get the info this way? Thanks Geeks out there. If not, it will be reposted on October 17th.
Anonymous

Thanks for the effort. I love your blog and have learnt a lot!

Re a poster above, one reason why AMEX would stop the reward would be credit risk. Just like the Flexperks, AMEX can still pocket the close to 3% merchant fee and not reward anything to the cardholders. Just like the traveler's cheques, you still can buy them with the cards, but just no reward points.

I am one that supports open sharing of deals/information. I am just pissed by the abusers – ordered $40K at a single time, took them to the bank all at once, and did not forget to take pictures and post them. Or abused the CC funding, bragged about it on Twitter, and killed the deals for everyone. Now who is selfish or greedy and kill the deals?

Anyway, keep the blog going, Rick. Love the spirit of the blog, but write the article in a smarter way to stay away from the abusers.
tima1212

@Rick — This was already asked, but how long does the Chase account need to be open for agent commission purposes?
FrugalTravelGuy

Tima. At least 8 months.
Anonymous

Here is a trick in ordering coins which I have been able to use successfully.

Assumption: I have 2 AX cards. Add 3 authorised users (Mom/Dad/Cat/Dog). So I have 8 cards tied to 2 different AX accounts (SPG & MR). Establish multiple email addresses.

Day 1. Order using AX-101 same address. 2AJ + 2JA Email: AX-101@yahoo.com
Day 2. Order using AX-102 same address. 2JM + 2GW Email: AX-102@gmail.com
Day 3. Order using AX-103 same address. 2JT + 2ZT Email: AX-103@yahoo.com
Day 4. Order using AX-104 same address. 2TJ + 2JP Email: AX-104@gmail.com
Day 5. Order using AX-201 same address. 4NAs Email: AX-201@gmail.com
Day 6. Saturday
Day 7. Sunday
Day 8. Order using AX-202 same address. 2AJ + 2GW Email: AX-202@yahoo.com
Day 9. Order using AX-203 same address. 2JT + 2JA Email: AX-203@gmail.com
Day 10. Order using AX-204 same address. 2TJ + 2ZT Email: AX-204@yahoo.com

Rinse and Repeat.

Please note there can be hundreds of combinations for the above, the trick is how you can be creative. Caution: Don't order any president more than 2 boxes at a time.

Hint: 2AJ= 2 boxes of Andrew Jackson. I hope the readers can decipher the other shorties.

Thanks,

A loyal reader

P.S: My only worry is if this gets abused, this will come to an end prematurely so every one move with caution.
Anonymous

Somebody asked how to use mint purchases w/o re-depositing the coins in the bank:

For me, it is $500/mo. in childcare, $100/mo. in electricity, $200-400/mo. in food (Aldi). None of these places will accept CCs, but willingly accept 20 rolls of $25 coins!

Just last week, I had to shell out $480 for dental care for my son. Mind you that by not using a CC, I got a 10% cash discount! There goes another two boxes…

I typically run thru $1,500 in coins per month and never ever deposit into the bank.
Kevin

Cache is just a place where something is stored away. In this situation, it may refer to Google's cache, which automatically archives most search results on Google servers. Do any search and you'll see links at the bottom of each result that say "Cached". If content has been removed or a website is unreachable, you can use these links to still get at it. Archive.org is like this, only much, much deeper. Useful tool.

There's also a cache that your web browser keeps. It is a folder on your hard drive where a bunch of recently viewed web pages are stored locally. This eliminates the need to re-download a page when you have recently viewed it. For example, when you hit the back button. Maybe useful to this community if a CC offer gets taken down and recently viewed, but not printed.

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