It’s been a great summer for big savings on flights and hotel stays, thanks to increased welcome bonuses from many of our best travel credit cards.
But these boosted offers only last a short time. On July 16, offers from United Airlines, Delta Air Lines, and Marriott Bonvoy will all expire. Here’s a closer look at these cards’ limited-time offers before they’re gone for good:
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It’s only been a few months since United relaunched its suite of co-branded credit cards with Chase, complete with added benefits and a few increased annual fees. If you’re a frequent United flyer, we think these cards can still offer great value on both your everyday spending and United travel purchases.
Three of these cards have limited-time offers ending soon that can boost your first-year rewards even more. These United℠ Gateway Card, United℠ Explorer Card, and United℠ Club Card boosted welcome bonuses end on July 16.
With a New United Gateway Card, you can earn 30,000 bonus points after spending at least $1,000 within the first three months after account opening. This card also has no annual fee.
Read our full United Gateway Card review.
The New United Explorer Card is offering a 60,000-mile bonus when you spend at least $3,000 within the first three months of account opening.
Read our full United Explorer Card review.
The New United Club Card’s limited-time bonus is worth 90,000 bonus miles after you spend at least $5,000 within the first three months of account opening.
Read our full United Club Card review.
The exact value you get for your points depends on your travel plans, but any of these limited-time bonus offers can get you at least one round-trip flight on United Airlines. Let’s say you want to use your bonus to book a late summer trip over the Labor Day holiday weekend. You plan to fly from your home in Denver to Chicago, leaving after work on Thursday and returning Tuesday.
Right now, you can book a roundtrip flight in Economy for just 24,100 miles and $11.20 in taxes and fees. If you paid cash for the same flights, you’d pay $331.54 (including taxes and fees). In this example, you’d even have plenty of miles left for your next United flight, no matter which card you choose.
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Whether you’re looking for a personal travel credit card or a business credit card, you can find a limited-time welcome offer among Delta’s co-branded cards with American Express. Many of these cards have a higher required spending threshold than others on our list, but you’ll also have a longer period (six months) to earn your bonus miles. Each of the Delta SkyMiles welcome bonuses below will end on July 16.
When you open a Delta SkyMiles Gold Amex card, you can earn 80,000 bonus miles after spending $3,000 within the first six months of account opening.
Read our full Delta SkyMiles Gold American Express Card review.
With the Delta SkyMiles Platinum card’s current bonus, you’ll earn 90,0000 bonus miles when you spend $4,000 within the first six months of account opening.
The Delta SkyMiles Reserve card is the most premium card in Delta’s partnership with Amex, and it has a welcome bonus to match. You can earn a 100,000-point bonus after spending $6,000 with your card in the first six months.
Read our full Delta SkyMiles Reserve American Express Card review.
In addition to Delta’s personal credit cards, small business owners looking to save on Delta flights can get boosted welcome bonuses through July 16, too. Here’s a rundown of the Delta SkyMiles business limited-time offers:
Earn 90,000 bonus miles after spending $6,000 within the first six months.
Earn 100,000 bonus miles after spending $8,000 within the first six months.
Earn 110,000 bonus miles after spending $12,000 within the first six months.
With these sky-high Delta credit card bonuses, it’s easy to save on at least one roundtrip flight, whether you’re traveling within the U.S. or internationally. Let’s say you want to book a last-minute summer getaway to the California coast and Napa Valley in August. You’ll fly into San Francisco on Friday, Aug. 22 and leave a week later, on Aug. 29.
You can book a single roundtrip ticket in Delta’s Main Cabin for just 45,600 miles (plus $11.20 in taxes and fees) — and even fly nonstop on both routes from Atlanta. You may even choose to upgrade your seat to Delta Comfort for a total of 82,800 miles (plus $11.20 in taxes and fees). If you paid for the same flights in cash today, you would pay $498.97 for the Main Cabin ticket or $878.97 for Delta Comfort (including taxes and fees).
Depending on which seat and which Delta SkyMiles Amex card you choose, you can potentially make up the annual fee cost with the value of this flight alone — and may even have SkyMiles left over from the bonus to use on your next trip.
Two of Chase’s co-branded credit cards with Marriott Bonvoy — the Marriott Bonvoy Boundless® Credit Card and Marriott Bonvoy Bold® Credit Card — are offering boosted welcome bonuses with Free Night awards through July 16.
With the Bonvoy Boundless, you’ll get a whopping five Free Night awards after spending $5,000 within the first three months of account opening. You can redeem each of those Free Nights for a value of up to 50,000 points, which makes this bonus worth up to 250,000 Bonvoy points in total.
The no-annual-fee Bonvoy Bold has a great offer too: Earn 60,000 points and one Free Night award after spending $2,000 within the first three months of account opening. This card’s Free Night award is also worth up to 50,000 points, so you can get a total value of up to 110,000 Bonvoy points with this bonus offer.
Marriott has thousands of locations worldwide, and a great welcome bonus can help you splurge on a big trip. For example, let’s say you’re planning a dream vacation to Italy’s Lake Como in the fall, from Oct. 24 through 29.
You can use your Bonvoy Boundless welcome bonus to book five nights at the Sheraton Lake Como Hotel for a total 246,000 Marriott Bonvoy points. If you paid in dollars today, the same stay would cost around $351 per night at the flexible Bonvoy member rate, or a total of $1,755.
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