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Three offers that might help you if you’re looking to beef up your frequent flyer account.

(Don’t forget to spend some of those miles, too, you know… They don’t earn interest!)

1) Delta
Airlines have a bajillion partners through whom you can earn miles, and Delta is adding an incentive for you to spend your cash with Delta partners. Register here. Then, through May 31, you’ll get 5000 bonus miles for every set of 5 Delta SkyMiles partners you transact with, up to a 25,000-mile bonus.

2) US Airways
Reader Matthew points to this promo from online bank Netbank for new customers opening accounts:

4000 Dividend miles for opening a netbank checking account and keeping a minimum average daily balance of $500 USD for 1 month. Miles arrive 4-6 weeks after this. They have a similar promotion for their CD and money market products, but each requires more cash. Offers CAN be used in combination for a total of up to 13,000 miles. Not sure if miles arrive in lump sum or if they’re given over time.

Miles are not elite-qualifying, so you won’t hit Gold or Chairman’s Preferred any faster this way. But they’re still redeemable miles. (Thanks Matthew!)

3) United
This isn’t a new offer. In fact, it dates back to October. But I get asked about this semi-regularly, and the fact that it’s still ongoing amazes me. Chase is still offering the United Mileage Plus Visa with no annual fee for the first year, and with a whopping 25,000 bonus miles. If you’re looking for a Visa for your business, they have a 1-year no-fee card with 25,000 bonus miles for commercial accounts, too. See here for the latter card. Previously posted here in slightly greater detail.

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Chase is offering an astronomical 25,000 bonus miles when you sign up for their United Airlines Mileage Plus Signature Visa and spend $250 on the card. There’s no annual fee in the first year. After a year they charge $60.

25,000 miles gets you a free domestic ticket.

The fine print says the offer is for new customers only, but it’s possible the bank might waive that requirement. (The link is handled by FirstUSA, which is a subsidiary of Chase, FYI.)

Via Gary Leff.

It may be the over-commercialization of public spaces, but I’d still rather see airports offer power outlets sponsored by a bank than see airport managers cover up the sockets. Benet Wilson snapped this photo of a sponsored power outlet at Indianapolis Airport.

Time to add Indy to the Air Power Wiki, the directory of power sockets in airports around the world. (Benet, I’ll leave that to you…)

tags: travel | power outlets | airports