Mileage deals

Traveling for the holidays is usually a headache, but what makes it worse is paying a lot for the privilege.  Next year, travel free with miles from a handful of good deals that likely won't last very long:

• 100,000 or 75,000 AAdvantage miles: A small step down from last year's slightly more generous offers, Citi is still giving away up to 100,000 miles for signing up for a credit card (no annual fee for the first year). The offers are 1) 75,000 miles after spending $4,000 within 6 months and 2) 50,000 miles after spending $2,500 in 6 months, 25,000 after $10,000 in your first year, and 25,000 after $10,000 in your second year.  This deal expires February 28, 2011.
• 30,000 Continental OnePass miles (+$50 statement credit): The Continental OnePass card from Chase is a pretty good offer.  It's not as attractive as the American offer, but the big reason to do it now is that typically you can only get one mileage bonus per program (the AAdvantage card above is an exception).  And since Continental OnePass will be merged into United Mileage Plus at the end of 2011, this is your last chance to pick up 30,000 Continental miles for very little effort.
• 10,000 United miles: Chase also has a checking account offer that you can usually churn (i.e. close your account and repeat) reliably.