World of Hyatt launched back in July a 40% bonus sale or buying points (minimum 5,000) that ends on Tuesday (August 27, 2019)
Members can buy up to 55,000 points every calendar year before any bonuses. Hyatt has several promotions for buying points throughout the year but they always max at 40%.
Today’s Airfare of the Day goes to United and their shoulder season midweek premium economy round trip fares between Chicago and Bangkok. This fare can be routed on ANA codeshare flights via Tokyo NRT/HND.
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IHG Rewards Club has now released the latest PointBreaks hotels that are valid for stays through October 31, 2019. Members can choose from196 hotels this time.
IHG moved away from the flat 5,000 points per night pricing in early 2018 and introduced hotels also at 10,000 and 15,000 points per night. Members can now book PointBreaks using Points + Cash too.
Today’s Airfare of the Day goes to Finnair and their business class excursion round trip fares between Canada and Japan. This fare accrues up to 36,750 EQMs and 4,650 EQDs on American Airlines AAdvantage.
Remember that you can always email me or send me a message via Facebook or Twitter with your airfare-related findings or questions.
Hilton Honors launched on Saturday (read more here) their “Power Up” global promotion that is valid for stays between September 9 – January 5, 2020, but forgot to enable the registration. You can now do it via My Offers (access here)
Members earn double points for their stays during the offer period and those that have Hilton Honors affiliated credit card (any market) will get triple bonus.
Passengers who are planning to fly from Malaysia have a few more days before a departure levy will be added to most international tickets beginning on the 1st of September 2019.
A month ago Malaysia announced that it is starting to collect a RM8 to RM150 departure tax that varies by class of service and destination.
World of Hyatt members can earn 500 bonus points per night at select new hotels and now this promotion has been extended through January 31, 2020 with more hotels.
Members can earn 500 bonus points per night on top of any other possible bonuses that there might be.
Southwest Airlines has launched new Rapid Rewards promotion for members that travel within California.
Rapid Rewards members can earn double points for flights August 26 – October 31, 2019 if booked August 26 – September 24.
IHG Rewards Club has launched new offer to promote Bonus Points Package (BPP) bookings for stays through December 31, 2019.
Members that reserve BPPs can get 25% additional bonus if booked by September 24. The BPP points are elite qualifying but the 25% additional bonuses are not.
Choice Hotels has Choice Privileges guest loyalty program that comes with three elite tier levels of Gold, Platinum and Diamond with variable benefits.
You probably know Choice Hotels from their budget brands such as Comfort Inn, Quality Inn and EconoLodge among others.
Kuala Lumpur International Airport – KLIA (KUL) in Malaysia has been experiencing network issues since Thursday and Sebastian filed a report when he flew out from the city on Friday (read more here).
Malaysian press was reporting on Saturday and Sunday that issues had been fixed but that doesn’t appear to be the case based on what Sebastian experienced himself late Sunday when transiting there.
To celebrate the first anniversary of combined Marriott Rewards & SPG programs, we decided to launch a giveaway for 100,000 Marriott Bonvoy points.
The giveaway is now open and you must enter by 11:59PM ET on Friday (August 30, 2019). We will announce the winner on Sunday (September 1).
Today’s Airfare of the Day goes to Vietnam Airlines and their business class excursion round trip fares between Singapore and London.
Remember that you can always email me or send me a message via Facebook or Twitter with your airfare-related findings or questions.
Today our Compensation Clinic is reviewing a stay I had last week at the Doubletree Kuala Lumpur where I had a very bad experience including a double downgrade (all pun intended).
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