LATAM and Delta announced back in September (read more here) that the American carrier had taken a 20% stake in its Latin American counterpart that would exit Oneworld Alliance in due course.
Oneworld affiliated airlines need to give 12 months’ notice if they decide to withdraw from the alliance. Qantas has now confirmed that the last day of LATAM’s Oneworld membership is September 30, 2020.
Following the creation of new flight paths that cut through airspace managed by the U.S. military’s Yokota Air Base in Tokyo, new slots have become available for Haneda airport and Japan’s two main carriers decided to take advantage of it.
Both ANA and JAL have announced route changes for the vast amount of their North America routes, many of which previously landed at Tokyo-Narita.
Hilton Grand Vacations (HGV) launched an offer early this month (read more here) for 5,000 bonus points after listening to a sales pitch.
Now, HGV has launched an enhanced Preview-offer that a reader forwarded to us that includes 25,000 points and three-night stay at select hotels for $199 + tax when purchased by November 26, 2019.
Delta SkyMiles releases award deals every few weeks and just made several destinations especially in Europe, rather reasonably priced using miles for travel this fall through early 2020.
SkyMiles members can travel to destinations in Asia such as Zurich, Lisbon, and Munich, starting at just 30,000 miles return in economy. The valid travel dates and number of miles required are destination specific.
Choice Privileges Members Only Madness-week in 2019 has reached its fourth and final day.
Members are eligible to earn 10,000 bonus points for a stay by December 30, 2019, that is booked November 21 – 22.
Today’s Airfare of the Day goes to Kenya Airways and their business class unrestricted round trip fares between New York and Dubai.
Remember you can always email us or send a message via Facebook or Twitter with your airfare-related findings or questions.
IHG Rewards Club launched in September an on-going double points promotion for select new hotels in Asia-Pacific and has now extended the dates through May 31, 2020.
Member must book using the Best Flexible Rate to earn the bonus points. The valid hotels with the promo dates are displayed on the IHG’s page.
A LoyaltyLobby reader sent us a question about arranging a meeting through Marriott Bonvoy Events to earn 10 elite qualifying nights needed for an elite status.
You can always email us, send a message via Facebook, or use Twitter and include photos too. We’ll try to cover Reader Questions & Comments here several times a week.
Le Club AccorHotels has launched a new bonus miles offer for Qatar Airways frequent flier program member stays.
Privilege Club members can earn triple miles between November 10 – January 31, 2020, for stays booked November 4 – December 2.
IHG Rewards Club Kimpton has released their Last Minute Deals for this coming week/weekend of November 21 – 25, 2019.
These rates are only available for IHG Rewards Club members, are prepaid and available on select dates depending on the property (see the list below).
Malaysia Airlines has a new promotion offering customer who purchase a Business Class ticket until December 1st 2019 a 50% discount off their next Business Ticket within Malaysia, ASEAN, Hong Kong and China.
The promotion runs through a discount code that has several restrictions to it which includes origin/destination and booking/travel period limitations.
Choice Privileges was teasing its program members last week about four-day long Members Only Madness taking place this Monday to Thursday.
The third-day offer is a 40% bonus when buying points with 250,000 purchase limit (350,000 points when the bonus is factored in) through December 5, 2019.
SOS International, a company that specializes in medical services for companies, has released its expectations for 2020.
There is rather interesting Travel Risk Map that features countries where medical care is or is not readily available, predictions for 2020, and what natural risks are out there.
