Hilton extending free night certificates to August 31, 2021
Hilton has announced that they are extending free night certificates in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. They have sent out the following email to members...
$1K gift cards out of stock at some Simon Malls
We have received a few reports from readers about a few Simon Malls being out of stock of $1K Visa Gift Cards. I posted...
(Update: Now includes more dates) JetBlue: no cancellation fees for flights through 4/30 (or...
Update 3/11/20: JetBlue has expanded their change/cancellation fee waiver policy. Currently, all change and cancel fees for travel through 4/30/20 are waived, regardless of...
(Update: Now Valid On Flights Booked Before March 1) American Airlines Waiving Change Fees...
Update 3/10/2020: In addition to Delta and United, American Airlines has announced that they're extending their waived change fees to include flights that were...
[Update] Delta & United Announce Waived Change Fee Policies [Update: Now Includes Flights Purchased...
Update 3/10/2020: United has also expanded the waived change fees to include flights purchased on or before March 2 for travel from March 9...
Hyatt Offering 10k Points When Cancelling Non-Refundable Bookings Made Before March 8
Hyatt has once again shown why they have such a highly regarded loyalty program. They announced last night that they'll be awarding 10,000 World...
United Makes Awful Change To Their Policy On Schedule Changes
United was the last of the main US airlines to announce that they'd waive change fees for flights booked during March, but they're sadly...
Possible FlexPerks devaluation: Only $0.01 per point via real-time mobile rewards?
There are multiple data points at Flyertalk and there is some discussion at reddit about a possible devaluation of FlexPerks Rewards. Since 2018, FlexPerks redemptions made via...
Avianca adds basic economy fares to/from North America
Avianca has today (3/4/20) begun selling basic economy style fares on flights to and from the United States. They are marketing their flights in "sizes"...
Alaska matches JetBlue: no change or cancellation fees (temporarily)
Update 3/13/20: Alaska has now expanded this policy quite a bit as follows (See our Coronavirus cancellation policies complete guide for more):
Link to waiver...
Uh-oh. Amex is clawing back some airline incidental credits
2020 is the year of the rat, but sadly American Express is trying to also make it the year of the RAT.
Amex's Rewards Abuse...
Combine Hotels.com gift cards online again
Hotels.com gift cards can once again be combined online. I'm not sure exactly when this returned, but that's an awesome development as it means that...
Wow! Alaska joins Oneworld in mid-2021, expands partnership with AA
In a surprise move that I don't think anybody saw coming, as reported by The Points Guy this morning, Alaska Airlines and American Airlines...
Hyatt Category changes 2020: A mixed bag
Hyatt category changes for 2020 have been announced today and will take effect on March 22, 2020. In total, 117 properties increase in price and...
