Hyatt Extending Elite Status, Free Night Certificates, Suite Upgrades & Club Access Awards, Waiving...
Hyatt has come out of the blocks early and announced a set of incredibly customer-friendly policies. They'll be extending your existing status for another year, while also extending the life of your free night...
Update: Hilton restores suite upgrade language for Diamond members
Update 3/31/20: Hilton reached out to let us know that this issue was a copy error. It has since been updated and the site once again reflects the program terms, stating that Diamond members...
Marriott Now Offering Up To 30 Elite Nights From Credit Cards (15 Personal +...
The end of the world really must be nigh. Marriott has made a change to its loyalty program and - for once - it's a positive change. That's because you can now earn 30...
Nick predicts: Hyatt & Marriott’s elite status plan for 2020
Yesterday, we learned that Hilton will extend elite status to 2021 or even 2022 for some. Radisson announced the day before that they are extending elite status. IHG announced two weeks ago that they...
Hilton extending status until 2022, pausing point expiration, flexible bookings
Hilton Honors has announced their plans to extend member status and pause points expiration and the news is very good: all members whose status was scheduled to be downgraded on March 31st will automatically receive...
Marriott downgrades status, maybe no soft landings after all
Marriott has updated member status for 2019 activity and many of those members whose 2019 activity did not meet status requirements are finding that their status has downgraded accordingly. While some have apparently gotten...
IHG reduces elite status qualifications, extends Ambassador membership
For IHG enthusiasts who missed the detail in yesterday's post about coronavirus cancellation policy, note that IHG has reduced elite status qualification requirements for earning status in 2020. While these requirements will still be...
On my mind: Coronavirus, points and miles
Last weekend, I presented at the Travel & Adventure Show in Washington DC and Nick presented at FTU (Frequent Traveler University). Going into the weekend I was surprised that the show and the FTU...
(EXPIRED) Hyatt & American Airlines Offering Reciprocal Fast Tracks To Elite Status
Last year, Hyatt and American Airlines announced that they'd be launching a partnership that would allow reciprocal earning, status challenges and more. That partnership went live a couple of months later in May, while...
5 paths to extreme luxury with Hyatt
Hyatt is a tiny hotel chain when compared to the giants like Wyndham, Choice, Marriott, IHG, and Hilton. But for those seeking luxury accommodations, Hyatt seems to have more than its fair share, especially...
(EXPIRED) Alaska status fast track for Amazon companies
Alaska Mileage Plan is offering a status fast track for employees of Amazon and Amazon-owned companies. The timing on this is poor since many companies are banning employee travel at the moment, but if you...
Delta Status Boosts now posting mid-cycle
Delta Platinum and Delta Reserve Status Boosts are now being granted mid-cycle. As a reminder, Delta Reserve cardholders earn 15,000 Medallion Qualifying Miles (MQMs) towards elite status with each $30K of spend, up to...
(EXPIRED) United offering 2020 status match challenge for elite status until 2021 or 2022
United Mileage Plus is currently offering a new status match challenge for 2020. The wording on the promo page indicates that this challenge opportunity is expected to stick around throughout 2020, so whether to...
Manufacturing Delta status: spend big now or later?
On January 30th 2020, Delta credit cards issued by Amex changed drastically. As a result, we had a small window of time to make the most of our cards under the old rules. If...
