Hyatt promo: 3x points & 2500 bonus for elite members (6/15 to 9/15/20)
World of Hyatt has announced its latest promotion: get 3x points starting with your second stay from June 15th to September 15th, 2020 (note that you must register by 8/31). Additionally, Discoverist, Explorist, and Globalist...
269,000 ANA miles expire in about 9 months. What to do?
I have 269,000 ANA miles that are set to expire in March and there's no practical way to extend their lifespan. Here's how I got to this situation and my best options for using...
Aeroplan / Etihad first class sweet spot: US to Australia & how to do...
Yesterday, Greg covered the news about the Etihad and Aeroplan partnership. In that post, Greg noted some of the potentially interesting opportunities with Aeroplan miles. One of the exciting things about this partnership is...
(EXPIRED) Hertz Launches Free-To-Go Pass: $99 Annual Subscription For Extra Benefits, Hotel Savings &...
Hertz has launched an annual subscription called Free-To-Go Pass. The subscription costs $99 per year and in return you get several potential benefits, although it'll be of limited usefulness for most people.
Add to that...
(EXPIRED) Best Western: Buy $100 Gift Card & Get $20 Bonus Card Free (Bonus...
Radisson isn't the only smaller hotel chain that's running a promotion that has limited appeal. Best Western has launched a promotion that's offering $20 bonus cards for every $100 of gift cards you buy...
Etihad Partners with Air Canada. Opportunities Abound.
Air Canada and Etihad have announced a partnership which is live as of today. You can now earn and redeem miles in either direction. For example, you can earn Air Canada Aeroplan miles when...
(EXPIRED) Radisson Rewards: Earn 2,500 Bonus Points Per Stay (Ends 8/31/20)
Radisson Rewards has launched a two-pronged promotion called Dream Deals. It's offering up to 25% off stays worldwide, along with 2,500 bonus points every time you stay at one of their properties before August...
(EXPIRED) Earn Alaska elite miles through credit card spend (& added category bonus)
For a limited time, Alaska Airlines is offering bonus elite qualifying miles with credit card spend: Earn 2,500 elite qualifying miles for each $5K spent on purchases from June 1st through September 30th (up to 10K...
Booking Delta flights with Capital One miles
Capital One has long touted that their Venture card earns 2 miles per dollar everywhere and with no blackout dates. That's technically true, but a bit deceiving in that Capital One "miles" are not...
IHG Has Introduced Dynamic Pricing & Is Offering Some Great Redemptions
In the last couple of days, IHG introduced more widespread dynamic pricing for award bookings. While this would likely be bad news normally, there are currently opportunities to book reward nights at lower rates...
(EXPIRED) From $918 or 61K RT Business Class to Europe on Icelandair (through Feb...
Icelandair is running some excellent business class offers from several US cities (including New York, Boston, Washington, and Seattle) to many European cities (including London, Paris, Oslo, Frankfurt, Helsinki, Stockholm, and more) for travel...
Best Marriott Resorts in Florida
Following my post "Best Hyatt resorts for winter and spring break in the continental United States" I intended to do the same for Marriott. But then I started looking through their resort list and...
The new true (temporary) value of Southwest points, diminished by COVID-19 and CARES
A couple of years ago, Greg wrote a post called The new true value of Southwest points. How to get up to 1.9 cents per point in value. I was re-examining that post in...
Emirates Slashes Award Fees – Now Worth A Second Look
Emirates has slashed the taxes and fees charged on award bookings by ~90%. In the past, their $1,000+ fees on award flights killed any semblance of a deal using Skywards miles, but these changes...
