Shopping portals can be a great way to earn cash back for purchases you’d make anyway. While shopping portals offer bonuses for all kinds of retailers, sometimes they even offer bonuses for airlines and hotels. We even see portals sometimes offer bonuses…
Often buying points can represent a great value, especially for first and business class award redemptions, where redeeming miles represents a disproportionately good value. So for those who like to buy miles, another airline has just rolled out a promotion…
Plaza Premium operates lounges around the world, and as far as contract/third party lounges go, I find that they're among the better ones out there. In early 2017 I wrote about how Plaza Premium launched a loyalty program, called Arrture. Well, the program…
Online shopping portals can be a great way to pick up additional miles & points for purchases you’d make anyway. Just for following a specific link you can earn bonus points in addition to the ones you’d earn for credit card spending. Whenever I make…
In late October, IHG Rewards Club revealed the details of their current global promotion, which is incredibly lucrative. Well, the booking period for the window has just been extended (though the stay period hasn't). Let's take a look at the details.…
About a week ago LifeMiles launched their Black Friday/Cyber Monday promo on purchased miles. I posted a reminder of that, as the promotion was supposed to end yesterday. Well, I've just been informed that the promotion has been extended until Thursday,…
Best Western Rewards isn’t the most generous loyalty program out there, and for that matter Best Western doesn’t have that many aspirational properties. They do offer promotions every so often, though. This fall they offered a free night after staying…
Online shopping portals can be a great way to pick up additional miles & points for purchases you’d make anyway. Just for following a specific link you can earn bonus points or cash back in addition to the rewards you’d earn for credit card spending.…
For a while the Alaska Airlines Visa® Business Credit Card has had an increased welcome bonus, and it's an offer seriously worth considering. This is a card that I have and that I applied for under a worse offer, so I sure wish I had applied when this…
We're seeing quite some promotions on hotel gift cards at the moment. Yesterday Fairmont sold gift cards with a 20% bonus, and at the moment Hyatt is selling gift cards for 10% off. You can now add a gift card deal from another hotel group to the mix.…
The major hotel chains sometimes sell discounted gift cards, which is a great way to lower the cost of hotel stays. For the past few years Fairmont has been offering bonuses on gift card purchases at least twice a year. They typically offer one of these…
We frequently see loyalty programs sell points at a discount, and for many this is an opportunity to buy points at a cost that makes sense, especially for aspirational redemptions. At the moment we're seeing even more programs than usual selling points…
Aegean's Miles+Bonus program has historically been one of the most lucrative Star Alliance award programs in terms of the ease with which you can earn elite status, and also in terms of their redemption costs. Well, Aegean has just rolled out their latest…
United Airlines MileagePlus has just launched their latest promotion on purchased miles. Through 11:59PM CT on Wednesday, December 11, 2019, United is offering a targeted bonus on purchased miles. Different accounts seem to be targeted for different…
Ride sharing service Via is piloting a program to offer $15 one-way rides from LaGuardia Airport to Brooklyn, Queens, and Manhattan. In addition, rides to Staten Island and the Bronx are $20. Via (I honestly am not sure whether they want you to pronounce…
LifeMiles is one of the most useful frequent flyer programs out there, in my opinion, given that they frequently sell miles at a discount, and have great award redemption rates. So they're often my go-to program for booking premium cabin Star Alliance…
The Olympics are in Tokyo next summer, and I know a lot of people are looking to go there. The catch is that it can be really tough to find award availability to the Olympics, given how much demand there is. A few weeks ago I wrote about how Japan Airlines…
Through December 3, 2019, Radisson Rewards is offering a 100% bonus on purchased points. Note that you have to log into your account to see the offer so it's possible not everyone will see the same promotion. The accounts I manage all show a 100% bonus,…
A couple of weeks ago Hilton Honors launched their latest promotion on purchased points, and this is a reminder of that, as the promotion expires tomorrow (Tuesday, November 26, 2019). Through Tuesday, November 26, 2019, Hilton Honors is offering a 100%…
A few times per year Aeroplan offers a bonus when you convert hotel points into miles, and they've just launched their latest such promotion. On the surface this sounds like a good deal, but there's one major thing missing that makes this almost useless.…
Marriott seems to be offering a new targeted promotion for Bonvoy members, which is in addition to their current global promotion. Marriott recently launched their new "Unlock More" promotion, which is valid for stays through January 14, 2020. The promotion…
