Hilton Honors is making the current Double Points promotion (read more here) even better for those that carry one of the co-branded American Express credit cards issued in the United States.
Hilton Honors is offering triple points 10 base + 20 bonus that are in addition to the points that you earn by settling the hotel folio using Amex or any other card.
Air France-KLM Flying Blue has just released their June promotional awards for July 1 – August 31, 2018-travel.
The discount is usually from 20% to 50% off the usual number of miles required (although sometimes the discount is capped at 25%).
British Airways Executive Club members in the United States that redeemed miles between 2006 and 2013 can get up to 35,000 Avios or 16.9% of the cash they paid for the fuel surcharges back as a result of a class action settlement that the airline has reached with a court.
This must be the same case that we first wrote back in late 2013 (access here) when four frequent fliers had filed a case against BA claiming that the fuel surcharges that the airline was collecting had very little to do with the actual price of the oil.
Hilton Honors is about to launch their traditional Summer Weekends sale for stays in Europe, Middle East & Africa.
The offer is valid for stays between June 8 – October 8, 2018. The discount for Hilton Honors members is up to 25% off (15% off for non-members).
Since October last year American Express has partnered with Lufthansa at Munich (MUC) airport to allow Platinum and Centurion card holder to access the Lufthansa Lounges as part of their American Express Global Lounge Collection.
This partnership has now been extended and also expanded to Frankfurt Airport where Amex premium customers can now enjoy select Lufthansa facilities.
Emirates yesterday launched new “My Family” program that allows up to 8 members to pool their miles into one account while continuing to accrue tier miles.
Members can choose to pool all or percentage of the miles they earn to the family account and this can be changed at any time.
British Airways has launched 50% off economy reward flight sale that is valid for travel between September 1 – May 31, 2019, and must be booked by June 17.
The 50% off discount applies to both peak and off-peak Avios prices. You can also use Avios & Money but the money part is not discounted.
Etihad Airways is changing the number of Guest miles awards require effective June 30, 2018. The base mileage will stay as of now but the airline will introduce greater variability based on “when you book and fly” (whatever this might mean).
The award surcharges are not changing and this change only affects, per the email, economy and business class awards.
Le Club AccorHotels runs Private Sales in Europe, Australasia, Middle East, South America and Asia weekly unless there is a global Super or Private Sale going on.
Le Club AccorHotels revamped these Private Sale pages few months back and seems that content is gone from some while still available on others.
Emirates President Tim Clark revealed the airline’s Premium Economy plans on a recent podcast that was reported by Gulf Business.
The airline will install the Premium Economy cabin on its new Airbus A380 aircraft that will start arriving in 2020.
J.D. Power today released their 2018 North America Airline Satisfaction Study for the 14th year. The study is based on responses from more than 11,000 passengers who flew on these airlines between March 2017 and 2018.
The survey results shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone. Alaska Airlines and Delta are leading the full service segment and Southwest Airlines and JetBlue the low coast one.
Radisson Rewards has launched separate Dream Deals sale for stays in the United States and Canada that is only valid for June 1 – 30, 2018.
Members can save up to 30% off of their stays and also earn 5,000 bonus points per stays.
Our Whine Wednesday this week is a repeat topic about something that has become a real pest at many popular holiday destinations: Resort Fees that sometimes even exceed the actual room rate.
Pretty much all big name casino properties in Las Vegas for example are charging resort fees and that for quite some time, MGM hotels such as the Mirage are billing $37 plus tax per night.
