There are oodles of BoardingArea and other bloggers giving away hotel points and other great travel items, and I uncovered another Starwood Preferred Guest 50% off rack rate certificate I’d like a lucky reader to have. As you probably know, rack rates are definitely more expensive than the cheapest best available room rates, but the…
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200 United Airlines MileagePlus miles for new e-miles members plus a sweepstakes
Continental sent out their weekly “News and Offers†email to subscribers yesterday and I noticed an offer for 200 “free†OnePass (soon to be MileagePlus) miles for new e-miles memberships and a sweepstakes with a grand prize of 100,000 miles. There’s a bit of work to get those 200 miles, though, as it requires you…
Targeted? American Airlines offering accelerated elite status & double miles
Via Live from a Lounge & The Points Guy, it appears American Airlines sent out a targeted promotion to many AAdvantage members yesterday offering both accelerated elite status to Platinum or Executive Platinum and double redeemable award miles. There is a very active Flyertalk thread discussing this promotion, as well. [Updated 2/10/12: Per AAdvantageGeek and…
Targeted? Save 25% off United Airlines purchased award miles
I received the following email yesterday offering a 25% discount on United Airlines MileagePlus award miles purchased today through 11:59pm CST on Friday, February 10, 2012. The disclaimer reads, “Offer is available only if you link from this email,†and try as I might, I can’t figure out a way to share the link without…
Hilton HHonors “Any Weekend, Anywhere” 24-hour bonus event starts tomorrow
From noon tomorrow EST through 11:59am Wednesday, if you book a weekend night with a Hilton brand property for a stay anytime this year, you can receive 2,500 bonus HHonors points upon completion of each stay up to a maximum 10,000 points for four stays. This 24-hour event highlights the loyalty program’s “Any Weekend, Anywhere…
Room Key launch, suing Starwood, Club Carlson A+ promo, Hilton upgrades, Marriott’s high end, Four Seasons splurges and business travel slows
In other hotel and travel industry news last week… In an attempt to steer traffic away from Online Travel Agencies like Expedia and Priceline – and the commissions paid to OTAs – several major hotel chains beta-launched Room Key. The brands include Best Western, Hilton, Hyatt, InterContinental, Marriott and Wyndham, and Room Key acts as…
Current Hilton HHonors promotions I’m focusing on
These have already been widely covered in other blogs, but I have yet to directly address them. First up is the Hilton HHonors first quarter promotion offering 1,000 bonus points per night and 5,000 additional bonus points if you spend a minimum 2-nights from Thursday to Sunday. Registration is required and there is a list…
SPG 50% off rack rate certificate winners
Congrats to commenter numbers 45 and 148… I’ll be sending you an email shortly. Thanks everyone for your interest in this giveaway… I plan to do more in 2012. Happy New Year!
Giveaway: SPG 50% off rack rate certificates good for up to 5 nights
Christmas may be over (Hanukkah just about), but I’m giving away two Starwood Preferred Guest 50% off RACK rate certificates that are good through December 31, 2013. As you probably know, rack rates are definitely more expensive than the cheapest best available room rates, but the use of these certificates on suites can really save…
United Airlines offering double redeemable miles to Tokyo through 1/31/12
United Airlines and Continental are offering double redeemable miles for flights to Tokyo’s Narita Airport between (now) November 7, 2011 and January 31, 2012. The offer is limited to residents of the U.S. and Japan and is valid for itineraries including the UA or CO nonstops to Narita from Newark, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco…