Enter this giveaway drawing and receive a 10% off coupon code for use on Virgin America. Share the drawing (and they don’t verify if you’re sharing it with ‘friends’, with ‘enemies’, or with another of your own email addresses) and you get a 20% off coupon. Offer valid through November 26th for for non-refundable Main Cabin tickets only, for travel between January 11, 2014 and March 6, 2014. They don’t discount Friday or Sunday travel, and January 17 through January 20 and February 14 through February 17 are blacked out. Up to two passengers on the same itinerary may receive the discount. (HT: The Flight Deal) You can join the 30,000+ people who see these deals and analysis every day — sign up to receive posts by email (just one e-mail per day) or subscribe…
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Some Clarifications About Hyatt’s New Benefits
Hyatt Gold Passport posted the following clarifcations to their new benefits this morning. Greetings MilePoint members, We are looking forward for our members having different ways to redeem awards. Diamond suite upgrades will be available for the MyElite rate; however, it would not be available for the Points + Cash rate as it is considered an award stay. The MyElite rate & Points + Cash will be valid for stay/night credit at Hyatt Hotels & Resorts excluding all inclusive properties, Hyatt Residence Club, and Mlife properties. The MyElite rate and the Points + Cash option will count towards the Diamond trial offers. Cancellation policies will still apply, and as long as you cancel outside of the policy, all points will be returned. If you cancel inside the policy, the points will be returned but you…
IHG Rewards Flash Sale – Award Nights Up to 75% Off – is Now Live
IHG Rewards, formerly known as Priority Club, has brought back another reward ‘flash sale’ with hotel night redemptions 25% – 75% off at specific properties. Book here. The deal will last for 48 hours. About 125 properties are participating. For US hotels, stays can be from December 1 through December 20. Non-US hotels stays can be from November 20 through December 20, 2013. Even if you don’t have IHG Rewards points, you can more or less buy all you wish instantly (with a few steps involved) for seven-tenths of a cent per point. Deals here are pretty good if any of the participating hotels can work for your plans. You can join the 30,000+ people who see these deals and analysis every day — sign up to receive posts by email (just one e-mail per…
Leave a Comment Here for a Chance to Win 25,000 Emirates Miles!
American Express Membership Rewards has a new partnership with Emirates and indeed through this Friday they are offering a 25% bonus when you convert Membership Rewards points to Emirates Skywards miles. To highlight this offer, American Express asked if I would give one lucky reader 25,000 Emirates miles. Sounds good to me! To be clear, I do not receive anything for running this contest and giving away the miles. But American Express is providing the points. I covered the transfer bonus when it was first announced, along with the launch of the relationship between American Express and Emirates. See this post for more details on the ins and outs of booking awards through Emirates Skywards. The transfer bonus makes a business class roundtrip New York JFK – Dubai, normally 145,000 points, just 116,000 Membership Rewards…
Hyatt Adds Elite Discounts, Cash and Points, and Extends Points Expiration
Last week Hyatt announced a modest devaluation of their award chart — a new category 7 for their six most expensive hotels, a slight bump in cost for award nights in categories 5 and 6, and an increase in cost of upgraded rooms. This week starts again with news from Hyatt, and this time three new features to their program going into effect January 7. Discounted room rates for elite members of the Hyatt Gold Passport program. Cash and points awards 24 month expiration of points, instead of 12 months New Discounted Rates for Elites Hyatt is introducing “My Elite Rate” which will be 20% off the Hyatt Daily Rate, cancallable (not prepaid), and available to all Platinum and Diamond members. This will be a capacity-controlled rate, so not always available, but better than booking…
The Westin Diplomat’s Views Are Just as Magnificent But It Isn’t As Great as a Gold Than it is as a Platinum
I first wrote about the Westin Diplomat outside of Ft. Lauderdale as far back as the fall of 2005. My blog has been through a couple of moves since then and I don’t have the photos from that stay, but it’s been a property I’ve stayed at many many times since then. Here’s a comprehensive review, with photos. Long before Starwood introduced a free breakfast benefit for Platinums at hotels without an available club lounge and ‘Suite Night Awards’ for Platinum members who stay at least 50 nights in a year, allowing those members to express preference for when they’ll receive an upgrade, I recommended this hotel as probably offering the best Platinum treatment anywhere. That’s because the Westin Diplomat has a lovely club lounge space on the 33rd floor overlooking both the Atlantic Ocean…
Verizon LTE Data Plans Actually Only Offering 3G Speeds in Some Major Cities
Video streaming is apparentl overtaxing Verizon’s networks. If you’re a Verizon customer and you’ve noticed your LTE network isn’t as fast as it used to be, you are not alone – and you are not imagining things. …[U]sers in large cities including New York, San Francisco, and Chicago are starting to see a significant deterioration in throughput. In many parts of those cities, users are downgraded to 3G service, which is significantly slower, when there is simply no more capacity on Verizon’s LTE network. …Verizon says it will resolve the problems by the end of 2013 You can join the 30,000+ people who see these deals and analysis every day — sign up to receive posts by email (just one e-mail per day) or subscribe to the RSS feed. It’s free. You can also follow…
Europe on Track to Become Much More Generous than the US for Gate-to-Gate Electronics
The U.S. now allows airlines to certify so that its passengers can use electronic devices gate-to-gate. Large devices like laptops that could be projectiles must still be put away below 10,000 feet (but hardcover books can stay out). Electronics are supposed to be in ‘airplane mode’ once you start taxiing to take off (but not while taxiing to the gate upon landing, and not that flight attendants check anymore). I think this change is great, but so far I use my Android phone on the ground to answer emails (which I then connect to inflight wireless and send upon reaching 10,000 feet). I don’t use a tablet or iPad because I don’t want to lug around another device. I use my laptop, I’m not supposed to have it out at the beginning and end of…
Leave a Comment for a Chance to Win Hilton Gold Status, United Miles, and More!
Milepoint, the frequent flyer community that I co-founded, will be launching the ability to ‘gift’ premium memberships. That way you can effectively ‘buy’ more than one elite status, more than one discount for various travel providers. You can use them yourself and still give them away to friends and family. Since the functionality now exists (even if the interface isn’t yet public – stay tuned), I can give away premium membership on Milepoint as well. Milepoint Premium Membership is normally $49 and gets you: Hilton HHonors Gold elite status through the beginning of 2015. 1000 United miles National Car Rental Executive status 10% discount on purchase of Hyatt gift cards One free day of parking with Parking Spot (no minimum stay required) And more. So I thought I would give away (3) premium memberships. Each…
Earn Double American Airlines Miles on Qatar Flights
American is offering double miles for flying new oneworld member airline Qatar between November 15 and December 19, 2013 and again January 6 through January 31, 2014. Registration is required prior to travel using promotion code QRDBL. All paid published fare classes are eligible to earn double redeemable miles. You can join the 30,000+ people who see these deals and analysis every day — sign up to receive posts by email (just one e-mail per day) or subscribe to the RSS feed. It’s free. You can also follow me on Twitter for the latest deals. Don’t miss out!
