Just found this: Between Saturday November 20th and Tuesday November 30th simply enter promotional code NOVEMBER within your shopping bag to receive 30% off the entire site. If you use the promotional code during our PRIVATE SALE period (November 20th through Monday, November 22nd), your 30% off will be applied to already reduced prices. Also, you’ll enjoy FREE SHIPPING on all orders over $150.
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Inexpensive Washington, DC Hotels
Special hotel rates are available through March 31 in conjunction with the movie National Treasure. Rates at Washington, DC’s Grand Hyatt start at $99. Other hotel deals are available as well, such as $109 at Melrose. The Grand Hyatt’s standard rate hovers around $300 per night, though it dips down so around $229 on lower occupancy nights — so $99 is an excellent deal. However any night where the $99 rate is available I’m almost certain that there’d be Priceline availability as well. A four-star bid in the Capitol Hill/Convention Center zone should yield the Grand Hyatt for $65-$70 on those nights.
250 Free Priority Club Points
Nov
19
2004
You’ll receive 250 Priority Club points if you download the Yahoo! toolbar.
Lodging.com Loyalty Program
Nov
19
2004
Lodging.com has introduced a reward program that credits 4% back for prepaid hotel bookings on the site. The credits can be used towards future hotel bookings on the site once a balance exceeds $10. This might be particularly useful for folks who book travel for others and are able to use prepaid channels.
New Amtrak Mastercard Offer
MBNA is offering the standard 500 Amtrak Guest Rewards points for signup plus a $50 Amtrak travel certificate. Offer appears to expire January 31, 2005.
16,000 Northwest Miles for Visa and 2 Partner Activities
Nov
17
2004
The Northwest Visa comes with a 10,000 mile signup offer. Northwest’s Fly Free Faster Second Chance bonus which runs through February 15th will award 5,000 miles for signing up for the Visa and completing two partner activities such as Mileage Mall purchases (minimum $25) or hotel stays or car rentals. Registration is required. If you register by December 31st in the Mile-Zilla promotion and get the card by January 31st, you’ll get another 1,000 miles. So your Northwest Visa signup by January 31st will net 16,000 miles. Plus you’re on your way to additional miles in the Mile-Zilla promotion with 40 credits. Ten more credits yields an additional 500 bonus miles, and can be earned by signing up for My NWA Info (5 points, but don’t do it until you’ve registered for Mile-Zilla!) and crediting…
W Newark (Silicon Valley) for $48
From 9am Eastern on November 18th to 9am Eastern on November 20th, the W Silicon Valley is available for $48 on Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday night stays between November 19th and January 2nd. Call 877-WHOTELS and mention rate plan UNWRAP.
American Airlines Redeploys Pillows
Nov
17
2004
American is pulling pillows from its MD80 aircraft and redeploying them to other aircraft flying longer routes. They think they can save a six-figure amount in cleaning costs by not hunting down pillows on their MD80 aircraft. The usual silly explanation is given, however: “It will streamline our cabin service,” Hat tip to Today in the Sky.
USAirways: Up to 20,000 Miles Towards Elite Status
Nov
17
2004
USAirways is offering up to 20,000 bonus miles that count towards elite status for booking tickets on its website. The offer requires tickets to be purchased and flown between November 16, 2004 and February 16, 2005. Registration is required.The offer is ostensibly to ‘celebrate the 20th anniversary’ of the USAirways mileage program. From their email: Celebrating 20 years of Dividend Miles: 1984 Piedmont Airlines Frequent Flyer Bonus Program was born. 1985 USAir unveiled the Frequent Traveler Program and launched the co-branded credit card. 1989 Piedmont Airlines is integrated into USAir. 1997 USAir became US Airways and the program is re-launched as Dividend Miles. Chairman’s Preferred status is created. 2004 US Airways joined the Star Alliance™ network with access to over 770 destinations in 133 countries.
Northwest Raises Mileage Award Prices Dramatically
Nov
17
2004
Northwest has announced changes to elite qualification for 2005 and changes to its award charts as well. Business class flights from the U.S. to Europe are going from 80,000 to 100,000 miles roundtrip. Oddly, first class to Europe remains 100,000 miles roundtrip. Flights to Asia in business class are going from 90,000 miles to 120,000 miles. First class is going from 120,000 miles to 160,000 miles. Travel to Australia, New Zealand, and the South Pacific (such as French Polynesia) is going from 80k/110k/140k for coach/business/first class all the way to 100k/150k/200k. The above changes are huge devaluations of the Worldperks programs from my point of view. I just redeemed an American Airlines 145,000 mile first class award to French Polynesia and Australia using Air Tahiti Nui and Qantas. The same destinations on Northwest would cost…
