Category Archives for Discounts & Deals.
SkyTeam member Kenya Airways is running a one day business class sale between New York JFK and Mumbai, India with pricing less than $1450 roundtrip which is incredible.
The long flight from New York to Nairobi features fully flat seats in a 2-2-2 configuration.
Poking around their materials I find airline discounts on several carriers, hotel status with four programs, and airline elite status too – plus transportation status and discounts.
Wayfarer Points is a new hotel booking site that promises deeply discounted bookings – they describe up to 50% (for their free membership) and up to 70% (for their $69 paid premium membership).
There are definitely some very good deals e.g. searching about four weeks out.
etBlue is running a sale $30.30 one way tickets for travel tomorrow, October 31 only.
American Airlines is matching the sale and this is available on myriad routes.
British Airways is offering $50 off $300+ or $100 off $600+ purchases made by October 28 for travel through March 30, 2020.
Yesterday Notiflyr posted deals on Star Alliance member SAS from the US to Scandinavia starting at $318. These were are available January through mid-May and are not basic economy, so a checked bag and assigned seat is included.
Now Notiflyr has come out with something much bigger: SAS fares from around the U.S. to destinations across Europe starting at $307. This is the best sale in some time considering how broadly based it is. For instance trips from the West Coast (LAX) to several German cities start at $330 roundtrip, and it looks like SkyTeam and oneworld are now matching and I’m seeing prices as low as $272.
World Of Hyatt Credit Card cardmembers (and those with the legacy Hyatt Credit Card) can receive a $50 statement credit for spending $300 or more directly with a Hyatt Place or Hyatt House property in the U.S. and Canada between October 1, 2019 and January 5, 2020. Registration required by November 30.
LifeMiles is one of the best frequent flyer programs for advanced miles and points collectors because they have hidden deals and there are tricks to reduce the price of awards.
I once heard the head of the program give a presentation where he called miles earned by flying “bad miles” and miles sold to partners (like banks) and to customers “good miles.” This frequent flyer program is basically the consolidator for Star Alliance airline excess premium cabin inventory. Lots of ways to get their miles cheap, and use them for seats that their partners aren’t going to sell for cash (saver award inventory).
For travel between mid-October and early December, and again January through mid-May (in other words outside of peak holiday dates and before peak summer) you can get some amazing coach fares to Europe from across the U.S.
Travel is available to Zurich, Munich, Geneva, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Stuttgart, Vienna, Brussels, Berlin, and Dusseldorf and this deal is available for people departing from at least 30 different U.S. cities.
I’ve written in the past about Luxury Travel Diary hotel auctions. Unfortunately I frequently forget to check them. Somehow they manage to get great rooms to auction off, and not enough people bidding so — with no reserve — rooms often go for a lot less than I think they should.
Gary Leff is one of the foremost experts in the field of miles, points, and frequent business travel -- a topic he has covered since 2002.
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