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The Alaska Airlines Visa Signature is offering 40,000 Mileage Plan miles and a $100 statement credit after $2000 spend within 3 months. The card has a $75 annual fee.
The value proposition for Alaska miles of course is their myriad airline partnerships and reasonable award chart. Cathay Pacific (which Alaska admittedly has less access to award seats on than other Cathay partners do) is an especially great value as is Japan Airlines.
Shopping portal rewards and a short-term bonus let you earn a bunch of United miles when buying airline tickets — even if the tickets you’re buying are for flights on Delta and American Airlines.
Monday I wrote about how the Andaz West Hollywood keeps World of Hyatt members from using their points.
The hotel benefits from being a Hyatt. They attract stays from guests loyal to the brand, and looking to earn elite night credit when staying in the area. But they appear not to want to honor the other end of their obligation by redeeming free night awards.
Several frequent flyer programs around the world let you put your status on pause, or extend your status, when you experience major life events. It’s not nearly as common in the U.S., perhaps because we’re not as focused here on accommodating new births or medical issues as people are in Europe or Australia.
It makes all the sense in the world for a travel loyalty program, though. A customer who was incredibly valuable before having a child is likely to be incredibly valuable once the get back on the road.
Have an important stay coming up where elite status — club lounge access or breakfast, a room upgrade — would be nice? Hilton will give you free 90 days of status if you have elite status with any chain.
Despite marketing claims by the big chains, you can often get a better price on a hotel booking through third party websites. That’s even more the case with independent hotels. The best savings are usually on more expensive hotels.
Here’s a deal on unpublished hotel rates where you’ll also earn a 10% rebate on top of the savings.
Hilton’s current promotion, great for short stays ends May 5. Not missing a beat their new promotion runs May 6 – September 8. Hilton is continuing the theme of their most common bonus, double points, but they aren’t interested in bonusing only occasional guests. They’re only offering double points starting with your second stay during the promotion period.
Doubling down, as it were, on the focus on bonusing the most frequent guests they’re adding a component to double points…
Orbitz will give you a credit in your rewards account for taxes on hotels you book today, tax day.
This offer stacks with the current 10% back on Orbitz hotel bookings from Ebates.
Hyatt is offering 20% – 100% bonuses at MGM properties in Las Vegas, through May 15 stackable with their 1000 bonus points per night offer.
Mostly I’m a fan of Hyatt’s annual status match with MGM, which makes things a bit nicer in Vegas for someone that doesn’t go regularly and certainly doesn’t gamble a lot.
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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.
Co-founder of frequent flyer community InsideFlyer.com, emcee of the Freddie Awards, and named one of the "World's Top Travel Experts" by Conde' Nast Traveler (2010-Present) Gary has been a guest on most major news media, profiled in several top print publications, and published broadly on the topic of consumer loyalty. More About Gary »
