Starwood’s Starpoints are already the most valuable loyalty program currency.
They have the most airline transfer partners where points transfer 1:1 and of course when you move Starwood points into 20,000 miles you get 5000 bonus miles. That gets you effectively a 1:1.25 transfer ratio with most airline partners.
Now they have a new transfer partner that may just offer the single best Star Alliance award chart. Here’s why.
A former executive assistant to two Delta Senior Vice President made $280,000 in personal charges on her company American Express card between 2007 and 2014.
Apparently she “used another person’s credentials to log onto Delta’s online expense-approval system and approve the expenses..”
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We’ll start to see United’s new business class product in Boeing 777-300ERs that they’ll start to receive at the end of 2016.
United started previewing the seat in early September. A reader shared an invitation to a United event where it was being unveiled privately. They’ve worked hard to keep it under wraps, and United spokesman Rahsaan Johnson refused to confirm details offering only, “It may be… Or may not be.”
About 3 weeks ago I mentioned an offer where you can get 47,000 IHG Rewards Club points for $47. It was a lot of work, though easy to do sitting in front of the TV one night. I’ll walk you through that again.
But if you don’t want to do the work yourself, a reader will do it for you for a small fee. I’m taking them up on it myself.
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A year ago IHG acquired Kimpton. Hyatt was in the running for that prize, and almost bought Starwood before Marriott scooped Starwood up.
Fairmont Hotels has been on the auction block as well. IHG was rumored as a possible buyer. Accor, which was also named as a possible suitor for Starwood, has done the deal picking up the parent of Fairmont, Raffles, and Swissotel for $2.9 billion.
IHG Rewards Club – the loyalty program for Intercontinental, Crowne Plaza, Holiday Inn and related brands — is offering a 100% bonus on purchased points through December 11.
This means you can buy points at just $0.00575 apiece which is a lower price than what they’re worth.
Two weeks ago I wrote that American was considering introducing a premium economy cabin. This morning American has announced they’ll be the first US airline to offer a premium economy cabin on most of their widebody international fleet.
Overall I’m a big fan of premium economy (in much the way that I’m a fan of JetBlue’s Mint), a premium product that’s within reach of more passengers. However it raises concern for frequent flyers looking to upgrade. The sections will be small (so upgrades to premium economy could be tough) and airlines with premium economy may not offer upgrades from economy to business class. Will the upgrade experience be diminished as a result of this new offering?
American Express Membership Rewards transfers to Hawaiian Airlines HawaiianMiles receive a 25% bonus through December 21.
Now that you can no longer use American AAdvantage miles to fly between the mainland and Hawaii and indeed flying from the mainland to Hawaii and then beyond on Hawaiian Airlines is charged as two separate awards by American, using the HawaiianMiles program for Hawaii and South Pacific travel can be strategically useful.
Although HawaiianMiles doesn’t qualify as one of the Top 5 Deals to Hawaii with Miles or Money.
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 »
