Ryanair, which announced in February that it would be ordering planes without reclining seats, seat pockets, or window blinds, is considering taking their no-frills approach a step further. In the next twelve months the European carrier plans to abolish checked luggage, saving an estimate cost of five British pounds per customer.
500 Free American miles if you’re traveling through Dallas
T-Mobile is offering 500 American Airlines miles for a 3 minute presentation on their WiFi service. It’s at the Terminal C Admiral’s Club in Dallas, presumably club membership is required to get in and participate. Or you could just ask a member on their way in if you could accompany them as a guest.
Diners Club Special Redemption Offers
Diners Club has extended their 50% bonus on point transfers to British Airways until September 30th, is giving 500 bonus Club Rewards points for a first-time online point redemption, and is also offering discounted mileage awards to Hawaii on Hawaiian Airlines similar to the Starwood promotion for the same. First class award tickets on America West are discounted as well.Details of these offers are here.
Best Western/Diners Club Bonus
Continuing the strange trend of bonuses for paying with particular credit cards, Best Western is offering bonus points for paying with Diners Club. Gold Crown Club International (GCCI) members who will be staying at Best Western hotels between July 15 and Sept. 30 would be well advised to pay for those stays with a Diners Club card. In addition to the regular points earned for the stay, members who charge the bill to their Diners Club card will earn a bonus for their first three qualified stays. The first stay will net 100 bonus points, the second will earn another 100 points, and the third stay entitles members to yet another 200 points — for a grand total of 400 bonus points. Free night awards can be had for as low as 800 points. Now,…
Fascinating reading
Looks to be a student case study for business school, a corporate history of American Express. Quick and easy read.
Double Membership Rewards Points on Travel Purchases
Amex is offering double Membership Rewards points on travel purchases from July 15 to August 15. Registration is required. The offer terms and conditions say that it’s targeted, though I didn’t get any kind of promotional mailing and I was able to register. As a result, your mileage may vary.
Westin Offers
Starwood has a few Westin resorts available starting at $289 for 4 nights, with a bonus of 10,000 Starwood points for booking. The Westin Maui is 5 nights for $649, or $130 per night. An excellent value. Bear in mind that the offer is pre-paid, availability is limited, and at least in the case of the Westin Kierland in Scottsdale the reservation will be in their Villas rather the hotel proper, though you can be accomodated in the hotel subject to availability.
Membership Rewards to Starwood Conversion Bonus
American Express Membership Rewards points usually convert 3 to 1 into Starwood.Through August 31st the ratio is 2 to 1 — which equates to a 50% bonus.No registration is required.
7-11 Promotion
Free Slurpees this Sunday. And 7-11 takes Diners Club, too. So I almost want to pay for my drink.
WebFlyer Rolls Out Beta of New Tool
One of the most frequent questions I get asked is “how can I combine my miles from programs X and Y to get an award?”I’ve written on this before, such as here and here. Now WebFlyer has introduced a tool to answer the question for yourself, plugging in the program you want to move miles into or out of, and generating a list of methods for how to do it.The new tool is here. It isn’t 100% exhaustive yet – the tool didn’t offer any suggestions for converting USAirways points into American miles, although Points.com does offer the exchange. It also doesn’t have all the fine print, such as exchanges out of USAirways via Points.com require the person making the exchange to hold a USAirways Visa. In a similar vein, I was told I could…
