At the end of the day, it’s incredibly important to remind ourselves that even without these first world problems, I and (hopefully you) are incredibly privileged and lucky to experience premium and luxury travel for less. I’ve been crunching the numbers on whether a Hyatt Diamond Challenge is worthwhile, particularly with this Hyatt devaluation which…
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Hyatt Devaluation!!!!!!!!
Today Amol (@pointstopointb) tweeted a link that Hyatt was going to devalue. The new chart is here: Essentially, the new dreaded category 7 is here. Of course, it includes all the aspirational properties, including PH Tokyo, Sydney, Beaver Creek, Milan, Paris, and Zurich. They’ve also taken a bunch of nice hotels and moved them up…
SPG Points Promo for 2.625 cents
SPG is having one of their seasonal promotions where you an get up to a 25% discount on purchased points. Other than the US Airways (in this case targeted) 100% promotion on purchased miles also happening, this is one of the cheapest ways to purchase “exotic” airline miles for international first class redemptions. SPG has fantastic,…
Targeted USDM 100% Purchase Promo
There is a targeted 100% Promo for Purchased US Dividend Miles going around until November 30st. I do think that this is targeted to those who have had certain types of activity on their account, as several of the accounts which I managed for the Transfer Promo were targeted for this promo. One of my…
Updates from United on the Award Devaluation
This morning I was one of the first bloggers to write about the significant devaluation of United Miles and their new award charts. United has also release some clarification on Flyertalk about the new award charts: Originally Posted by mitchmu Do these rates apply for tickets purchased after Feb 1 or for travel after Feb 1?…
HUGE UNITED DEVALUATION
This is awful. Expected, but it seems the severity of the changes are absolutely awful. United has revised award chart prices for Star Alliance and United metal awards. http://www.united.com/web/en-US/content/news/United-Award-Chart-02-01-14.pdf For reference, here is the old award chart. Here is the new star alliance chart: There’s a lot of numbers, but Europe in Business goes from 50k…
How to book Singapore Airlines Business and First Class Space with miles
Over the weekend I redeemed some KrisFlyer miles for Singapore Suites, which I am very excited about. So today I thought I’d also go over how to book them. Introduction Singapore Airlines doesn’t release seats to star alliance partners in general (with the exception of more business class space with Avianca Lifemiles and Miles & More),…
Aeroplan eStore 5x!!!
The Aeroplan eStore is offering 5 points per dollar which is very nice for eBay, Apple, Bose, and Sears (Canada). Pretty self-explanatory. This offer is for purchases from October 24 – 28. Each store will have their own terms and conditions so make sure you check those. Link to eStore is here. — Let’s connect: Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | Special Mailing…
Hyatt 48 Hour Sale October 2013
Hyatt has just announced another 48 hour sale. Unfortunately the Hyatt site as of (2:30am Pacific) is down for maintenance so I can’t see the details of this sale. But I don’t have a list of properties so the only way for you to find whether a property is participating is to use discount code C48OCT while searching. The…
25% Bonus Hotel Transfer Promo to United
United is offering a transfer promotion for conversion of hotel points to United Miles where you can earn a 25% bonus on transferred miles to a maximum of 20,000. The hotel partners include: Wyndham Marriott Hilton Shangri-La IHG Club Carlson Hertz Hyatt Choice Privileges Transfers must be initiated before November 30. The only transfers that might…
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