Consider following me on Twitter? I’m lonely sometimes… 😉 There’s been a lot of speculation about the 30,000 point signup bonus for  AMEX Starwood card for Americans as they’ve been banner ads on Flyertalk that have the link but redirected to a 25,000 points application. Today several Delta and Starwood Elites have already received emails with…
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Explore the Emirates A380 with Google Maps!
The Emirates A380 is a very nice plane, and it seems like Google Maps has been able to obtain their “street view” shots inside the plane. I think this is really cool because you can actually virtually explore the plane, and all the images are really clear and sharp! You can see every nook and…
SPG Targeted Bonus: 1 Free Night after 1 Stay
Frequent Flyer Bonuses just posted that he received a targeted SPG offer (via email) which is similar to the previous targeted “Bonus Beginnings” offer which I wrote about here. If you are targeted it looks pretty lucrative. You access your eligibility here. Check, you never know! It seems that if you are targeted you could…
US Airways 100% Bonus (Non-Targeted) Returns for August!
With every month, there is usually a new US Airways miles for sale promo, whether it is a transfer or purchase promotion. I am pretty excited about this month’s promotion as everyone can get in on it! For this month it is a non-targeted 100% buy miles promotion, although in certain amounts. US Airways for the whole…
Lifemiles 100% Buy Miles Promotion!
Lifemiles is having their 100% purchased miles bonus again. Remember, they are sold in blocks of 1,000 at 3 cents per miles, which means a 100% promo brings it down to 1.5 cents per mile. Purchase between August 1st and the 31st, with a maximum purchase of 75,000 miles and minimum of 1,000 miles. Purchases…
Changes to IHG Best Rate Guarantee
The IHG (Intercontinental Hotels Group) Best Rate Guarantee is very generous and probably the most generous BRG program of all the major chains, because it offers a free night if you can get your claim approved. In fact, I think it’s a bit too generous because you have many “travel hackers” trying to leverage these…
Award Maximizing: Virgin Around the World with Skypesos
SkypesosMiles are derided by many to be the worst points/miles currency. No international first class redemptions. Horrible online pricing engine. Clueless agents. 3-tier award structure which means 325,000 miles for a transpacific/transatlantic redemption because it’s extremely difficult to find low seats. I’ve never been really interested in SkyMiles for those reasons, except that my award…
Cathay Pacific Refreshes First Class on 77W’s
Cathay Pacific has released details of it’s refurbishment of the new First Class via a press release, and it looks pretty nice as CX already has a very strong first class product. The 747’s are not being retrofitted as they are being retired. Here are some pictures: At first glance it looks like the colour…
HUGE AEROPLAN DEVALUATION
I know some people might disagree with me, but I think this is definitely worse the the “enhancements” that Aeroplan brought in a few weeks back. It’s not Aeroplan’s doing at all, but I would think it is indirectly related to the AA/US merger. What has happened this morning is that the Aeroplan -> US…
Starwood “Luxury Privileges” Program
What I thought was worth mentioning was that Starwood is also now starting their own in-house partner programs for luxury properties, similar to Four Season’s Preferred Parter program which may be more familiar. I really like Virtuoso and AMEX FHR especially for properties that don’t have elite status and it looks like this is a…
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