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Hilton starts “test phase” with SLH partnership, adds three hotels
Hilton has begun a “test phase” of its partnership with Small Luxury Hotels (SLH) by adding three properties that are now available for booking and that will offer Hilton Honors elite benefits. The...
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A couple of Nick’s booking tricks uncovered during Flying by the Seat of our...
During our Flying by the Seat of our Points challenge, my journal became quiet after the first couple of days. The truth was that I didn’t have a ton of stuff to share as my bookings went slowly and...
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50% transfer bonus to Turkish from Citi ThankYou points (ends tomorrow)
Update 6/14/24: This terrific transfer bonus (that Greg took advantage of during the recent “Flying by the Seat of our Points” Challenge) will be ending tomorrow. If there’s an award you have your eye...
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Earn $100 travel credit with CLEAR enrollment
In the past, CLEAR has occasionally offered bonuses for enrolling in the service. These can be very valuable for folks that have CLEAR credits on one or more Amex Platinum cards, as it makes it...
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Southwest Award Sale: Get 25% Off Points Bookings
Southwest launched an award sale today which saves you 25% on flights within the continental U.S. when using the promo code SAVE25. The Deal Save 25% when booking Southwest award flights and using...
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Chase Sapphire Preferred and Reserve: Increased 75K offers available (still...
Update 6/14/24: As often happens with Chase, while the public links for these 75K offers are now dead, referrals are still showing them. We have referral links that go to the 75K offers on our best...
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Hyatt Brand Explorer: Now with 30 brands, earn up to 6 free nights
Hyatt’s Category 1-4 free night certificates can be earned in several ways, most commonly as an anniversary perk of the Chase World of Hyatt Card, as a 30-night Milestone perk or by spending...
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AAdvantage Aviator Red Mastercard: 70K Miles Welcome Offer
The Barclays AAdvantage Aviator Red MasterCard has is back with a very solid welcome offer of 70,000 miles after making only one purchase, 20K better than what was previously available (without going...
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Air France/KLM Flying Blue adds the “world’s best first class” as a partner:...
This belongs in the “things we’ve been meaning to write about since the start of the challenge.” Last week, Prince of Travel discovered that it was now possible to book Oman Air flights using Air...
View ArticlePodcast: Top 10 Tips for Last Minute Award Travel | Frequent Miler on the Air...
Greg and Nick have been consumed with last-minute travel the last week and a half so it’s great timing for them to summarize 10 important tips for last-minute award travel. Watch the full episode...
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Get Top Tier Preferred Hotels status with just an Aeroplan credit card
Preferred Hotels and Resorts is yet another marketing group and booking channel that represents more than 650 independent hotels and resorts across 85 countries (similar to Small Luxury Hotels or Mr...
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Tim wins 2024, LarryNYC’s turn at game-master, getting the best rates...
All hail the king: Tim has been crowned the champion of the 2024 Frequent Miler team challenge and it was a well-deserved victory. Greg reflected on this year’s challenge and what he’d like to see in...
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Stackable: 20% transfer bonus to Air Canada Aeroplan from Chase (stack w/...
Chase Ultimate Rewards is offering a 20% transfer bonus to Air Canada Aeroplan when you transfer between today and 7/31/24. That 20% transfer bonus can stack with the 10% bonus for Chase Aeroplan...
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Current point transfer bonuses
The best points rewards programs, in my opinion, are those that allow points to be transferred to many different airline and hotel loyalty programs. In this way, it is often possible to get outsized...
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Amex referral bonuses now as high as 45,000 points per referral (up to 100K...
A few days ago, Doctor of Credit reported that some Amex cardholders are now seeing an increased bonus when referring friends. Some cardholders can earn as many as 45,000 points for a single referral...
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A Turkish Miles & Smiles sweet spot, using LifeMiles for Thai Airways...
We’re doing something a little different for the Saturday Selection this week. As regular readers will know, we’ve just returned from our “Flying by the Seat of our Points” last minute travel...
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Last Chance Deals: 3 fee-free Visa & Mastercard deals, 3 shopping portal...
Welcome to our weekly list of what’s ending this week as well as a collection of some other deals that are due to end soon. 10 deals are set to end this week which includes three different airline...
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More easy rewards: Staples fee-free $200 Mastercard gift cards (now live)
Staples is once again be offering $200 Mastercard Gift Cards with no purchase fee through Saturday, 6/22/24. Note that the new limit of eight per customer per day is listed, but some may be able to...
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Complete Guide to Avios: British Airways, Finnair, Qatar, Iberia, and Aer Lingus
“Avios” is the name of the points currency shared by several airline frequent flyer programs: British Airways, Finnair, Iberia, Aer Lingus and Qatar Airways. Points earned through one of those programs...
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Now 125K points + Gold status with new Sonesta World Mastercard offer
The Sonesta World Mastercard is out with a new offer that could be quite valuable for Sonesta fans: now earn 120,000 points after just $2,000 in purchases in the first 90 days, an additional 5,000...
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