The Points Guy: "United Airlines will renovate and expand its Polaris Lounge at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport (ORD), adding more space to the first premium lounge it opened in its now-extensive network."
"The expansion and renovation will add more seats — including relaxing 'premium' spaces — along with more restrooms and amenities such as private seating and workspaces, United said in the memo."
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Marriott Bonvoy regularly runs promos for buying points. Currently, Bonvoy members are able to buy points with up to a 50% bonus if you purchase at least 2,000 points. The exact bonus offer you get could be lower. For example, I received 40% bonus offer. This promo runs through September 23, 2024.
For context, a 50% bonus is as high as we've seen. bonus points.
Typically, you can only buy 100,000 Marriott points per year. However, the cap has been increased to 150,000 points for this promo. With a 50% bonus, you can buy 150,000 points and get 75,000 bonus points for a total of 225,000 points.
You can transfer up to 100,000 points with another Marriott Bonvoy member each year.
Points Wire Note:
These purchases are via points.com so it won't qualify for a credit card travel bonus category. Your best bet is to use a card that earns 2x on all spend such as a Capital One Venture, Capital One Venture X, Amex Blue Business Plus, or Citi Double Cash.
To really get the most out of your Marriott points, book a five-night stay and get the fifth night free.
Loyalty Lobby: "According to the email sent by FlightAware yesterday, they have potentially exposed pretty much all customer data, including user ID, password, email address, full name, billing address, shipping address, IP address, social media accounts, telephone numbers, year of birth, and the last four digits of your credit card number."
Frequent Miler: "Yesterday Frontier Airlines and Barclays announced that cardholders of the Frontier World Mastercard have a new benefit: two free checked bags for the primary cardholder. The benefit is effective immediately."
"In order to be eligible for the checked bags benefit, cardholders must book the ticket directly from Frontier, pay for the ticket with their Frontier Mastercard and add their Frontier Miles number to the ticket before check-in."
The welcome offer for the World Of Hyatt Business Card was increased - though, it was a modest increase.
Sign-Up Bonus
This offer is expected to end September 24, 2024. Typically, the welcome offer does not include the additional bonus points option.
Bonus Categories
Benefits
Annual Fee
American Airlines and Stand Up To Cancer are running their annual fundraising promotion which allows you to earn bonus miles.
You can earn 25x American miles per dollar - plus credit card points through September 30, 2024.
If you have a co-branded American AAdvantage credit card issued by Barclays or Citi, you can earn 50x American miles per dollar up to $10,000 through September 30, 2024 or until $3,000,000 has been donated (whichever comes first).
Loyalty Lobby: "Radisson Rewards is a loyalty program for Radisson-branded hotels outside the Americas, where Choice Privileges benefits apply."
"Now, Radisson Rewards has launched an instant VIP tier offer for SAS Eurobonus members, but this offer may be open to everyone. You can also use it to extend your existing account to VIP status."
Hilton Honors has announced its promo for the fourth quarter of 2024 which they're calling Power Up Promotion. For stays between September 3 and December 31, 2024, members can earn 2,500 bonus points on all stays.
Even if your stay has already been booked, you'll be eligible for the bonus points. You can even earn the bonus points on award stays. There isn't a limit to the points you can earn.
Points can take 6-8 weeks to post to your account.
Current Promo
Earn double points on all stays through September 2, 2024.
The Points Guy: "As of Aug. 12, Capital One increased the entry fee for non-Capital One cardholders from $65 to $90. Children under the age of 2 still get in for free with a parent or guardian."
Two Capital One cards are also losing their two annual lounge passes as of January 1, 2025.
Reuters: "A U.S. judge has dismissed a lawsuit that sought to block Alaska Airlines’ plan to buy Hawaiian Airlines for $1.9 billion, a deal the consumer plaintiffs said would cut routes and raise prices."
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