Frequent Miler: "Avianca LifeMiles apparently began offering family pooling a couple of months ago. That’s a piece of news we had missed until the announcement of last week’s LifeMiles credit cards, which include automatic Silver elite status. One of the benefits of LifeMiles elite status is the ability for an elite member to pool miles earned by their under-18 children with their own miles for free, which is a nice benefit for families traveling on paid tickets."
Update: It's back!
If you'll be booking a Delta flight and you frequent Starbucks, here's an easy way to get a small rebate on your next flight.
When you buy a $300+ Delta gift card, they'll give you a $20 Starbucks e-gift card as a bonus. The Delta gift card should be available to use within 72 hours of purchase. Note that the Starbucks gift card will be emailed to you separately.
This promo runs while supplies lasts or until 11:59pm EST on June 17, 2024. You must be a U.S. resident to participate.
Danny the Deal Guru: "More American Express cardholders are now seeing referral bonuses for 25,000, 30,000 or 35,000 Membership Rewards points. Check your personal and business Amex cards to see if you have these increased bonuses in your accounts. This can be a great time to refer friends and family members to sign up for Amex cards. They get the signup bonus and you earn up to 30,000 points."
Points Wire Note:
STTP Premium members can submit their Amex referrals if their referrals have the best welcome bonus available to applicants. Log into your STTP account to submit your links.
Loyalty Lobby: "The new home for the Conrad New Your Midtown is now confirmed to be affiliated with Marriott, where it will be called The Luxury Collection Manhattan Midtown Hotel."
"The London NYC joined Hilton’s Conrad brand in 2019 but leaves it five years later to become affiliated with Marriott’s Luxury collection."
Hyatt "announced that ATONA, the modern hot spring ryokan (Japanese-style inn) brand, will open properties in Yufu, Yakushima, and Hakone. The ATONA brand was announced in 2022 under a joint venture between a Hyatt affiliate and Kiraku, a Japanese company dedicated to preserving valuable assets for future generations. The first ATONA ryokans are slated to open in 2026 across some of Japan’s top hot spring destinations and areas of natural beauty."
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Bilt Rewards announced that it's June Rent Day promo will focus on its Neighborhood Dining program.
The timing fits when you consider that Bilt recently added roughly 20,000 restaurants to the program. On June 1, 2024, members can earn 5cx or 10x bonus points at participating restaurants based on their Bilt status level.
This stacks with Bilt's recurring Rent Day promo of earning double points on all purchases. So, you could earn 6x at the restaurant (double the standard 3x) and up to 10x with Neighborhood Dining promo. That means Platinum and Gold members can earn 16x at participating restaurants on June 1.
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Hyatt sent out targeted promo offers in April, but has just sent out another round. Check the Hyatt app to see if you've been targeted for a promo offer this round.
Examples of offers we've seen:
Danny the Deal Guru: "Now the latest indication of an annual fee increase is this qwww link that shows the Amex Gold Card with a $325 price tag. From what I see on that page, there are no other changes to the card besides the annual fee. But I would expect some kind of update to the benefits as well, so it can be marketed as an improvement."
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Rakuten is running a 100% cash back (or 100x Amex points) promo on Surfshark VPN. Please note that this is a targeted offer.
It looks like the max order price is $115.68.
The cash back option isn't particularly exciting unless you simply want the product. However, earning 11,568 Amex Membership Rewards points at 1 cent per point is much more interesting.
If you haven't joined Rakuten yet, you can get $30 back (or 3,000 Amex points) when you spend $30 within 90 days. Pair that with this deal and you could earn some extra points.
Costco is running a sale on $500 Southwest e-gift cards. You can buy a $500 gift card for $429.99. There's a limit of one transaction per member, but you can purchase up to five Southwest gift cards. The offer is valid through May 25, 2024.
Points Wire Note:
For those with the Southwest Companion Pass, this is a great way to get a discount on a Southwest ticket before you even factor in bringing your companion for just the cost of the taxes/fees.
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