Hilton Impresario often runs third or fourth night free promos at many of its properties. Fortunately, many of these offers have been extended through March 2025.
If you know how Impresario works, you can go ahead and book here.
Hilton Impresario Brands
Only three brands can be booked via Impresario:
Hilton Impresario Benefits
What Rate Does Impresario Book?
Hilton Impresario books the Flexible Rate. The third and fourth night free promo is based off of the Flexible Rate. Impresario does not book member rates and/or advance purchase rates.
Do You Earn Hilton Points?
Yes. In fact, you earn double Hilton points.
Do You Earn Hilton Elite Nights?
Yes
There's a great Amex Offer for stays at Preferred Hotels & Resorts. If you spend $500+ by June 30, 2024, you can receive a $100 statement credit.
Important Terms
I'm curious to see if you actually need to book through that specific link. I wouldn't be surprised if a direct booking is all that's required to trigger the offer.
Assuming that's the case, make sure you book your stay via an advisor (like myself) with access to the Preferred Platinum Program to get VIP benefits such as:
You can book with Preferred Platinum benefits at some properties via this link or you can submit a request here.
View From The Wing: "Alaska Airlines elite frequent flyers are eligible for upgrades when flying American Airlines. The two carriers have a much tighter relationship through their ‘West Coast Alliance’ than just as oneworld airline partners."
"There’s now even a new improvement to the reciprocal upgrade benefit. Alaska Airlines passengers flying on American are now eligible for upgrades even when buying American’s basic economy fares."
View From The Wing: "American Airlines has long been willing to transfer your miles to a loved one. It’s been on an exception basis, and at times in the past there’s been a nominal processing fee to handle it."
"The ability to transfer American Airlines miles at death is now official, and even online, all part of the carrier’s move towards making every interaction possible digital. This is available under Contact American / AAdvantage Account Service there’s an option for 'Deceased Member’s Account.'"
One Mile At A Time: "Qatar Airways is planning a new business class product for its wide body jets, which is currently being referred to as Qsuites 2.0. Qatar Airways’ new CEO, Badr Mohammed Al Meer, has stated that this product will be revealed at the Farnborough International Airshow in July 2024, so we’re just months from seeing what the airline has in store for us."
Citi is running a 25% transfer bonus to Avianca LifeMiles through April 14, 2024. Generally, Citi ThankYou Points transfer to LifeMiles instantly. Just remember that while LifeMiles is Avianca's loyalty program, you need to use the LifeMiles site to search for award space and book not the Avianca site.
Generally, I wouldn't recommend speculative transfers.
You can transfer Chase Ultimate Rewards points to Air France-KLM Flying Blue and receive a 25% bonus. To transfer bonus runs through April 30, 2024. In most cases, the transfer should process instantly, but it is possible to have Flying Blue put an award ticket on hold while you transfer points.
Generally, I wouldn't recommend transferring points speculatively.
Virgin Atlantic has launched a 50% off award ticket promo for flight to/from the US. To take advantage of this promo, you must book by March 20, 2024 and travel by June 30, 2024.
Unfortunately, this promo only applies to flights operated by Virgin Atlantic so you can expect some steep carrier-imposed surcharges to result in high taxes/fees. Don't forget, if you start your itinerary from London, you'll also be on the hook for the UK's Air Passenger Duty (APD) fee which is over $200 on a premium cabin ticket.
Points Wire Note:
While the promo only applies to flights on Virgin Atlantic, you can actually start your journey to the US from Amsterdam on KLM or Paris on Air France. The KLM or Air France flights won't be discounted, but the Virgin Atlantic flights will be and you can avoid the UK's APD fee.
There's an Amex Offer in which you can get $50 back when you spend $250+ on room rates and room chartes at one of IHG's "mainstream brands". This appears to be a targeted offer.
Eligible Brands
Holiday Inn, Holiday Inn Express, EVEN Hotels, avid hotels, Atwell Suites, Garner Hotels
Important Terms
CNBC: "First class on Frontier? Not quite. But the budget airline on Tuesday launched a new add-on to get more room at the front of its tightly packed planes — with no middle seat neighbor."
"On flights starting April 10, Frontier will offer UpFront Plus in the first two rows of its Airbus planes, where it will block the sale of the middle seat. Those seats will also include four to five inches more legroom compared with most of the seats on the planes, an airline spokeswoman said."
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