God Save The Points: "The fundamental question is: why is a person who buys 4X business class tickets per year rewarded with some level of mid to high tier status, but someone who buys 4X business class tickets for the family, but only travels once, not rewarded?"
One Mile At A Time: "The cost of an Alaska Lounge membership will be increasing as of February 2024, which is the second price hike in two years. With these changes, the airline will charge $450-550 for an Alaska Lounge membership, and $650-750 for an Alaska Lounge+ membership."
Points Wire Note: The Citi AAdvantage Executive Card is the best way to gain access to Alaska lounges when flying Alaska or its partners.
Doctor Of Credit: "You need to be a Morgan Stanley customer to be eligible for this card and you can no longer use the access investing work around unfortunately. It’s rare we see increased offers on these co-branded versions of the Platinum card, so it’s worth signing up if you are eligible and can make use of all the various credits."
Last night, Max Miles Points and I were discussing the fact that Qatar Airways Privilege Club isn't able to book award tickets on JetBlue currently. Readers had flagged for me that Qatar had told them there were technical issues.
Now, it seems Qatar might be creating a separate award chart for award tickets on JetBlue with worse award rates. Frequent Miler reports that they're seeing award rates listed at double the original rates.
Points Wire Note: If this does turn out to be a devaluation, it'll be so disappointing. Qatar Airways and JetBlue just expanded their partnership to allow award bookings. To double award rates after only a few days is poor form if you ask me.
Loyalty Lobby: "IHG One Rewards members can earn a free night award capped at 40,000 for every 5 nights, don’t need to be consecutive, consumed booked using eligible rates for this offer and by February 29."
Stays in Africa, the Middle East, India, and South Asia qualify. The free night can be used on an award that requires up to 40,000 IHG One Rewards points.
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Points Wire Note: This is an excellent promo if you'll be in these regions!
Bilt: Bilt has added Marriott Bonvoy as a new transfer partner. Transfers are 1:1 and for every transfer of 20,000 Bilt points in a single transaction, you'll re receive 5,000 bonus Marriott points.
You can earn 100 Bilt points by linking your Marriott account to Bilt in the Bilt app.
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Points Wire Note: This is not a transfer partner that should be used in the vast majority of circumstances.
You can transfer Amex points to Hilton and get a 30% bonus through December 31, 2023. The standard transfer ratio is 1:2 (transfer minimum is 1,000 points), but this promo bumps it up to 1:2.6.
Points Wire Note: If you use Amex points for business or first class flights, you can skip this promo. If you book economy, it might be worth considering in a few circumstances. Generally, transferring Amex points to Hilton (or Marriott) isn't a great move.
The Bilt Card won the award for best no-annual-fee card at the TPG Awards last night. To celebrate, they've increased the referral bonus from 2,500 points + 10,000 points for every five referrals to 10,000 points per referral for everyone who applies via your link by November 30, 2023.
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F1 Las Vegas GP: "At the F1 Las Vegas Hub, American Express Card Members will have exclusive access to a lounge area and to purchase items from a second race-inspired collection with Malbon, made special for American Express Card Members. They will also receive a commemorative light-up cup when they use their eligible American Express Card to make a purchase at the F1 Las Vegas Hub, as well as other official F1 merchandise locations (terms apply)."
Danny the Deal Guru: "Fly to Maui for as low as 30,000 miles roundtrip (plus taxes and fees starting at $11.20) when you book by November 8 and travel November 12 – December 16, with no blackout dates."
"This offer is targeted to United MileagePlus Cardmembers and Premier members only. The promotion is valid for travel to Maui, Hawaii (OGG) from the contiguous 48 United States."
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