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Rakuten is running one of their famous 10x promos on select brands. If you haven't linked your Amex Membership Rewards account to Rakuten, you can still earn 10% cash back.
Some travel brands that stand out include IHG and Best Western. You can stack this with the Best Western promo to earn a free night. This promo could also help with IHG's fast track to Diamond status offer or the promo to earn a ton of bonus points on Iberostar stays.
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Travel on Points: "If you have ever carried a Delta card and been looking at those new welcome offers longingly, then I have good news for you. There are some new Delta no lifetime language offers going out to targeted individuals. These no lifetime language offers are mostly sent out for business cards like the Business Gold and Business Platinum card. One of the exceptions are these Delta no lifetime language offers that come around from time to time. The cool thing is there is a link to check if you are eligible."
Loyalty Lobby: "IHG has launched a targeted Diamond Fast Track offer valid for stays between February 8 and March 24, 2024."
"After registering for this offer, eligible members who consume 8 nights during the promo period get a Diamond status through the end of 2024."
One Mile At A Time: "Choice Privileges has just revealed the details of its first major promotion of 2024, and it’s a pretty typical offer from the program. While probably not a reason to switch any stays to Choice, it’s worth taking advantage of if you were planning such a stay anyway."
The Mile Lion: "Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer has come a long way in 25 years, and now boasts more than eight million members worldwide. It’s hard to imagine SIA without it, even though the airline has actually existed longer without KrisFlyer (27 years) than with it!"
"Award prices have, of course, gone up in the time since, but I was surprised to see that Economy Class redemptions have only appreciated modestly- perhaps even decreased, if you factor in how easy it is to earn miles now."
View From The Wing: "American AAdvantage now has more access to Alaska Airlines award space. You’re going to have success finding seats with your American Airlines miles when looking for Alaska’s flights in and out of California, going forward. In fact, more often than not you’ll be able to secure awards – if you’re willing to part with more of your miles."
"However adding variable pricing for partner award tickets brings with it risk of undermining the great value in today’s program, which is inexpensive awards on airlines like Qantas, Cathay Pacific and Qatar Airways. A shift away from that fixed pricing model may not be good for members."
Skift: "Hilton revealed Wednesday that it had signed an exclusive licensing deal with Small Luxury Hotels of the World (SLH), a group of 560 boutique hotels unaffiliated with the major hotel groups."
"Hyatt is a loser here. Small Luxury Hotels is ending its multi-year partnership with the smaller hotel group. World of Hyatt loyalty members could use their reward points to book stays at the group of boutique hotels. Last year, Hyatt lost a loyalty licensing deal with MGM Resorts to Marriott."
Points Wire Note:
I would expect the number of Hilton Honors points needed to book many SLH properties to be high. If you want to earn Hilton points and elite nights on SLH stays, you'll need to book via Hilton.
However, if you're not chasing Hilton status, you can book SLH properties via their preferred booking program withIN and get perks such as daily breakfast for two, a property credit, and a room upgrade.
ALL - Accor Live Limitless and Qatar Airways Privilege Club are running a promo in which you can earn bonus hotel points for flights and bonus Avios for hotel stays.
What You'll Earn
For Qatar Airways flights, you can earn 1 ALL Rewards point per 2 euro spent. You will still earn Qatar Avios for the flights For Accor hotel bookings, you can earn 10 Avios per 10 euro spent. You will still earn your usual ALL Rewards points for the stay.
However, there are several Accor brands at which you'll earn at a lower rate:
Important Terms
Additionally, if you've previously linked your ALL account to Flying Blue or Qantas, you'll need to specify which account you want to use to earn bonus points. If you've already link Flying Blue or Qantas, you need to wait 12 months to change it.
Points Wire Note:
Accor properties aren't usually top of mind for people in the points community. However, if you're paying cash, there are some great options. Specifically, you can book Fairmont, Raffles, and Sofitel properties via Accor's STEP program to get benefits such as daily breakfast for 2, a $100 property credit, a room upgrade, and more.
With the Chase Offer for Marriott Bonvoy, you can get 10% cash back when you spend at least $100 at Marriott properties up to $80 back. That means you can get 10% back on up to $800. I love that this offer can be used globally rather than only in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico.
This Chase Offer expires on March 11, 2024 and appears to be targeted.
You should be able to stack this with a Marriott STARS or Marriott Luminous booking so you can get extra perks and save a little bit.
One Mile At A Time: "As of April 1, 2025, British Airways Executive Club will create a single status qualification year. Specifically, you’ll be able to collect Tier Points between April 1 and March 31 of the following year, and status will then be valid through April 30 of the year after that."
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