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.
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Points Wire Note: This is not a transfer partner that should be used in the vast majority of circumstances.
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."
More details here.
One Mile At A Time: "Through Tuesday, November 14, 2023, the Avianca LifeMiles program is offering a bonus on purchased miles. While the publicly available promotion offers up to a 155% bonus, OMAAT readers who register can take advantage of a bonus of up to 160%."
To get the 160% bonus, you must register first then buy at least 21,000 LifeMiles. If you buy less than 21,000 miles, you'll get a 155% bonus.
Points Wire Note: If you have access to points and miles via credit cards, I generally only recommend buying miles in a couple of circumstances.
First, you need to top off your account and don't have points you can transfer to the airline program. Second, you've found award space, the cash rate is steep so buying miles would be a big discount and you'd rather save your points and miles for a time when buying miles at a cheap rate isn't possible.
Turkish Airlines: Every week, Turkish discounts two routes in economy. This week, a Chicago and Luxembourg are the two winners.
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Seal The Deal Travels: "Even after Marriott moved to dynamic pricing model for points redemptions, they still secretly assign categories to their hotels even though they removed their Category award chart. Knowing how to figure out a hotel’s category allow you to plan your points redemptions easier and see what redemptions are possible for Free Night Certificates since Marriott only allows you to top up to 15k Marriott points on your FNC’s."
The Points Guy: "British Airways is now restricting the minimum number of guaranteed award seats to members of programs that use Avios as their loyalty currency.
However, BA regularly offers more than the minimum number of seats on many routes, especially transatlantic, and these additional seats remain available to all partners just as before."
One Mile At A Time: "JetBlue and Qatar Airways have had a close partnership for quite some time, including a codeshare agreement. Up until now, there have been no reciprocal redemption opportunities. Fortunately that appears to have just changed. I received an email from Qatar Airways Privilege Club indicating that redemptions on JetBlue are now possible."
Points Wire Note: Two JetBlue Mint (re. business class) sweet spots:
One-way transcontinental flights for 38,750 Avios
One-way transatlantic flights for 62,000 Avios.
Frequent Flyer Bonuses: "This special offer prices the same as the best Member Flexible Rate so you definitely should be booking the bonus points rate! 10,000 points at no extra cost means you are receiving ~US$50 or more in points not including the base points you earn, elite status bonus and credit card points."
Promo Code: M11
Dates: Stays must be completed by 11/30/23
Link To Promo
Points Wire Note: If you'll be visiting Pittsburgh, this is a great bonus for a one-night stay. The lowest rate I found for one night was $210 including taxes/fees.
Loyalty Lobby: "There can be several reasons for this, and I doubt that the SAS exit from Star Alliance sometime in 2024 would be behind this.
Usually, these partnerships are valid to the date when airlines exit the alliance and sometimes continue even after that (many airlines have partners outside of their alliances)."
Points Wire Note: Other Star Alliance programs such as Air Canada Aeroplan and Avianca LifeMiles are displaying space. Keep in mind that SAS business class award space between the US and Europe is often tough to find, especially for more than one person.
Accor: Accor is offering a 50% transfer bonus from Citi ThankYou Points. That makes the usual 1,000:500 ratio, 1,000:750.
For context, Accor doesn't have a traditional award stays. Instead, you redeem as many points as you want toward the cash value of a room or suite. With the transfer bonus, every 1,000 Citi points you transfer will provide ~$16 toward a room. That's ~1.5 cents per point.
Points Wire Note: If you have plenty of points and miles for flights, this is a solid way to use transferable points for a hotel stay. If points are tight, you'll want to consider whether you'd be better off using Citi points for a flight.
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