I just received an email from Chase Card Services to check my secure messages concerning “A $100 statement credit toward the annual fee on your Reserve credit card”.
Chase has announced back in January that they would up the annual fee for Chase Sapphire Reserve cards that renew April 1 and beyond to $550 per year (from the previous $450).
Turkish Airlines has quietly extended Miles&Smiles members elite tiers by six months.
The airline has not sent out any communication to its members about this extension, and there is no information on Miles&Miles website. You can see the extension when logging in to your account.
Today’s Airfare of the Day goes to Lufthansa/Swiss and their 2nd level business class excursion round trip fares between Paris and Bangkok, valid for travel until March 2021.
Remember that you can always email or send us a message via Facebook or Twitter with your airfare-related findings or questions.
Bangkok Airways has just announced that it will suspend all domestic flights from April 7 until at least April 30, 2020 subject to further developments.
The carrier has already shut lounge operations and also suspended international flights in the last few weeks in measures responding to COVID10 and Thai Immigration rules.
Our Whine Wednesday topic for this week is about Singapore Airlines Krisflyer and their apparent refusal to provide members with a grace period for status accrual or a goodwill amount of status miles.
Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer is one of the few programs that doesn’t run by calendar year but a floating membership year dependent on the month of enrollment.
Alaska Airlines launched back in early March, an elite qualifying miles bonus for Mileage Plan member travel that has now been extended through May 31, 2020.
Mileage Plan members earn 50% elite qualifying miles bonus for flights flown after registering for this offer that are flown March 7 – May 31.
Marriott has updated coronavirus (COVID-19) reservation policies that waive all cancellation fees and refunds prepayments for all existing reservations with any arrival date if done 24 hours before the scheduled arrival or by June 30, 2020.
Reservations made between March 13 – June 30, 2020, for any arrival date, can also be canceled without penalties for up to 24 hours before the scheduled arrival. Marriott will also waive points expiration, and extends Suite Night Awards and certificates.
Thai Airways Royal Orchid Plus is extending miles that expired yesterday (March 31) or are about to on June 30 through September 30, 2020, due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
This extension is automatic and there is nothing that members need to do. It is unclear, however, what Thai Airways is planning to do members with status. Are tiers extended by a year?
Today’s Airfare of the Day goes to Delta/Air France/KLM/Virgin Atlantic and their midweek business class excursion round trip fares between London and Chicago, valid for travel until March 2021.
Remember that you can always email or send us a message via Facebook or Twitter with your airfare-related findings or questions.
Aegean has today extended its Miles+Bonus program member tiers by six months that also applies to the qualification period due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
You now have the status effectively for 18 months, during which you need to complete the flights required to retaining or upping the tier.
Marriott today sent out 5.2 million emails to guests whose account information with the hotel company was exposed to an unrelated third party.
Records of these estimated 5.2 million guests had been accessed using two employee credentials from a franchised property (unclear which hotel and where).
Late January I wrote about how LOT Polish Airlines proved to be successful in their bid to acquire Germany’s Condor but this deal could now be off the table given the Economic climate.
Condor has previously received a 380 Mio EURO bridge loan from the German government which needs to be repaid in April of this year, however the airline has now applied for an extension of said loan.
