Cashback through various websites when booking travel has become very popular in recent years but it has become increasingly difficult to find workable cashback with decent rates for hotel stays, especially Marriott.
Recently I have used Topcashback UK to book my Marriott stays and can confirm that the site has relatively reliably tracked my purchases and returned 5% cashback for my stays.
Best Western has brought back its popular Rewards Rush-promotion for a free night certificate after two stays.
Best Western Rewards members, who register for this offer, must consume two stays between November 24 – January 31, 2021, to earn a certificate that expires on March 31.
Qantas today announced a status extension policy for its Frequent Flyer program members in Australia and New Zealand + rolling over Status Credits to the next membership year.
Members whose status year ends between March 31 – December 31, 2021, can extend theirs by taking a Qantas flight between November 23 – and the expiry of their tier to have it extended by 12 months.
Qatar Airways has repurposed one of its closed lounges in Doha exclusively for seafarers and offshore workers who have some time in-between their flights.
The lounge allows eligible passengers to relax, enjoy food and beverage options, and take a shower.
IHG Hotels in Australia have launched a bonus miles opportunity for Virgin Australia Velocity program member stays through June 30, 2021.
IHG Rewards Club members who choose to earn Velocity points will earn double the usual number if the bookings are made by December 30).
Comair, a British Airways franchise in South Africa grounded all of its flights this spring amid covid lockdowns in the country and filed for business rescue (a form of bankruptcy protection).
Now, the airline has been able to secure financing and is in the process of restarting operations. Flights are scheduled to take off on December 9, 2020, based on information the airline has filed.
Airlines have been pushing preflight Covid-19 PCR testing as a way to open up international travel safely, and there have been separate studies that have concluded that inflight infections are sporadic.
A study done in New Zealand has come to a different conclusion. An asymptomatic but highly contagious passenger, who had tested negative preflight, ended up infecting 5% of the flight’s passengers (4 infections – 86 passengers).
Best Western has brought back its promotion to buy Travel Cards (essentially gift cards) with a 20% bonus.
Best Western Rewards members can buy $100 Travel Cards and get a $20 bonus Travel Card for each one purchased. You can buy up to $500 and earn a $100 bonus.
Today’s Airfare of the Day goes to Finnair and their midweek business class excursion round trip fares between Paris (CDG), France and Los Angeles (LAX), USA, which allows booking on American Airlines or British Airways codesahres.
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IHG Hotels Kimpton-brand has launched its 2020 Cyber Sale that spans both Black Friday and Cyber Monday.
IHG Rewards Club members save 25% on stays through September 7, 2021, if booked by December 7.
A leaked post from the British Airways Intranet revealed that the airline will start a sale of certain First Class items tomorrow, mostly tableware and other things you usually find when flying BA First.
There is no active link to this sale yet and all the post (which originally appeared on Instagram) revealed is that this campaign is open to “customers, colleagues and aviation fans”.
Accor has launched a sale for stays at participating hotels in India and Sri Lanka through March 31, 2021.
Accor ALL members save 30%, earn triple points, get complimentary breakfast, and an 500 INR meal credit.
Delta Air Lines and WestJet decided to call off their planned US-Canada trans-border joint venture after the U.S government required changes for it to go forward.
The airlines would have needed to relinquish 16 take-off and landing slots at the New York’s La Guardia airport and exclude WestJet’s Swoop from the alliance.
