Hilton Honors yesterday launched 72-hour long 50% off Flash Sale for stays in Japan, Korea and Guam + select hotels in Thailand and Maldives through March 28, 2019 that ends tomorrow.
The discount for non-Hilton Honors members is capped at 40%. The sale is valid for bookings made by November 23 ending at 14:00 JST (5AM GMT).
Finnair Plus sells its points at a bonus few times per year and currently has up to 50% bonus for buying points through December 9, 2018.
The sweet spot on Finnair’s award chart are the short-haul upgrades from Economy to Business class (Dubai and Tel Aviv are both considered short-haul) that are priced at 10,000 points (sometimes even these are discounted).
Hilton Hawaiian Village has launched their Black Friday & Cyber Monday offer for stays through June 30, 2019.
Members that book this offer by November 26, 2018 can save up to 25% off their stays.
Le Club AccorHotels has now launched their Black Friday and Cyber Monday Sale that is 40% off of Best Flexible Rate at participating hotels worldwide. Accor Plus members are eligible for an additional 10% off for stays in Asia-Pacific.
The offer is valid for stays January 1 – February 24, 2019 (in the UK until February 28) and must be booked by November 26.
IHG Rewards Club has now enabled their Cyber Week offers page that are valid through Black Friday and Cyber Monday, although most of them won’t be available before November 23.
Members can save minimum of 25% off their stays at participating hotels worldwide, earn 10,000 bonus points for Ambassador member sign up, 15% savings on Points & Cash and get 50% bonus on Bonus Points Package bookings.
ANA All Nippon Airways just sent out an email that they will end their generous elite benefit of complimentary Premium Economy upgrades at time of check-in effective September 30 2019.
ANA will however provide a promotion from October 1, 2019 until March 31, 2020 during which Platinum, Diamond & Super Flyer elite members of ANA Mileage Club can request complimentary upgrade.
Marriott employees in many cities across the United States have been striking since early October causing havoc for guests staying at any affected hotels that have been minimally staffed and picketed outside.
Now the world’s largest hotel company has already reached agreements with its employees in Detroit, San Jose, Oakland, and Boston. The strikes are still affecting hotels in San Francisco and Hawaii.
Today’s Airfare of the Day goes to Lufthansa and Swiss and their 2nd level business class excursion fares between Rome and Singapore.
Marriott Rewards on Tuesday updated the Terms and Conditions governing its guest loyalty program (and as always forgot to tell its members about it).
The updated T&Cs gives an indication that the Lifetime Platinum Premier statuses won’t be processed in January 2019 as originally promised. This shouldn’t come as a surprise considering how badly the loyalty program integration has gone ever since August 18th.
IHG Rewards Club released the last round of PointBreaks hotels on September 24 that are valid for stays through November 30, 2018 (read more here).
We just got a word that IHG Rewards Club will release the next batch of PointBreaks on schedule November 26 despite the day being Cyber Monday.
Le Club AccorHotels has released a new list of hotels where members can earn quadruple points for full three months.
You can earn quadruple points at these select hotels for stays consumed November 19 – February 17, 2019 and booked November 19 – December 31.
Fairmont is about to launch their Black Friday promotion for buying e-gift cards with 20% bonus. The offer is valid for purchases made on November 23, 2018 between 2PM – 5PM EST.
The maximum bonus under this offer is $1,000 and it is reached when one buys $5,000 worth of these e-gift cards ($6,000 with the bonus included). You can choose to load them either in USD or CAD.
Avianca LifeMiles has launched a new promotional sale covering both Black Friday and Cyber Monday that comes with 140% bonus for all purchases made between November 20 – 26, 2018.
You can purchase up to 150,000 LifeMiles every calendar year before any bonuses. You can always buy more miles during the redemption process by substituting some miles for cash.
Expedia sent us updated information about their Black Friday and Cyber Monday offers for 2018 that you can find below. The main difference is that the coupon deals on Monday are refreshed hourly.
There are coupon deals from 75% off to $500 off $1,000 on Friday and 90% off on Monday starting sharply at 9AM PT (noon Eastern).
