AAdvantage has launched its “be a Holiday Hero” promotion where you can receive up to 50,000 bonus miles for completing partner activities. The promotion runs through December 31, 2018, and to participate you need to register. The promotion is structured like a game, and the more activities you complete with various partners, the more bonus points you will earn.
Uber has launched its own loyalty program, Uber Rewards. Like most loyalty programs, it has various status levels (four in this case), and the ability to earn points and redeem them. You redeem your points for Uber cash, which is added automatically to your cash balance.
AAdvantage has launched a new class of awards, the “Economy Web Special” award. The awards are available on select city pairings, and prices start from 5,000 miles for one-way awards in the main cabin. The awards will not replace the AA Reduced Mileage Awards.
Enterprise car rental has launched its “Plus Your Points” promotion, where you can earn double points on every car rental. In addition, you can earn bonus points for a host of other activities including downloading the mobile app and taking a survey. The “Plus Your Points” promotion is valid through January 31, 2018.
IHG has announced a promotion where you will receive a 100% bonus on IHG points purchases. The promotion runs through November 30, 2018, and to receive a 100% bonus you will need to purchase a minimum of 7,000 points. Taking advantage of this promotion means you would be purchasing IHG points for half a cent apiece.
American Express Membership Rewards has announced the addition of Avianca LifeMiles as a transfer partner. The move brings the total number of airlines you can transfer Membership Rewards points to 17.
Priority Pass has finally added Chef Geoff’s at Washington IAD, to its network of participating restaurants and lounges. Chef Geoff’s becomes the only Priority Pass establishment on Concourse C at Washington DC Dulles IAD airport.
Both Chase and Capital One have announced increased offers on some of their most popular credit cards, with Chase lifting the bonus on the Southwest consumer cards and Capital One launching some huge offers across the Spark business card range, and on its popular Capital One® Venture® Rewards Credit Card.
Flying Blue has announced a special edition of its Promo Rewards, in addition to the regular November sale. The sale is global, but you will have to hurry, since bookings must be made by November 16, 2018. The travel window for this special edition is January 1, 2019, through March 31, 2019.
Capital One has announced a new airline transfer program which will join its fixed-value redemption options. We’re huge fans of flexible rewards currencies and, from first impressions, Capital One has produced a well thought out milage transfer program featuring high-value partners and transfer ratios that will encourage many cardholders to move significant spend onto Capital One cards.