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The holiday season is kicking off, which means there will be sales -- lots of them! The period around Black Friday, Cyber Monday, and Travel Tuesday is typically the best time of year to receive a discount or promotion of some kind. We understand there are a lot of hotels and airlines out there to track, so we've rounded up the best holiday deals in this post. It's a fluid post, so make sure to check back regularly to see if we've updated and added a promotion that might be exactly what you're looking for.

For just over a week, you can earn up to 7x SkyMiles on purchases of Delta gift cards. The promotion runs November 20-29, 2023, and no enrollment is required. However, you'll need to be really generous to trigger bonus mileage earnings. Here are the important terms and how to take advantage of this promotion.

The Enterprise Plus Your Points promotion is back for another year. As usual with the promotion, you can earn double base points on rentals through February 29, 2024. Also, you can earn a host of bonus points for a wide range of activities, from downloading the Enterprise app to weekend rentals.

Delta has taken on a bold project to introduce fast, free Wi-Fi across its entire global fleet by the end of 2024. Where is the airline in the process? Will regional jets also get Wi-Fi? Here's what we know so far.

Delta just announced a new way for SkyMiles members to earn Medallion Qualifying Dollars for Black Friday 2023. Through November 30, 2023, all purchases made at Delta's new Window Seat Shop will earn 1 MQD per dollar for 2025 Medallion status qualification. Here are the details of this promotion.

After more than a decade of partnership, JetBlue has finally added the ability to book Hawaiian Airlines awards flights on its website — rather than having to call. However, JetBlue seems to have taken this opportunity to revamp award rates. Here's the new JetBlue TrueBlue award chart for Hawaiian Airlines awards.

Choice Privileges just launched a Black Friday promotion to buy points. Now through December 3, 2023, Choice Privileges members can get a 50% bonus when buying Choice Privilege points. When maximized, members can snag points for as little as 0.69¢ apiece. This promotion can be valuable under the right circumstances -- so let's take a look at some examples.

After an extended outage, Avianca LifeMiles members can once again book Lufthansa business and first class awards. Between affordable mileage rates, no fuel surcharges, and extensive transfer partners, here's why the restoration of this sweet spot is great news for travelers.

PointsYeah is offering 40% off Premium subscriptions to new members to kick off the holiday season, but the deal won't last long. You'll want to sign up by 11:59 pm Pacific on November 27, 2023, to take advantage of fantastic first-year pricing. Here are the full details of the promotion.

Chase has even more targeted promotions available, offering bonus points and cash back for spending on co-branded credit cards. You could earn up to $35 cash back or up to 10X points on categories like gym memberships, Amazon, Chase Travel bookings, insurance, utilities, and more.

TAP Air Portugal is running a promotion to buy TAP Miles & Go miles with a 100% bonus. This deal runs through November 30, 2023, allowing members to buy miles for as little as 1.9¢ each. So is it worth it? Let's have a look at some examples to see if it makes sense.

Air Canada Aeroplan members can earn up to 10,000 bonus Aeroplan points when purchasing a Mountain Collective membership before December 12, 2023. Here's how to take advantage of this promotion and get your Aeroplan bonus points.

Iberia Plus members looking to boost their Avios this year can earn triple rewards at NH Hotels through December 31, 2023. These are two brands we haven't mentioned a lot on AwardWallet, so it's nice to see a new promotion from them. Here's how you can earn triple Avios on your hotel stays.

Air Canada just announced several Aeroplan promotions for Black Friday. Through November 27, Aeroplan members can earn a share of 50 million points, get up to 10,000 points back on hotel award stays, and save up to 30% while earning 3X points on Avis and Budget car rentals. Here are the details on the promotions and how to maximize your bonus points.

Fancy a mystery trip focusing on barbecues, pickleball, or Western TV? Southwest has launched a sweepstakes called Destination: Love, giving members a chance to win a trip to one of three theme-specific destinations: Texas, Florida, or Montana. Here are the details.

One of the more frustrating parts of redeeming points for Southwest flights has been the inability to book those flights via travel portals from Chase, Amex, Citi, and others. Sure, you could pick up the phone and call to make these bookings, but that had its own issues. Now, you can book Southwest flights through Chase Travel. The question is whether you should. Here's a breakdown of why this matters.

Just in time for your holiday shopping, the Prime Visa from Chase has an elevated welcome offer and is providing bonus cash back on certain Amazon purchases. Let's look at the offer.

Emirates just launched a new promotion to buy Skywards miles, offering up to a 35% bonus on purchases through November 24, 2023. You can buy Skywards miles for as low as 2.22¢ per mile, which is still a pretty crummy rate. So does it ever make sense to jump on this promotion? Let's consider the details.

Without warning, CLEAR has increased the price per adult to add family members to your account — a jump of more than 40%, sadly. While this isn't great news, there remain ways to get a discount or even a free CLEAR Plus membership.

Qatar Airways Privileges Club announced a 30% bonus on various activities, including car rental with Avis and Budget, stays with Rocket Miles, and at Rotana properties. With this promotion, you can also receive a 30% bonus when you convert Accor All points to Avios.

You can currently get 95% cash back on LifeLock and 90% cash back on Norton subscriptions via Rakuten. Even better, you can choose to receive your rewards as American Express Membership Rewards instead of cash back. That means you can earn a whopping 95X Membership Rewards points per dollar spent! Here are the details of this incredible offer.

IHG launched its latest buy points promotion. Now through December 30, 2023, members can buy IHG points with a 100% bonus. This deal allows members to buy IHG points for as little as 0.5¢ each. But is it worth buying IHG points? With AwardWallet users averaging 0.69¢ per point in value from redemptions, there's a lot of times this can make sense. Here are a few examples for inspiration.

Emirates and Condor announced the launch of a new partnership. This agreement between the two airlines will see the addition of codeshare flights and the ability to earn and redeem Emirates Skywards miles on Condor-operated flights. Here's what we know about this partnership.

World of Hyatt just rolled out several more promotions in advance of Black Friday. The newest promotions give members 2X points at hotels in North and South America or 20% off and free breakfast in other countries. Other ongoing promotions include triple Hyatt points at the reimagined Hyatt Vacation Club brand (previously Hyatt Residence Club), bonus points at new hotels, and ways to earn free night awards.

Last month, Wells Fargo printed verbiage on some cardholders monthly statements indicated that points transfers would launch on November 15, 2023. That date has come and gone. Now, cardholders are seeing a message that this feature should launch in December. Much remains unknown, and Wells Fargo isn't spilling the beans. Here's what we know — and what we don't know.

Qatar Airways is showing excellent Qsuite award availability on its 12 routes between North America and its hub in Doha. Here's all you need to know about this rare availability to fly in arguably the world's best business class on points and miles.

Emirates has yet another promotion, this one to earn 30% bonus miles when shopping in the Skywards Miles Mall through November 26, 2023. Furthermore, new mall users can get 1,000 bonus miles on their first purchase. Here are the details for these two promotions.

Emirates now has a promotion to earn up to 8,000 Skywards miles on SIXT and Hertz car rentals booked before November 22, 2023. This pairs nicely with the promotion to earn 3X Skywards miles on IHG stays. Here are the offer's details.

JetBlue has launched its latest buy points promotion. Now through November 29, 2023, TrueBlue members can buy points with as much as a 60% bonus. That's as little as 1.85¢ each. But is this a good deal? Let's look at when it makes sense to buy JetBlue points — and when it doesn't.

Alaska Airlines is making some changes to its partner award charts. Mileage Plan will introduce distance-based charts that apply evenly to all partners next year, taking effect in March of 2024. Here's what we know about the impending changes and some routes that will be affected.