Aeroplan Offering 50% Off Award Flights Within North America by Patrick Stouffer June 22, 2020 16 Aeroplan has announced an innovative new promotion, awarding a 50% mileage rebate for some domestic and trans-border award redemptions. This effectively halves the award price! With flights starting at just 3,750 Aeroplan miles between the U.S. and Canada, is it finally time to book a flight?
The Best Ways to Book Delta’s New Cape Town Route With Miles by Ross Denkin June 21, 2020 16 Staring in October 2020, Delta will begin flying to Cape Town, South Africa! This route was announced in mid-May, but it was just put on sale today. So, we took a look at the cheapest mileage options to fly between the U.S. and South Africa on this newly-modified route — without having to pay 465,000 SkyMiles for business class.
Marriott Makes 5,500+ Properties Available at Off Peak Pricing, Gifting Bonus Elite Night Credits by Patrick Stouffer June 15, 2020 39 Marriott just announced another round of program updates in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Among these changes are making 5,500+ hotels available at solely Off Peak award pricing, giving Elite Night Credits to make it easier to hit a higher elite status tier in 2020, and the ability to gift elite status to a friend or family member.
ANA Slashes Surcharges, Drastically Reducing Out-Of-Pocket Costs on Award Tickets by Patrick Stouffer June 12, 2020 23 All Nippon Airways (ANA) has drastically lowered the surcharges imposed on tickets to and from Japan and several other regions. While this won't necessarily make cash flights to Japan cheaper, it significantly reduces the out-of-pocket costs on award tickets. That makes already lucrative award bookings even better!
Limited Time: Earn 10X Aeroplan Miles on Uber Eats Purchases by Patrick Stouffer June 10, 2020 18 Air Canada's Aeroplan has recently announced a new partnership with Uber Eats. For a limited time, members can earn 10X miles per dollar spent on food delivery by clicking through the Uber Eats link in Aeroplan's eShop. Dinner just got a lot more lucrative.
Fly to Europe in 2021 in Polaris Business Class for Just 45,000 Miles by Patrick Stouffer June 8, 2020 34 We've hit the jackpot of business class award availability to Europe! There's excellent availability through May 2021 to almost all European destinations served by United Airlines. Even better, most of this award availability is bookable with Turkish Miles & Smiles, meaning that these redemptions can cost as little as 45,000 miles per person! Who's ready to book a European vacation?
Citi Accelerates Premier Benefits, Adds Temporary Spending Bonus for Prestige by Patrick Stouffer June 4, 2020 14 Citi has accelerated increased earnings on the Citi Premier℠ Card due to go into effect later this year. Plus, Citi announced a temporary new spending bonus for the Citi Prestige® Card. Cardmembers with accounts active on May 22nd can now earn bonus ThankYou® Points on the things that we're spending more on lately—including online retailers, supermarkets, and restaurants.
American Airlines Adds Online Award Booking for 20th Partner Airline by JT Genter June 3, 2020 22 Over the past few years, American Airlines has added new partners, strengthened partnerships with existing partners, and made it easier to search and book awards online. On Wednesday afternoon, American Airlines added the ability to book award flights online for yet another partner. You can now search and book awards for 20 different partner airlines on AA's website.
The New Workaround to Use the Old American Airlines AAdvantage Award Search by Ross Denkin June 3, 2020 28 Slowly but surely, American Airlines continues its transition toward its refreshed award search tool. However, many travelers prefer the legacy search tool for the options it offers those looking for saver award availability. While it may now require more steps, a workaround remains available for those who prefer the old award search tool.
Elevating Your Car Rental Experience With Silvercar Premium Rewards by Joe Petrovic May 31, 2020 7 Sick of the typical rental car experience? I have found that Silvercar offers an elevated rental experience, and its Premium Rewards program is simple to use and can save you money. Plus you can now track your points right in AwardWallet! Here's what you need to know about Silvercar.
IHG Rewards Launches Dynamic Award Pricing in the U.S. and Beyond by JT Genter May 29, 2020 36 After testing dynamic award pricing with a small set of hotels earlier this year, IHG Rewards confirmed to AwardWallet this morning that it has expanded dynamic award pricing to more hotels around the world—including many regions here in the United States. Dynamic award pricing is usually bad news, but we are surprised to be finding some great deals using your IHG Rewards points now!
Emirates Skywards Slashes Award Fees by Over 90% by Patrick Stouffer May 26, 2020 24 Emirates offers some of the best onboard products in the sky. But booking these aspirational seats can be expensive—even on award redemptions. Perhaps not anymore. Recent searches on Emirates' site are displaying a massive drop in carrier surcharges across the board. We are seeing some cuts to out-of-pocket costs as great as 90%!
You Can Now Use AAdvantage Miles to Pay for Seat Reservations on American Airlines by Patrick Stouffer May 19, 2020 58 American Airlines just launched a new way for AAdvantage members to redeem miles. As AwardWallet confirmed with American Airlines this afternoon, AAdvantage members can now use their miles to purchase seat reservations. For now, it's limited to select airports, but this is likely to be the start of a larger rollout.
Airlines Offering Bonus Miles, Incredibly Generous Rebooking Options for Booking Flights Now by Patrick Stouffer May 17, 2020 34 Airlines are doing everything in their power to convince people to book travel for 2020. It's hard to guess if it will be safe to do so. However, between bonus points, double flight earnings, and the most flexible change/cancellation policy we've ever seen, things are definitely starting to get interesting.
Last Chance to Transfer Your Miles: Capital One Losing Two Transfer Partners by Patrick Stouffer May 12, 2020 19 Capital One has quietly shared the loss of two mileage transfer partners—Hainan Airways and Qatar Airways—effective May 13, 2020. If you've been meaning to transfer Capital One Miles to either of these partners, you'd better do it right away!
AA Adds GOL Airlines as a Mileage Earning, Redemption Partner by Patrick Stouffer May 9, 2020 24 American Airlines has just added GOL Airlines—Brazil's largest domestic carrier—to its AAdvantage® partner airlines, opening the door to earning and redeeming AAdvantage® miles on GOL itineraries. But now that you can use AA miles for flights with GOL, the question is: should you?
How I Stacked Offers to Purchase New Bose Noise Cancelling Headphones for Under $90 by Joe Petrovic May 8, 2020 18 Looking for a new pair of Bose noise-cancelling headphones? Here's how I stacked offers to get Bose's latest and greatest $349 headphones for under $90 while earning over 4,500 Membership Rewards points from doing so.
