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.
United Eliminates Partner Award Chart, Makes It Harder to Earn Elite Status When Flying Partners by Patrick Stouffer April 29, 2020 31 Over the last few days, United has made earning elite status harder and removed partner award charts from its website. Both without any notice whatsoever. They say bad things come in pairs. In this case, they were right. In this post, we go through what this means for you.
AA Extends Elite Status, Lowers Elite Requirements for 2020, Waiving Mileage Redeposit Fees by Patrick Stouffer April 14, 2020 49 American Airlines, fashionably late as always, has finally announced the extension of elite status in response to COVID-19. With elite status extensions, lowered elite requirements, waived redeposit fees, and the ability to make up the loss on your Million Miler journey through spend, it's an impressive wave of updates that will make a lot of travelers happy. But, there's a potential devaluation hidden in the good news.
Delta Extends Elite Status, Sky Club Memberships, Credit Card Benefits Due to COVID-19 by Patrick Stouffer April 5, 2020 23 Delta just announced that it's extending Medallion elite status, Sky Club memberships, credit card benefits, drink vouchers, and more in response to COVID-19 — becoming the first US-based airline to extend elite status.
Hyatt vs. Marriott: A House Divided by Michelle Molloy February 9, 2020 101 Our family has long been loyal to Marriott, too long as far as I'm concerned. I've decided that it is time for us to move our loyalty over to Hyatt – but this requires my reluctant husband to switch over his business travel. I'm outlining my case for making the move here, are you convinced?
Marriott Will No Longer Give 10 Elite Night Credits For 1st Meeting by Joe Petrovic December 30, 2019 40 Earning Elite Night Credits under Marriott Bonvoy is changing and you will no longer earn 10 Elite Night Credits for your first meeting. See the post for details.
Ultimate Status Match Guide to Atlantic City by Richard Kerr February 25, 2019 100 Atlantic City casinos are currently offering generous status match incentives. With the right strategy, learn how to maximize your next trip to the East Coast gambling center and earn hundreds of dollars worth of free play, free nights and lucrative status benefits.
Marriott Gold and Platinum Status Challenge by Sam Helmy September 17, 2018 8 Marriott has announced a status match challenge; very similar to the Starwood status challenge from last year. This time around the match requires 8 or 16 stays, which is lower than the 9 or 18 stays needed for the SPG challenge. Unfortunately, there is no link to the offer, and you will have to call up to register.
Southwest Status Match Challenge by Sam Helmy June 10, 2018 9 Southwest has announced a status match challenge, where you will receive A-List status for 90 days, in which time you need to complete 3 roundtrips or 6 one-way trips with Southwest to extend your status for 12 months.
Delta Mileage Upgrade Awards Available on Aeromexico by Sam Helmy December 21, 2017 7 Delta has announced that Mileage Upgrade awards are now available on Aeromexico flights. This move further deepens the partnership between Delta and Aeromexico, which comes as no surprise really since Delta already owns 49% of Aeromexico. Unfortunately, as with everything Delta, the devil is always in the detail with this enhancement.
Delta Global Upgrades Now Valid on Aeromexico by Sam Helmy October 17, 2017 4 Delta has announced that its regional and global upgrades for Platinum and Diamond Medallion members can now be used on Aeromexico.
10x Increase to Delta Diamond MQD Waiver Spending Requirement ($250k Instead of $25k) by Sam Helmy September 26, 2017 26 Delta has just sent out an email to SkyMiles co-branded credit card holders and has utterly eviscerated the value of the Medallion Qualification Dollar waiver to achieve Diamond Medallion Status. Effective January 1, 2018, the spending requirement will increase tenfold from $25,000 per year to an utterly enormous $250,000 per year to earn the MQD waiver for Diamond Medallion Status.
SkyTeam Status Match with China Southern by Sam Helmy July 20, 2017 12 China Southern is currently offering an elite status match. China Southern is a member of SkyTeam, so Elite status would give you benefits across the entire Alliance. Depending on your status you can enjoy various benefits from lounge access to priority boarding.
Alaska Airlines: New Parents Can Extend their Elite Status by Sam Helmy May 14, 2017 31 Alaska Airlines has announced that new parents taking maternity or paternity leave will be able to extend their Elites status for one year.
