Marriott rate changes announced for 2013: OUCH!
As if we need another reminder that hoarding points en masse is a bad idea, Marriott announced changes to their redemption charts this week. Perhaps...
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Malaysia Airlines routes added to Avios redemption calculator
Just a quick update here as I continue to integrate details of Malaysia Airlines joining oneworld into the various tools over at my Wandering Aramean...
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Crossover Rewards and the evolution of loyalty programs
This past week saw perhaps one of the most significant announcements in the evolution of loyalty programs in recent years: Crossover Rewards from Delta and...
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Delta and Starwood Hotels launch industry first with ‘Crossover Rewards’ programme
Earning airline points at a hotel stay is not a new benefit; many hotels and airlines have partnerships allowing accrual of points. For elite members...
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US Airways cuts off-peak business award to Europe, other changes
It would seem that at some point in the past 10 days or so the US Airways award chart has seen a change for the...
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Earn SPG Starpoints for flights on Delta
Partnerships between hotel and airline loyalty programs are not particularly rare, but they are mostly focused on earning airline points for stays at hotels, and...
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There is never award inventory out of GRU, and other untrue tales
I woke up this past Sunday morning and was perusing my Twitter feed (you are following me there, right??) when I came across an interesting...
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United cuts earning rates on partner Turkish
Earlier in the year United Airlines quietly changed the earning rates in their MIleagePlus program for a number of partners on higher fare classes. This...
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Malaysian officially joins oneworld
The oneworld alliance has added a new member today (or yesterday, depending on which time zone you’re in) with Malaysian Airlines being added to the...
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JetBlue offers up 5,000 bonus TrueBlue points for any 3 round trips in 2013
When JetBlue pulled their Go Big promo offer earlier this year they said there would be other bonus opportunities to replace it. Seems that the...