IHG Rewards Club Kimpton has released their Last Minute Deals for this coming week/weekend of January 23 – 28, 2019.
These rates are only available for IHG Rewards Club members, are prepaid and available on select dates depending on the property (see the list below).
A couple days ago I wrote about United Mileage Plus restricting members from redeeming miles on Singapore Airlines or Thai Airways until further notice.
I mentioned in my article that I filed a complaint with United and also requested background information and both inquiries have been responded to by United.
British Airways yesterday launched their campaign for turning 100 this year by selling tickets at 100 GBP each way from London.
There will be couple of different destinations each day going on sale exactly at noon GMT. The 100 GBP price includes luggage + the usual Avios and tier points for economy fares.
IHG acquired Regent Hotels back in July 2018 and these hotels have appeared on the search already for a while, although you have not been able to earn, redeem or access any possible elite benefits at them.
This will change, however, on February 1, 2019, when Regent Hotels will become IHG Rewards Club participating. Members can earn and redeem points at all six hotels that are open. It is unclear what possible elite benefits there are.
IHG Rewards Club launched the other week Winter-sale for stays at participating Kimpton hotels through April 30, 2019 that ends today.
Members can save up to 30% off their stays (see the list below) that are booked by January 21.
A LoyaltyLobby reader sent us a question about involuntarily downgrade on a XiamenAir flight from Bangkok to Xiamen and difficulty dealing with the Chinese airline getting compensated for it.
Remember that you can always email us, send a message via Facebook or use Twitter and include photos too. We’ll try to cover Reader Questions & Comments here several times a week.
Le Club AccorHotels quietly integrated Banyan Tree, Angsana and Cassia brands to the loyalty program back in December (read more here) by just removing them from the non-participating hotel list (access the list here).
Then Le Club AccorHotels launched a promotion for members to earn quadruple points at these three brands for stays through April 14 (read more here).
Today’s Airfare of the Day goes to Singapore Airlines and their instant purchase non-refundable premium economy round trip fares between Los Angeles and Singapore.
Remember that you can always email me or send me a message via Facebook or Twitter with your airfare-related findings or questions.
IHG Rewards Club has extended the Easy Like Summer-sale for stays in Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, Vanuatu and Papua New Guinea through April 30, 2019 but the booking deadline is tomorrow.
Members can save up to 35% off their stays that are booked minimum 3 days advance or by January 22 when this sale ends.
Marriott Rewards has finally managed to update former SPG members accounts with the appropriate status extension and lifetime status appropriation if they qualified with 25 stays at SPG brands in 2018.
SPG/Marriott has previously implemented an exception that allowed SPG members to qualify for their 2019 status based on legacy criteria of the original program which allowed qualification based on stays instead of nights.
Hilton Honors has launched new 20% off Flash Sale for stays in select cities in the North East through April 29, 2019 that must be booked by January 25.
The sale includes cities such as Washington D.C., Philadelphia, Cleveland, Boston and New York.
Today’s Airfare of the Day goes to Turkish Airlines and their business class promotional round trip fares between Bangkok and North America.
Remember that you can always email me or send me a message via Facebook or Twitter with your airfare-related findings or questions.
American Express apparently goes for the nuclear option and will soon start to implement new access rules for the popular Centurion Lounges including prohibiting members to access it upon arrival beginning 22nd March 2019.
Centurion lounges are very nice but also suffer from overcrowding during peak hours at almost all locations and Amex is now trying to pull the screws tighter on the access requirements.
