Today’s Airfare of the Day goes to Xiamen and their business class excursion round trip fares between Hong Kong and Vancouver.
Remember that you can always email me or send me a message via Facebook or Twitter with your airfare-related findings or questions.
Marriott released an update on Friday regarding the Starwood Guest Reservation Database hack that had been going on for years and which was discovered last year.
Marriott has now determined that leaked data contained five million unencrypted passport numbers and twenty or so millions that were encrypted.
Hilton Honors on Friday launched a Flash Sle for stays at select cities in the Southeast through May 12, 2019.
Members can save 20% off their stays if booked during this five day flash sale that ends tomorrow (February 19).
United Mileage Plus has shipped out their membership kits for 2019 and apparently saved themselves the hassle of sending any membership cards, instead they included just one tiny baggage tag.
Not sure if this is an error or by design but it seems to be extremely strange that United would go through the hassle of sending this useless luggage tag around the world but no actual membership card.
Thailand is celebrating the Makha Bucha Day on Tuesday (February 19, 2019) that is a public holiday.
Tourists should be aware of that many venues including hotel bars and clubs will not serve adult beverages for 24 hour period starting and ending at midnight.
Qantas Frequent Flyer has launched (yet again) the very popular double status credit offer for flights flown February 25 – August 31, 2019.
Members must book eligible Qantas marketed and operated flights between February 18 – 22. You must also remember to register for this offer.
To celebrate the latest IHG Rewards Club Free Nights Faster (read more here), UK Free night certificate after two stays (read more here) and Buy Points-offers (read more here), we decided to launch a giveaway for 100,000 points! We should learn about a new PointBreaks offer before the end of this week too.
The giveaway is now open and you must enter by 11:59PM EST on Thursday (February 28, 2019). We will announce the winner on Friday (March 1).
Today’s Airfare of the Day goes to LATAM and their business class restricted round trip fares between Amsterdam and Sao Paulo.
Remember that you can always email me or send me a message via Facebook or Twitter with your airfare-related findings or questions.
Le Club AccorHotels has launched new offer for stays at two Pullman hotels in Saudi Arabia between February 15 – May 31, 2019.
Members can earn double points for stays at Pullman Zamzam Madina and Pullman Zamzam Makkah.
Hilton Honors is about to launch their latest sale for stays at participating resorts in Asia-Pacific through February 2, 2020.
Hilton Honors members can save up to 35% off their stays (non-member discount is 10% less). The booking goes live on February 19 and ends on March 19.
Our Compensation Clinic case this week comes from a reader who flew on Air Canada from Las Vegas to Vancouver and incurred a 7 hour delay which Air Canada first wanted to compensate with a 15% travel voucher.
Remember that you can always email us, send a message via Facebook or use Twitter and include photos too. We’ll try to cover a Compensation Clinic case here once a week, every Sunday.
British Midland Regional that has traded under flybmi name has today ceased all operations and filed for administration.
This regional airline was previously subsidiary of BMI (British Midland International) that British Airways acquired from Lufthansa and folded to itself. Flybmi continued to fly under its own code and provide services to other airlines as well.
Choice Privileges launched a campaign to buy points that comes with a maximum discount of 30% that is about to end. You must make your purchase by February 18, 2019.
Members can buy up to 50,000 points every calendar year and you must buy a minimum of 5,000 points to get the 30% discount.
Today’s Airfare of the Day goes to KLM and their business class excursion non-refundable round trip fares between Los Angeles and Bangkok.
Remember that you can always email me or send me a message via Facebook or Twitter with your airfare-related findings or questions.
