A LoyaltyLobby reader emailed me a case that he had with Cathay Pacific’s non-disclosure of tax/fuel surcharge inclusive fares on Cathay’s US website.
The reader had been searching for fares from Maldives to Chicago and there is a small footnote that the taxes and carrier imposed surcharges are not included.
Choice Hotels has summer promo for Choice Privileges members in Europe, Middle East, Africa, Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean.
Members can earn double Choice Privileges points for stays between May 22 and August 20, 2014.
Starwood Preferred Guest (SPG) spring 2014 Starpoints sale is soon coming to an end. You can get up to 25% discount for buying minimum of 20,000 points. This offer is valid until May 31, 2014.
You can purchase for your account or receive as a gift maximum of 20,000 Starpoints in a calendar year. The account that receives Starpoints must have been open for a minimum of 14 days.
IHG Rewards Club announced yesterday that their Summer 2014 promo in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Chile & Colombia is “Reel Summer” from June 2 to September 2, 2014.
IHG Rewards Club members must register to win one of the five Grand Prize Hollywood experiences. Members can earn additional entries by playing online games and completing challenges. There are instant movie ticket and Coca Cola product prices as well.
HolidayCheck.com has partnership with number of airlines. Now, they have a promotions with Etihad for 200 miles per hotel review (usually 150) until July 14, 2014.
You can do up to 10 reviews per month and sometimes they may require you to authenticate that you have actually stayed at the hotel that you just reviewed.
Andaz Papagayo in Costa Rico has a great sale for stays between May 1 and October 31, 2014. Hyatt Gold Passport members can book 4 nights and pay only for 2 and offer also includes $50 F&B credit.
Stays of 5 nights get $150 resort credit and stays of 6 nights or longer $250 + you get two nights of these 5 or 6 free.
U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) is proposing a rule that would require airlines to disclose up front first and second bag fees, carry on fees and fees for selecting seats etc.
The airlines have tried to obscure the price of air transportation by removing checked bag allowance etc. and selling all those ala carte at the time of booking.
Starwood Preferred Guest (SPG) members can earn 250 bonus Starpoints per stay and get two sodas by booking a special rate plan at Four Points hotels in the Americas and the Caribbean for stays between May 1 and July 15, 2014. You must book by June 30.
The bonus Starpoints rate plan seems to be tied to the Best Available Rate (BAR) and you should check all the rates so that you are not overpaying for bonus points and two sodas.
IHG Rewards Club just shared with us a preview of PointBreaks that will be available for bookings on Tuesday for May 27 to July 31, 2014, period.
There are 150 hotels on the PointBreaks list that we hopefully get hands on over the weekend. Here’s the preview list provided by IHG:
Hyatt Gold Passport had an offer for instant Platinum status and fast track to Diamond up and open for registration on Hyatt.com, although this offer was targeted for Microsoft employees. I wrote about this offer here, here and here.
Now, Hyatt has sent out an email “Important Information about Your Membership” to many and revoked the Platinum status and Diamond fast track offer.
Last year, SPG combined Starpicks and Beat The Timer for Hot Escapes. Now that the program is established, I will have a weekly post on Wednesdays (starting next week) about the current offerings.
This is still work in progress. The hotel listing has the lowest member prices for the next 6 weeks. The availability and the price can vary from date to date.
US Airways Buy & Gift Dividend Miles promotion between May 3 – 25, 2014, for up to 100% bonus on purchased miles (max 50,000 miles) is soon coming to an end. You can access this offer here.
US Airways has a staggered the bonus percentage that maxes at 100% when you buy more than 30,000 miles per the table below:
What started as martial law by the military two days ago has now lead to a full blown coup. This is the 19th coup or attempted one by the military since the country abolished the absolute monarchy in 1932
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The military has also announced a night curfew from 10PM to 5AM. It is unclear for how long this nightly curfew will last.
