Le Club AccorHotels has launched new bonus miles promotion for Etihad Airways Guest member stays between July 2 – September 1, 2018.
Etihad Guest members can earn triple miles on their first stay and quadruple miles on their second and all subsequent ones during the promotional period. The valid booking dates for this offer are June 23 – August 1.
An Air Canada passenger has filed a lawsuit in British Columbia court after Air Canada decided to terminate his Aeroplan account where he held Super Elite top tier status.
The passenger had to cancel his flexible ticket last minute while in the transborder area at Vancouver Airport and got into an argument with Air Canada staff.
Hilton Honors launched on Monday a sale for stays in the United States, Canada and Latin America between July 1 – December 31, 2018 that is about to end.
Members can save 20% off their stays at all other brands except Conrad and Waldorf-Astoria where the discount is capped at 15%. The sale ends on June 25.
There is general strike in Argentina this Monday on June 25, 2018 that will see air travel coming to a complete halt. Most airlines have already canceled their flights to/from Argentina that are either scheduled to land or take off on that date.
It could be difficult to get around in the country too because public transportation employees are striking as well. Taxi drivers are participating too but I am sure that there are taxis available but might be at a higher cost. Uber is available at least in Buenos Aires.
Freddo yesterday wrote (access here) about very lucrative Iberia Plus promo where members that book up to 10 trips by June 24, 2018, can earn 9,000 bonus Avios for each (up to 90,000 bonus miles).
What made this promotion really weird is that you can make the reservations far out, the bonus Avios will be deposited to your account within 10 days of the purchase and that you can keep them as long as you don’t cancel your flights.
There has been lot of noise surrounding the Marriott’s Look No Further and SPG Best Rate Guarantee programs as of late when the program T&Cs were practically merged at the end of May (read more here).
I have booked perhaps half of my SPG stays in the recent years using the Best Rate Guarantee program and racked up plenty of Starpoints in the process. Seems that SPG may have now implemented Marriott’s way to process these claims.
The Leaders Club, loyalty program of Leading Hotels of the World is undergoing a revamp which is about to be completed in the next 5 weeks or so.
Leaders Club is a two tier membership that comes with an annual fee and includes benefits such as upgrades, complimentary breakfast and (in the premium version) airport transfers.
Le Club AccorHotels has launched new partnership with an airline based in the North America that has traditionally been the weak spot for the group.
Members can now earn and convert their Le Club AccorHotels points to United Airlines MileagePlus miles and the conversion ratio is the usual 2 points to 1 mile.
Passengers of a delayed Air Asia flight allege the crew used the air condition system to evict them from the plane after they refused to leave the aircraft following a 4 hour+ ground delay.
Eye witnesses allege that the carrier used the effect of the condensing, cool conditioned air and loud noise to scare people off the plane after many refused to get off.
Virgin Atlantic loves to give back to British Airways whenever they can and what could be better opportunity when their competitor is canceling hundreds/thousands of tickets claiming a mistake in pricing (read more here)?
Now, the airline is running a Facebook campaign promising fares from 282 GBP but what caught my eye was the statement: “Don’t worry, even if we mess up we’ll still honour our prices.”
IHG Rewards Club has launched new up to 30% off Easy Like Summer Sale for stays between July 1 – September 16, 2018.
The offer is valid for stays in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Caribbean, Central and South America. The discount is 20% to 30% off of the Best Flexible Rate and needs to be booked by July 15.
You rarely see IAG, the parent of airlines such as British Airways and Iberia, and Ryanair taking action in tandem but seems that both are fed up with the air traffic control strikes affecting France.
IAG and Ryanair are penning a complaint to the European Commission that these French strikes (254 days between 2004 and 2016) restrict the rights of European citizens to travel and there has to be a balance between those and the employees rights to strike.
