From time to time Iberia launches rather interesting promos for extra avios. This weekend they’re currently running one with lots of potential, especially if you’re Europe-based and you have some spare time for a few mileage runs.
With this promo, Iberia Plus members can obtain up to 90k extra avios!
Accor acquired FHRI that consists of Fairmont, Swissotel and Raffles brands back in late 2015 and these three brands will become Le Club AccorHotels participating (finally!) this July.
Accor Plus has emailed its members in Asia Pacific today (a LoyaltyLobby reader alerted me about this) that Fairmont and Swissotel will become program participating on that date and free night certificates can be used at these two brands starting in 2019. Accor Plus benefits won’t be available at Raffles locations, however.
British Airways, claiming an error, has decided to cancel several thousand tickets of customers who got in on a deal for £195 fares to both Tel Aviv and Dubai.
Passengers had already received their booking confirmations and e-tickets, yet the airline decided not to honor the sale of the flights which apparently had a base fare of £1 plus fees and airport taxes.
IHG Rewards Club has launched new bonus points offer for stays in the Americas this summer between July 1 – September 16, 2018.
Members can earn 2,000 or 5,000 bonus points per stay starting from the second one depending on the IHG brand for maximum of 30,000 bonus points during the promotion.
Hilton Honors has launched new offer for select members that is valid for stays through January 31, 2019.
Members can earn 5,000 bonus points per night (minimum stay two nights) for up to six nights and 30,000 bonus points.
SPG releases its weekly Hot Escapes list every Wednesday. This is a selection of hotels around the world that are discounted anywhere from 20%15% (sometimes up to 70% off) + an additional 5% off for SPG members.
The hotel listing has the lowest member prices for the next 6 weeks. The availability and the price can vary from date to date.
Two months ago a Colorado based passenger arrived at a U.S. point of entry from Paris on Delta Air Lines and the airline handed out fruits during the flight which the lady then decided to take off the plane, a decision that cost her $500 as well as her Global Entry membership.
The case caused headlines throughout the media and caught the attention of a Congressman from Colorado who intervened on the woman’s behalf with Customs and Border Protection (CBP), resulting in them reversing their decision.
Amazon yesterday announced that Marriott has teamed up with the company and would offer Alexa devices at select hotels in the United Stated starting this summer.
Guest can use Alexa to place room service orders at hotels where this service still exists, place calls to the front desk and play music. Amazon plans to sell this service to other hotel operators.
Hilton offers travel industry discounts of 25% to 50% off for airline employees staying outside of the United States.
The rate can be booked within 90 days of arrival and is not qualifying for night credits or points.
A LoyaltyLobby reader, who previously worked for IHG at one of their US contact centers, dropped me an email email today that IHG was closing both Salt Lake City and Charleston centers and moving the functions to Jamaica and Dominican Republic.
Number of IHG employees from Charleston went to Santo Domingo recently to train these new third party contractors without knowing that their own office would be closed.
French senate committee had released an interesting report about the state of the Air Traffic Control in the country that was leaked to the local press and it was quite eye opening.
Between the 12 year span the air traffic controllers had been on strike for 254 days. The airlines were losing 300 million euros per year due to inefficiencies in the French air space and it counts for 33% of all the delays in Europe.
