Hilton Honors has today launched a new buy points campaign at 100% bonus that is valid for purchases made until June 7, 2018.
Members can buy up to 80,000 points every calendar year, although this limit is sometimes doubled and it is before any possible bonuses.
A LoyaltyLobby reader sent me an email about involuntarily downgrade from domestic first to economy on Delta flight from New York to Dallas (airline claims that they were not downgraded).
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Expedia is about to launch their semi-annual travel sale that will go live at noon ET today (April 20, 2018) and comes with $50 off $200 hotel coupon + few members that book exactly at noon have opportunity to save up to 90% off their hotel reservation.
Expedia coupons are quite rare and this is a good opportunity to combine one with Expedia Rewards points that you may have (remember that these points are worth double if you redeem them towards VIP Access hotels).
Carlsbad, CA based Cal Jet Elite Air has announce with one day advance that they are suspending all flights effective April 18th and would ‘restart’ the airline with old and new routes beginning late June.
Cal Jet just resumed scheduled operations on March 1, 2018, following another two-week suspension of its only scheduled route from Carlsbad, CA to Las Vegas McCarran Airport.
Le Club AccorHotels has launched new double & triple points offer for maximum of two stays in France between April 30 – May 27, 2018.
Members earn double points for stays in Paris/Ile de France and triple points elsewhere. The valid bookings dates for this offer are April 16 – May 13.
Air France has already had nine days of strikes this year and two more are scheduled for next week on Monday and Tuesday (read more here).
The airline has offered employees raises that has been rejected by the unions. The airline CEO threatens to step down if an agreement is not reached with striking employees that have already cost the airline more than 200 million. The union has told that it will announce May strike dates on April 26.
Alaska Airlines today announced new guidelines for service and emotional support animals that will be in place for tickets issued on/after May 1, 2018.
Passengers wishing to travel with a support animal need to provide Alaska Airlines three forms that will be available on their website from April 30th.
A LoyaltyLobby reader sent me a link to Mastercard page where World Elite Members are eligible for Global Hotel Alliance’s Discovery Black-membership.
Looking at the webpage and where this is offered now, it appears that MasterCard may have a deal with for World Elite members in the Middle East and Africa-region. They have in the past had this same offer for cardholders elsewhere too.
Le Club AccorHotels has launched a new promotion for 500 or 1,000 bonus points for a stay between April 18 – June 30, 2018.
Select members can earn 500 points for a stay at select service or 1,000 points at full service brands if booked between April 18 – May 20.
The European Court of Justice has decided in a case involving German budget carrier TuiFly that encountered a Wildcat Strike in 2016 when employees called in sick en masse and ruled that the airline is liable for EC261 compensation payments.
This ruling could have widespread consequences for other European carriers that regularly encounter strikes and have so far been exempt from compensation payments as strikes were considered extraordinary circumstances.
Hilton Honors has launched interesting Gold fast track offer for select members that only requires two stays within 90 days.
There are Fast Track offers that require four stays within 90 days but this one cuts that requirement in half.
Le Club AccorHotels runs Private Sales in Europe, Australasia, Middle East, South America and Asia weekly unless there is a global Super or Private Sale going on.
Le Club AccorHotels revamped these Private Sale pages few months back and seems that content is gone from some while still available on others.
