Starwood Preferred Guest members can earn up to 18,000 bonus points through April 15, 2013 with the “Power Up” promotion. Register by Feb. 28, 2013 at http://www.spg.com/powerup and earn 2,000… Continue Reading
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Southwest Lawsuit Settled
The Southwest drink voucher case has been settled, with a value between $29 and $58 million. Adam J. Levitt sued Southwest Airlines in November 2011 when the airline decided to place an end-date on drink… Continue Reading
Hyatt Category Changes
Hotel loyalty programs routinely adjust hotel categories to reflect changes in demand, average nightly rate and other factors and Hyatt has announced its hotel category changes for 2013. The good news… Continue Reading
PointsPay by the Numbers
In last month’s cover story, we wrote about the partnership between PointsPay and Etihad Guest. In the two months after the partnership launched at the end of September 2012, Etihad Guest members… Continue Reading
Amtrak Introduces New Elite Tier
Amtrak Guest Rewards has launched a new status tier, Select Executive, offered for those members who earn 20,000 or more tier qualifying points in a calendar year. Select Executive status benefits include… Continue Reading
Best Bets – January, 17 2013
American AAdvantage and United MileagePlus elite members can request a status match to Virgin America’s Elevate elite status, valid through April 30, 2013. United Premier Silver and Gold or American… Continue Reading
HawaiianMiles Premier Club
As of the first of this year, when you use your miles to redeem for a one-year Premier Club membership, you will now have to redeem 40,000 miles instead of 35,000 miles. However, if you are renewing your… Continue Reading
Citi AAdvantage Discounted Awards – January, 17 2013
Citi / AAdvantage credit cardholders can redeem fewer miles to destinations in the U.S. and Canada that change quarterly and through March 31, 2013, members can visit several cities in the Northeast for… Continue Reading
New Wyndham Awards
Wyndham Rewards members can now spend their points for magazines or newspapers through a new partnership with MagsforPoints. The total cost will be covered by the points redeemed starting at 600 points–there’s… Continue Reading
US Airways Lufthansa Awards
US Airways Dividend Miles has unofficially denied members the ability to redeem miles for first class flights on Lufthansa for years. And now, the program has officially documented this policy in a footnote… Continue Reading