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Mileage Plan members who reside in Alaska can redeem miles for discounted award travel from cities in Alaska (Anchorage, Fairbanks, Adak, Bethel, Nome, Kotzebue, Dillingham, Dutch Harbor, Kodiak, Barrow, Cordova, Yakutat, Juneau, Sitka, Petersburg, Wrangell, Ketchikan) to Seattle and Chicago.
With the discount, a Coach Peak Award is 33,000 miles instead of 40,000 miles, and a Coach Saver Award is 13,000 miles instead of 20,000 miles.
Discounted awards must be booked at Alaska's website, and by June 1, for travel between Apr. 25 and June 15.
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Through July 15 , AAdvantage members will earn 1,500 miles for stays of 3 or more nights at the Sheraton Maria Isabel in Mexico City, the Sheraton Santiago Hotel, or the Sheraton Rio Hotel & Towers.
The bonus may be earned up to 3 times during the promotion period.
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In a novel attempt to further monetize its frequent flyer program, Continental has bundled together bonus miles, discounts and other benefits and is marketing the packages to OnePass members.
There are 2 packages offered, the Executive Pack at $99.95 and the Prestge Pack at $135.95.
The cheaper version includes 5,000 bonus miles, 1 $99 round-trip domestic companion certificate (Saturday-night stay required), 2 1-visit Presidents Club passes, 20% discount on corporate rates on select hotels in Latin America, and an upgrade on a qualifying Hertz Leisure Rate rentals of 2 or more days.
In addition, those electing to pay more will receive 2,500 more bonus miles, a discount certificate worth up to $100 when purchasing a CO ticket, waiver of new-member lounge fee, and Passport to Privilege benefits at Crowne Plaza hotels.
Members may only purchase one Privilege Pack every 12 months.
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SkyMiles members will earn double miles for roundtrip Song flights booked between Apr. 15 and 22, for travel between May 1 and May 25. Bonus may only be earned once.
Registration is required.
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SkyMiles members can now earn miles when buying or selling a home with RealEstate.com -- 3,000 miles for every $10,000 of a home's sale and/or purchase amount, or 1,250 miles for every $10,000 in mortgage or home-equity loan amounts.
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The Hilton HHonors Platinum card, issued by American Express, has been given a benefits makeover.
Effective immediately, new cardholders will receive the following just-added benefits:
- 2,500 Hilton HHonors bonus points for each of the first 4 stays at Hilton Family hotels, up to 10,000 points
- 5 HHonors bonus points for every dollar in eligible purchases at grocery stores, drugstores, gas stations, restaurants, the U.S. Postal Service, and for wireless phone bills
- 500 HHonors bonus points for Hilton stays booked online at any Hilton Family hotel website and paid for with the card
- Upgrade to Gold VIP HHonors status for spending $20,000 or more on the Card in a calendar year
The above are in addition to the card's existing benefits, including:
- No annual fee
- 10,000 Honors points with first purchase with the card
- 3 HHonors bonus points for every dollar charged to the card, 5 points for every dollar spent at Hilton Family hotels
- Complimentary HHonors Silver VIP status
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The frequent stay program for customers of Baymont, Woodfield Suites and Budgetel hotels, Guest Ovations, has been merged with La Quinta's program, Returns.
In addition to hotel stays, gift certificates and airline miles, the resulting program, Returns, features free award stays at the more luxurious Wyndham hotel chain, which does not participate on the program's earning side.
The new Returns website is at http://www.yourreturns.com.
For Southwest Rapid Rewards members, April was the cruelest month. For the first time in 8 years, there was no bonus in place for bookings made on Southwest's website.
The double-credit online-booking bonus, recently reduced to a 1.5-credit bonus, was allowed to quietly lapse.
So long had the bonus been in place that most travelers thought of it as a permanent feature of the program. And indeed, it was a feature sorely needed by a program that in most respects is a poor cousin to the more robust programs on offer from the legacy carriers, and even from some discounters.
Where most programs offer hundreds of earning options and award travel worldwide on extensive networks of partner airlines, Southwest's program is limited to a mere handful of earning partners, and award travel is available only on Southwest.
And where most programs expire miles only if there's been no account activity for 36 months, Southwest summarily expires Rapid Rewards credits after a paltry 12 months.
Absent the bonus, Rapid Rewards is left with a single selling point: no capacity controls on awards. But absent the bonus, many Rapid Rewards members will never reach an award level -- now 8 roundtrips within 12 months -- so the benefit is academic at best, a cruel joke at worst.
C'mon Southwest, where's the Luv?
Mileage Plus members can save 10,000 miles on saver awards booked on Ted by Apr. 29 for travel by June 30, on flights between Chicago Midway and Washington Dulles or Denver and 23 cities beyond.
Bonus applies only to online award bookings.
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Through May 1, Dividend Miles members may bid miles in an auction to win a trip for 2 to Venice, Italy, including business-class air and 5 nights at the Westin Europa & Regina hotel.
As we go to press, the highest bid received was 150,000 miles.
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