Accor Plus is a paid subscription program from Accor. Complementing the Accor Live Limitless program, it offers a range of money-saving discounts. The discounts on offer revolve around accommodation and dining discounts at Accor Hotels in Australia and other countries across Asia Pacific. The program unlocks a range of money saving benefits when travelling around the Asia Pacific region. And because Accor is one of the largest hotel operators in the region, there are many opportunities to take advantage of the offers. The key Accor Plus membership benefits include: an annual complimentary hotel night. This in itself could help pay…
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IHG Rewards is offering members of the program a discount of 15% on Points & Cash Award night bookings. Under the offer, you are able to redeem and award night if you have as few as 5,000 Points. Valid for bookings made by 19 July 2023, the offer is valid for stays between 12 July and 31 August 2023. Points & Cash Bookings The Points & Cash option provides a way of redeeming an award night, even if you are a few points short. The offer works by using your cash to buy IHG One Rewards points, which you can…
If you are looking to join Qantas Frequent Flyer for free, you may have discovered that Qantas want to charge you almost $100. The good news is that there are ways around the fee, meaning you can actually join for free. How to join for free Fortunately, there are a number of ways to join the program for free, avoiding the $99.50 fee. Qantas offer a number of promotions offering free membership to the program. Sometimes, Qantas offer the promotion, and sometimes it is through one of their Qantas Frequent Flyer partners. One such link that has been promoted is…
At the moment, World of Hyatt is offering members a 25% bonus when purchasing 5,000 points or more. From there, you can purchase points in increments of 1,000 points. Hyatt points are sold through points.com, and the standard rate is US$24 per 1,000 points. Thus, each point is costing 2.4 US cents. With this promotion, the cost per point comes down to 1.8 cents per point. The bonus is available until 25 March 2023 Is the worth buying World of Hyatt Points? The Hyatt group only has a small presence in Australia. There are currently 7 properties, although this is…
IHG One Rewards is running a promotion offering up to a 100% bonus when you purchase points. There is a minimum purchase requirement of 5,000 points to get the bonus. The current promotion runs until midnight on 21 March 2023. That’s midnight Eastern Time in the US, so will be later in the day on 8 August if you are in Australia. To take advantage of this offer, head over to the offer pgage. One thing to keep in mind when deciding on the number of points that you wish to buy is that IHG Rewards has a tiered pricing…
It’s May, and just like the old times, Velocity has launched a promotion offering at least 15% bonus points on transfers from a range of card partners. The offer, which is running through May, includes most of its credit card partners. And in good news, it looks as though ANZ and HSBC have restored transfers to Velocity. Once again, some partners are offering an additional boost. As is often the case, ANZ is offering its customers an extra 15% bonus, bringing the total to 30%. Bonus Velocity Points offer It is a style of promotion that Velocity runs once or…
One of my favourite features of the American Express cards is their Amex Offers promotion. Under the program, members can receive discounts and bonus offers at a range of American Express merchants. The most common offer is to offer a cashback. Basically, you receive cashback in your account when achieving a certain spend with the promoted merchant. Current Amex Offers American Express has just released a range of new travel related offers. The good news is that some of these are open pretty much across the board. You can view some of these open offers on the American Express offer…
All – Accor Live Limitless is the latest version of the Accor Hotels loyalty program. The program allows you to earn and redeem points at most hotels in the Accor family. This includes the likes of the Sofitel, Pullman, Novotel, Mercure, and Ibis (excluding Ibis Budget) brands. A brief history The program kicked off on September 15, 2008, under the name A|Club. Subsequently, on 28 March 2012, the program was renamed to Le Club AccorHotels. Finally, in December 2019, Accor became ALL – Accor Live Limitless. During that time the program has evolved. For example, new features and status levels…
Westpac has announced changes to earn rates on the Platinum and Black Altitude Rewards Cards. The new ‘Accelerated Earn’ feature comes into effect on October 15. Until that time, the current earn rates will apply. For once, they are actually positive changes – with some increased earn rates on selected spend categories. This includes the main airlines in Australia, together with a range of other merchants. Accelerate Earn is only available on Mastercard spend. The earn rate on the companion American Express cards is not changing at this point. The Changes To begin with, it’s good news if you purchase…
Virgin Money are offering up to 70,000 Velocity Points when you take out a new Virgin Australia Velocity Flyer Card. Under the offer, you will receive 20,000 bonus Points for every month you spend $1,500 or more on eligible transactions^ for the first 3 months from card approval. The final 10,000 points is paid out after your first anniversary of holding the card. Virgin Money Velocity Flyer Points Earning The following chart shows the current earn rates for the Velocity Flyer card. As with many cards these days, there is a tiered earning level. Spend each statement period Standard earn…