Marriott Rewards has announced that from 11 April, 2016 it will be offeirng members a discounted rate at Marriott Hotels. The new rates, entitled Marriott Rewards Member Rates, will be available for bookings via direct Marriott booking channels. Under the new rate, Marriott says that members will be offered a minimum discount of two percent on weekdays and a discount of up to five percent on weekends. The offer, which Marriott describes as a reward to members, does require that members book through Marriott booking channels to take advantage of the discounted rates. For the purposes of the discounted rate, the…
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Le Club AccorHotels has announced a partnership with SSI, that will allow members of the loyalty program to earn Le Club AccorHotels points for completing surveys. The new partnership, to be known as ClubOpinions, will offer members another mechanism to earn points within the program. As a sign u offer, Members stand to earn either 300 points (for Classic members) or 600 points (Silver, Gold, Platinum) after completing their first survey. From then on, members will receive 25 points for short surveys, and 50 points for longer survey. For the purposes of the program, the difference between short and long…
Qantas has announced that members will now be able to apply for a Flight Upgrade Reward if they have made a Classic Reward booking. Unitl now,, the ability to apply for an upgrade has been limited to cash fares, with Classic Awards, purchased by using points, have been excluded from the Upgrade process. The change, which came into effect on March 1, 2016, allows for upgrades to be made for the following: Economy to Premium Economy Economy to Business Premium Economy to Business This covers most of the options available, although it does exclude the ability to request an upgrade…
Velocity, the Frequent Flyer Program of Virgin Australia has announced a set of tweaks to the program. The changes affect two main areas of the program – the number of points required for various redemptions, and some changes to the expiration policy of the points. Reward Seat Pricing As from 1 June, 2016 Velocity will have new Points tables for Reward bookings. There are changes that affect redemptions on Virgin Australia flights, and other changes that affect redemptions on partner airlines. Overall, the changes are a bit of a mixed bag, with some redemptions requiring more points, while others will…
Platinum members of the Le Club AccorHotels program now have access to the Club Sofitel lounges in the Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney Sofitel hotels. Le Club AccorHotels began offering Club lounge access to its platinum tier members in a revamp fo the program benefits in 2013. The benefit was extended pretty much to all Accor hotels worldwide that had a Lounge. While the Pullman Hotels in Australia extended the benefit, the Sofitel hotels in Sydney and Melbourne were exempted from the requirement. The Sofitel Brisbane was introduced into the program later (in 2014), and initally followed the lead of the…
[Please Note: You can no longer earn Qantas Points on Vodafone. If you signed up or upgraded to an eligible plan prior to 07/06/19, you can earn Qantas Points. You will not be able to earn Qantas Points if you signed up to a plan after this date.] Less than a year after Optus withdrew from the Qantas Frequent Flyer program, Qantas have announced that Vodafone have come aboard as a partner. Having said that, the earnings structure of the new partnership is very different to the previous Optus partnership. Under the Vodafone deal, Qantas Frequent Flyers are rewarded when…
Aquire, the Qantas loyalty program for small busnesses has launched a new promotion offering double Aquire points, and a bonus 50% on Status Credits, on eligible flights. It is thus providing benefits to both the business and the traveller. Registration and Bookings In order to particpate in the promotion, the business must register its Aquire account for the promotion. This will need to be done prior to February 29, 2016. Registration is also required prior to any bookings being made under the promotion. Following registration, any bookings will also need to be made by February 29. The flights themselves do…
The Hyatt Gold Passport program is the loyalty program of Hyatt hotels. The program is applicable to a large range of the Hyatt bramds, including hotels from the luxury hotels down to the more basic accomodation styles. Particpating brands include (from the higher end to the lower end brands) Grand Hyatt, Park Hyatt and Andaz, Hyatt Regency, Hyatt Place, Hyatt House, plsu some others. In addition, the M life Resorts in Las Vegas particpate in the program. Overall, the program covers approximately 500 hotels around the globe, so it is not the most extensive hotel network. They do, however, have…
Every year, IHG Rewards publishes a list of hotels where the number of points required for a Reward Night at that hotel will be changing. Yesterday, IHG Rewards published [Link removed, as no longer available] the list for 2016. The list identifies 400 hotels that are changing in levels, with half reducing in the number of points, and the other half going up in points levels. To start with, it is best to note that the new chart does not apply until 17 February 2016. This gives a three week time period in which to book any rooms you need…
Qantas has announced a reduction in the number of points required and the level of the surcharges co-payment required on a range of International Economy routes. Points In terms of the points requirements, the Classic Rewards charts have been updated to reflect a lower number of points required in Zones 4 through to Zone 10. Zone 4 is the zone that kicks in at a distance of 2,401 miles. While this means that domestic flights are excluded from the change, it also means that some of the shorter international routes will not have a reduction in points requirements. The following…