Qantas is rolling out another status extension offer to its members. This time around, it applies to members with a membership date between July 2022 and December 2022. If you are in Australia or New Zealand, you can get a status extension simply by booking one eligible flight by your membership anniversary date. You can book to fly anytime through until December 2022. This builds on the previous announcements that covered the period January 2022 – June 2022. Even better, the rules have been updated for those members, allowing the flight to be taken anytime in 2022. It means anyone…
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Mark is the founder of FlyStayPoints, and caught the travel bug early in life. He discovered the benefits of travel loyalty programs in 2001, and is always learning how they can make travel better. While work takes him between Perth and Melbourne, he is always plotting his next adventure.
Qantas has added the ability to link Visa Cards to its Card Offers program. As a result, you can now earn additional points by linking your Visa card or Mastercard. Card Offers Qantas offers Qantas Frequent Flyers the opportunity to earn Qantas Points on their Mastercard or Visa Card spend. Taking part in the program is easy. You simply need to register your Australian-issued Mastercard or Visa card. For the most part, you will then receive offers from Qantas every week or so. If one of these offers tickles your fancy, you simply need to make the qualifying spend on…
World of Hyatt has announce a series of changes to its award categories for 2022. In the World of Hyatt program, a hotels award category largely determines the number of points that you will need for an award night. The higher the category, the more points you will need. The changes see some hotels go up a category, while others go down. As a result, the number of points you need for an award night will rise, or fall. In Australia, one hotel will go up a category, while another will go down. Australian Hotels The two Australian hotels affected…
Accor has launched an offer of triple points when staying in Australian between 1 March – 31 May, 2022. Under the terms of the offer, you need to have stays of 2 nights or more. Key Details Offer: Triple ALL – Accor Live Limitless on stays of two nights or more Booking Dates: You need to book your stay in 1 March, 2022 Travel Dates: Your stays can be anytime between 1 March and 31 May, 2022 Registration: You must register for this offer by 1 March 2022 Thoughts This is a good offer for anyone that stays for 2…
Qantas Frequent Flyer has cut the number of points required for all Qantas Hotels and Qantas Holidays bookings. Under the change, members will be able to redeem their points for hotels or holidays by between 30% and 45%. Even better, this is not a promotion. Qantas has stated that this is a permanent change. This is quite a change in the value you can extract when using points for hotels and holidays. Qantas Hotels Members have long been able to redeem their points for Qantas Hotels. Unfortunately, this has not always been a good use of points, when compared to…
Marriott Bonvoy has just opened registration for its latest global promotion. Under the new promotion, members will earn 1,000 bonus points per night and double Elite nights. Key Details Offer: Earn 1,000 bonus points per night and double elite night credits on paid stays at Marriott properties. Registration: Registration is required by 20 April, 2022. Note that you must register before a stay in order for that stay to be eligible. Stay Dates: Valid for stays from 4 February 8 through 4 May, 2022. While there is no set limit on the number of bonus points or nights you could…
IHG Rewards has launched a new Double Points promotion. Under the offer, IHG Rewards members can earn double points on all stays between 1 February and 31 March 2022. Key Details: Offer: Double Points on all stays Travel Dates: 1 February 2022 to 31 March 2022 Registration: Pre-registration is available now Under the terms of the promotion, you will need to register prior to your stay. There is also no limit on the number of points you can earn under this promotion. Under the IHG Rewards program, you normally earn at a rate of 10 Points per US dollar. That…
IHG has announced that the IHG Rewards Club is getting a makeover in March 2022. While they have not announced any new benefits yet, they have sent out information on the new status tier structure. This includes a new tier level, updated tier qualification levels, and changes to the status bonus. The new status levels There are two main things to notice about the new tier structure. Firstly, there appears to be a new Silver level sitting between the Club level and the Gold level. Secondly, the current Spire level is being renamed to Diamond. I mentioned that Silver appears…
Accor Plus has just launched a status fast track to ALL – Accor Live Limitless status. In this year’s FastTrack, bonus Status Nights are on offer after staying one eligible night. The number of bonus status nights on offer varies depending on your current status. A silver member in the program is up for 10 bonus Status Nights after one stay. If you are at the Gold level, you could get 15 bonus Status Nights. Finally, current Platinum members are in line for 20 bonus Status Nights. At this point, there is no offer for Diamond members. Diamond is only…
Singapore Airlines has announced the third successive extension of KrisFlyer Elite (and PPS Club) status. This follows the previous one-year extensions announced in 2020, and 2021. The extension is sure to be welcome news to members who still find themselves largely grounded by the pandemic. 2023-2024 Status Extension The new extension applies to all KrisFlyer Elite (and PPS Club) members whose status runs out between March 2022 and February 2023. Anyone with an expiry date over those 12 months will gain an additional 12 months at the same tier. As such, if your membership year comes up in February, you…