World of Hyatt is out with another offer when buying points. While they seem to go between offering bonus points and discounts, this time around it is a 20% discount on offer. There does seem to be an element of personalisation in this offer. This seems to affect the minimum number of points you need to purchase to trigger the discount. In my case, it was 3,000 points. Hyatt points are sold through points.com, and the standard rate is US$26 per 1,000 points (or 2.6 US cents each). With this promotion, the cost per point comes down to 2.08 cents…
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Virgin Money are offering up to 70,000 Velocity Points when you take out a new Virgin Australia Velocity Flyer Card. Points under the offer 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 Until 30 September 2026 Spend each statement periodStandard earn rate on retail purchasesFirst $1,5000.66 Points per $1 on eligible transactionsAfter $1,5000.5 Points per $1 on eligible transactions From 1 October 2026 Spend each statement periodStandard earn rate on retail purchasesFirst $1,5000.5 Points per $1 on…
Velocity run regular promotions offering bonus Velocity Points when transferring points from various partners. While May and November have been the traditional months, they look to have squeezed an extra one in this year. Maybe it’s because of the upcoming credit card changes in October. As has been the case a few times now, you will need to make a transfer two months in a row to get the bonus. That means, for this offer, a transfer in both August and September is required. For those undertaking a manual transfer in August and September, a bonus of 50% is on…
Millions of Aussies have already joined Qantas Frequent Flyer. And for good reason – you can earn points on travel and everyday spend and trade those points on for flights. However, if you haven’t yet joined, you may be surprised to find that there is a $99.50 fee to join. The good news is that there are ways around the fee, meaning you can actually join for free. Note: Many of the previous links no longer work. This post has been updated to remove this links, and update some of the links. You should verify that the discount is still…
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…
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…
Kogan have reduced the number of Qantas Points that you can earn while shopping online at Kogan.com. As from today (December 6, 2018), the base earn rate has been cut in half – it is now 1 Qantas Point for each 2 dollars of spend. This compares to the 1 Qantas Points per dollar that has been paid over the last few years. This only affects the earn through Kogan directly, it does not affect the points earn through the Qantas Online Mall – which remains at 2 Qantas Points per dollar. Earning Qantas Points at Kogan Qantas and Kogan have…
Westpac are offering 60,000 Qantas or Altitude Points for new cardholders, taking up a new Altitude Black card. In addition, Westpac is offering a discounted fee of $250 for the first year. The offer requires an application to be made by June 11, 2018. In addition, you will need to spend at least $5,000 on eligible transactions within 90 days of card approval. For further information, refer to the Westpac Altitude page. Altitude Black Westpac’s Altitude Black cards are the top of the line credit card by the bank. Issues as a Black World MasterCard, it comes with a range…
Hilton Honors have launched a new Double Dip promotion, this time targetting Krisflyer members. Under the offer, Krisflyer members can earn Triple Double Dip points when staying in Australasia, Southeast Asia, Japan and Korea. For the rest of the world, double points are on offer. In order to take advantage of this promotion, you will need to: Register for the promotion prior to check-out of your stay within the Promotion Period (July 26 to September 30, 2017) Ensure that the ‘MyWay Earning Style’ in your Honors Account is set to Points & Miles Earning style Ensure that Qantas Frequent Flyer…
Bankwest has recently rejigged in Qantas Mastercard offerings. This has seen that previously invitation only World Mastercard enter the standard lineup, and the Gold Mastercard exit from the on sale offering. Bankwest is running promotion on the newly introduced World Mastercard. They are offering a signup bonus of 50,000 bonus Qantas Points to new cardholders. The criteria of the offer are: apply for a Bankwest Qantas World MasterCard credit card between November 26, 2016 and January 31, 2017, be approved and spend at least $2,500 on eligible purchases within 3 months from account opening Once you are over the hurdle of getting the…