The Velocity estore is currently offering 10 Velocity Points per dollar when you order through Menulog. These bonus points are on offer when you purchase online by 25 July. This is 5 times the normal points offering, and is quite a decent chunk of points. Depending on how you value your points, this could represent a return of 10% or more of the money you spend on your next meal. Earn Velocity Points with Menulog In order to earn points with Menulog, you need to go through the Velocity estore. As with all Velocity estore transactions, it is best to start…
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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.
Marriott Bonvoy has renewed their promotion offering new members the chance to receive a free night. Under the promotion, a new member has to complete two eligible stays to receive the free night award. This is obviously quite a generous promotion. While the free night has some limitations and won’t unlock a night at all properties, there is still a decent range of hotels to choose from. As a result, the promotion could get you a night at a decent hotel, after staying just two night elsewhere. Marriott Bonvoy New Member Promotion It’s a fairly straightforward promotion to take advantage…
IHG Rewards is offering its members a 10%-15% discount of food and beverage in a promotion it is calling Today’s Special. The discount is available at bars and restaurants across Asia Pacific, Greater China, the Middle East, and Africa and is available through to 30 December. Countries covered by the discount include Australia, New Zealand, Malaysia and Singapore. You can see a full list of participating hotels here. One thing to keep in mind, is that while the benefit includes beverages, this does not extend to alcoholic beverages. Today’s Special Details The exact discount that you will receive varies by…
Krisflyer sent out a mail shot last week regarding changes to their waitlist process. Basically, they are changing the way they clear their redemption wait list. This updates an announcement from earlier this year where Krisflyer advise they would clear the wait list at least 14 days prior to the flight. While this is not changing, they are restricting the timeframe in which you can add yourself to the waitlist. Basically, you will be able to add yourself to the wait list up to 3 weeks out from the flight. KrisFlyer will then commit to providing an outcome on your…
Earlier this year we learned that Accor was to replace to the current Le Club AccorHotels program with a new program called ALL (Accor Live Limitless). Along the way, they mentioned that the program would be getting two new tiers – Diamond, and an invitation only tier. At the time, there was precious little information about the new tiers. All we really knew was that the requirement for Diamond was going to be 26,000 Status Points. Now Accor have made their first announcements regarding the benefits you will receive at the Diamond level. New Tiers Accor have said that they…
Got an urge to go to Los Angeles? Good news – if you book by 28 July there could be a bonus 10,000 Velocity Points in it for you. Right now, Velocity is offering its members up to a 10,000 point bonus on flights between Australia and Los Angeles. The 10,000 points is based on a return journey – you get 5,000 Velocity Points for each of the one way flights. Bright Lights Big City Bonus Points offer In order to be in line for the bonus, you need to follow the steps: Successfully activate your Velocity membership number and…
Singapore Airlines has announced a S$50 million upgrade of its lounge in Terminal 3 at Changi Airport. In line for upgrades are the SilverKris and KrisFlyer Gold Lounges, in addition to The Private Room and First Class Lounge. The renovations are set to kick off in August 2019, with completion by mid-2021. Overall, the changes will see an increase of 30% in space and total customer capacity for the Terminal 3 lounges. Upgrade Details Lounge upgrades are always a complex project – as airlines work to minimize disruption. In this case, the process will be carried out over four phases.…
The Rockpool Group and Qantas are ending their partnership. As a result, Qantas Frequent Flyers will no longer be able to earn or redeem points at Rockpool Group restaurants. The news has been announced on the Rockpool website: Effective 15 August 2019, Qantas Frequent Flyer members can no longer earn or use Qantas Points directly with Rockpool Dining Group. The last day you can dine and earn or use Qantas Points with Rockpool Dining Group is 15 August 2019. The last day of the partnership has been set at 15 August 2019. The Rockpool – Qantas Points history Rockpool first…
Air New Zealand is launching a new Frequent Flyer Status Boost feature. Kicking off from 1 August 2019, it will offer bonus status credits to elite members that travel frequently on Air New Zealand. Frequent Flyer Status Boost The Frequent Flyer Status Boost feature applies to you if you are an Airpoints Gold or Airpoints Elite member. Every time you complete 10 Status Boost Journeys within a Tier Status year, you will earn: 15 bonus Status Points if you are an Airpoints Gold members 30 bonus Status Points if you are an Airpoints Elite members So, what is a Status…
AustralianSuper has extended its offer of 20,000 bonus Qantas Points when you open a new AustralianSuper account. New members can now sign up by 31 December. Key requirements In order to pocket the 20,000 Qantas Points there are a couple of things that you will need to do: Join AustralianSuper as a new member, then deposit at least $350 into a new super account within the first six months. Once you have done that, the bonus points will make there way to your Qantas Frequent Flyer account within 3 months of reaching the target. The original offer expired in May.…