Thai Airways has announced changes to various earn and burn rates in the Royal Orchard Plus programs. The changes are set to come in effect from October 1 – so they have given plenty of notice. Overall, the changes significantly impact premium class travel – both on the earn and burn side. While there is a lift in earn rates in Business and First, there is also a significant increase in the points required for redemptions in Business and First. As a result, if most of your points are derived by flying in Economy – you are going to need…
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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.
Singapore Airlines has published new award charts for Star Alliance partners. The new award charts are coming into effect on April 16. The Star Alliance partner award rates are used when booking awards on a Star Alliance partner. They also include flights in Singapore Airlines when these are booked together with a partner flight. These are the second set of changes in two years, with a previous devaluation occurring late in 2017. It also follows recent changes to their own award charts. The changes have been published on the Krisflyer site. How the changes affect you By and large, the…
Le Club AccorHotels is offering members the chance to earn Double or Triple points on stays across Australasia. Under the offer, you will earn double points for weeknight stays and triple for stays over the weekend. In order to take advantage of this offer, you will need to register, book and stay between March 11 and May 31, 2019 For the purposes of the promotion a weekend stay is one that happens on a Friday, Saturday or Sunday night. The rest of the week is considered weekdays. So, for a Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday night stay you will get…
With the launch of Marriott Bonvoy, Marriott created a new experience platform called Marriott Bonvoy Moments. The program offers destination-specific activities in many of the cities where Marriott has a hotel presence. The program combines the two previous programs – SPG Moments and Marriott Moments. While these two programs were similar, they had some small difference. In this article, I will focus on what we have now, and that is Marriott Bonvoy Moments. What are Marriott Bonvoy Moments? As mentioned, Marriott Bonvoy Moments focuses on rewarding its members with events. It provides another option to allow you to redeem your…
From March 25, Qantas domestic passengers will be able to have a carry-on bag as heavy as 10Kg. This is a useful increase from the current 7Kg restriction – a restriction many found hard to meet. There won’t be any increase in the total weight you can take on as carry-on baggage – this will remain at a total of 14 Kg. At present, on Qantas, you have an allowance of 2 bags, each that can weigh a maximum of 7Kg. Come March 25, you will have some flexibility on how you distribute the weight between the bags. For example,…
IHG is offering members 3 nights for the price of 2 across their properties in Thailand. In addition, this special rate includes an inclusive breakfast. In total, this represents a saving of 33% and can be used for up to 3 free nights. That is, if you book 6 nights, you get 3 nights for free, but that is as far as the offer extends. Key Details Offer: 3 nights for the price of 2 in Thailand Booking Dates: Book by April 7, 2019 Travel Dates: Stay by December 31, 2019 This offer is based on paying the Best Flexible…
The Marriott Bonvoy Double Take Promotion is offering double Marriott Bonvoy points for stays between Tuesday, March 19, 2019 and Tuesday, June 4, 2019. It applies to almost, but not quite, all stays as it only applies from the second stay during the promotion period. This is the first global promotion that Marriott have run under their new Marriott Bonvoy name. As a reminder, Marriott Bonvoy resulted from the merger of the previous Marriott Rewards, The Ritz-Carlton Rewards and Starwood Preferred Guest (SPG) programs. Marriott Bonvoy Double Take Promotion Key Details Register: You must register by May 21, 2019. Stay:…
The InterContinental Ambassador program is a paid membership program specific to InterContinental Hotels. The program provides members with a number of benefits, and all it requires is that you pay to join the program. While it does cost USD200 to join, it is a program that can quite easily pay for itself. This is true even if you only stay a small number of nights in Intercontinental Hotels each year. The main feature that makes the program pay for itself is a free weekend night certificate. This is a pay for one night, get a second night free offer -…
Energy Australia and Velocity are parting ways. Members of Velocity have until March 31 to sign up to a new account to get their bonus points. Come April 1, you will no longer be able to sign up to an Energy Australia Velocity Plan. In addition, you will no longer be able to link your Velocity and Energy Australia accounts. If you have an eligible linked account, Energy Australia will pay the annual bonus points until March 31, 2021. Energy Australia Offer (until March 31) Energy Australia is offering Velocity members up to 20,000 Velocity Points when taking up a…
If you’re travelling through Melbourne Airport over the next few months, pop into the Qantas Frequent Flyer Rewards Room and you could pocket an easy 100 Qantas Frequent Flyer points. To get the 100 Qantas Points, just pop into the Qantas Frequent Flyer Rewards Room and show your Qantas Frequent Flyer card to the staff there. You can receive the points once per day. Qantas Frequent Flyer Rewards Room The Frequent Flyer Rewards Room is located in Terminal 1 (Qantas Domestic) at Melbourne Airport. Located near Gate 1, it opens daily between 7am until 8pm. Qantas are expecting that it will remain…