Thai Airways has continued to cut down their capacity on intra-Asia flights due to weakened demand and also put a change fee waiver in place allowing customers to make adjustments to their travel plans for free.
The policy however doesn’t appear to have a cancellation fee waiver and per the language of the announcement only changes are permitted.
Qatar Airways has launched a one-day-only campaign for an additional up to 10% off combined with bonus Qmiles (award miles).
Privilege Club members can save up to 10% by using coupon 20FEB20 when making the booking(s) on Qatar’s website or the mobile app. Members are also eligible for double Qmiles in the economy and triple in premium cabins.
Hilton Honors today announced on the Chinese social media platform (WeChat) about policy exceptions for Greater China (Mainland, Macao, Hong Kong, and Taiwan).
Members whose status was going to be downgraded on March 31 will have it extended through March 2021, and those that qualified in 2019 will have it until 2022. Points expiry is also waived through the end of 2020.
Turkish Airlines has launched a new limited-time offer for double elite qualifying miles on international flights.
Miles&Smiles members earn double elite miles if booked February 19 – March 1 and flown February 20 – March 15, 2020.
Today’s Airfare of the Day goes to All Nippon Airways and their shoulder season midweek premium economy sell-up round trip fares between New York and Bangkok.
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IHG Rewards Club has launched a status extension policy for members whose account address is in Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macao, or Taiwan on or before February 17.
Elite and Ambassador statuses are extended while points expiry has also been postponed. These changes only affect members in Greater China.
Today’s Airfare of the Day goes to Lufthansa and their premium economy instant purchase round trip fares between London and the United Arab Emirates.
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World of Hyatt has announced that they will extend the tier status for those members with registered addresses in Asia-Pacific for an additional year due to the Coronavirus situation.
Customers whose status would normally expire on February 28, 2021 will now be extended until the following year: February 28, 2022.
Our Whine Wednesday topic this week is about co-branded hotel credit cards that should earn extra points when staying at the respective hotel chain but those don’t always come through.
Being recognized as a proper payment requires the merchant to be properly coded, allowing the bank that issued the credit card to properly identify it as a hotel purchase.
Singapore Airlines yesterday announced changes to its and SilkAir operated flights through May 31, 2020.
Due to very light loads, many flights/frequencies are canceled. Passengers should monitor their itineraries any changes and contact the airline if rebooked flights are not suitable.
Radisson Rewards has launched a new sale for buying points at a 25% bonus through February 28, 2020.
Members can purchase up to 80,000 points before any possible bonus every calendar year.
Turkish Airlines Miles&Smiles is offering an olive branch for members whose miles expired on December 31, 2019.
Members that take a business class return between February 18 – April 26 will have their expired miles reinstated through November 30.
IHG Rewards Club Kimpton has released their Last Minute Deals for this coming week/weekend of February 19 – 24, 2020.
These rates are only available for IHG Rewards Club members, are prepaid and available on select dates depending on the property (see the list below).
Virgin Australia Velocity and American Express have launched an interesting conversion offer for the Australian market.
Velocity members can get a 20% bonus on Amex Membership Rewards to points conversions PLUS Gold or Platinum status with the program (if the conversion is significant enough).
