Finnair made headlines back in April (read more here) when the airline told the Finnish press that it had more than 100,000 unprocessed refunds.
The airline stated that it had moved more employees to handle requests, but the queue is now 140,000 refund requests, and Finnair is still getting 1,500 refunds requests on most days.
Nordic Choice has launched a new offer to get members to book their hotels in Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden.
Members can earn triple points for stays July 8 – August 16, 2020, if booked July 7 – 8.
Today’s Airfare of the Day goes to Qatar Airways and their business class excursion round trip fares between Paris (CDG), France and Singapore (SIN).
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Accor has launched a new sale for Vietnam Airlines Lotusmiles member (everybody can sign up) stays through January 15, 2021
The offer is valid for stays at select countries in Southeast Asia and the Maldives. The discount is 35%, and Accor Plus members are eligible for an additional 10% off. Breakfast is included for two.
Two Australian states of Victoria (Melbourne) and Sydney (New South Wales) will close their internal border starting this Wednesday due to an increasing number of Covid-19 cases in Melbourne.
Flights between Sydney and Melbourne (one of the busiest city pairs in the world) will be canceled. It is unclear when the border is reopened.
Hilton Honors sent out emails to select members in the US this weekend by offering bonus points for Disney+ subscription.
Honors members can get 2,000, 4,000, or 6,000 bonus points depending on the type of service they sign up for by July 24.
If you’ve ever transferred flights between American Airlines and BA at London Heathrow Airport it might have annoyed you that you had to change terminals to/from Terminal 3 in order to catch your connection – this will now change effective tomorrow July 7, 2020 as the carrier moves into British Airways’ Terminal 5.
Terminal 3 where American operates for as long as I can think back is sort of a collection all all different airlines including most oneworld carriers such as Cathay Pacific that also operate their own lounges there (T3 airlines have temporarily moved to T2 in late April as part of a consolidation effort due to Covid-19).
While waiting for Marriott Bonvoy to launch their next global promotion (stay tuned!) and while you can buy their points at a 60% bonus (highest ever!), we decided to launch a giveaway for 100,000 points!
The Giveaway is now open, and you must enter by 11:59 PM EDT on Friday (July 10, 2020). We will announce the winner on Sunday (July 12).
Here’s a look at Covid-19 policies and bonus promotions for Best Western Rewards, Choice Privileges, Hyatt, Radisson, and Wyndham Rewards that you can take advantage of this month.
We have covered Hilton Honors (access here), IHG Rewards Club (access here), and Accor Live Limitless (access here) promotions for this month already.
Today’s Airfare of the Day goes to Finnair and their business class promotional round trip fares between Seoul (ICN), Korea and Paris (CDG).
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We’ve covered the current sales of Marriott brands hotel vouchers with 50% bonus value for various hotels in Thailand in the last few weeks and I’m happy to report back with a successful purchase including making a booking at phenomenal value.
I have myself purchased 20,000 Baht worth of vouchers for the Ritz Carlton Koh Samui at a local travel fair (which I covered yesterday when running into trouble with Bangkok Airways) and was able to make a 4 night booking at the hotel with these vouchers.
We’re back with another case from the Compensation Clinic and this time it concerns Lufthansa in a case where the passenger had to purchase an expensive replacement ticket from New Delhi after the airline stopped all flights.
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Welcome to our weekly video review on hotel suites and rooms around the world! This week’s edition features the Hagi Suite, a 87 m2 1-bedroom suite at the St Regis Osaka.
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Today’s Airfare of the Day goes to Delta and their shoulder season midweek premium economy round trip fares between Los Angeles (LAX), USA and Tokyo (HND), Japan.
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