Lufthansa next to go revenue based and Hyatt announces category changes
Lufthansa joins the march to revenue-based earning
Last month, I wrote about both British Airways and Air France announcing moves to become revenue-based for earning frequent flyer miles.
I talked about how this is the way...
Marriott inks deals with both Chase and Amex for co-branded SPG/Marriott cards
Up in the Marriott Newsroom today is a release letting us know that Marriott has signed agreements with both Chase and American Express for their new lineup of co-branded credit cards next year.
Here is...
Total Rewards Wyndham Rewards transfers now live
Earlier this year I wrote about the Wyndham / Total Rewards partnership. That post talked about how you can status match between the two programs and redeem Wyndham points at Total Rewards properties (although...
Citi Thank You transfers to Hilton end Dec 13th
If you are the type to transfer your Citi Thank You points over to Hilton (and if you are, shame on you for wasting valuable Thank You points!), you'd better get your transfers in...
The new lineup of Hilton co-branded American Express credit cards (Ascend / Aspire)
On Tuesday, American Express made a long-awaited announcement about the refresh of it's Hilton cards, following the acquisition of an exclusive to the loyalty program. Previously, both Amex and Citi were issuing cards. These...
Uber / SPG partnership ending
Easy come, easy go, right? The Uber partnership, which gave you free SPG points for each ride as long as you had an SPG stay within the year, will be no more as of...
Loyalty program lover like me? Watch key Skift Forum sessions for free (9/26-27)
The Skift Global Forum is going on today and tomorrow in NYC and includes interviews with many of the industries biggest CEOs.
The conference is EXPENSIVE and I didn't even consider going despite living here...
Now earn and redeem points between Wyndham and Total Rewards
Total Rewards (the program for Caesar's Entertainment casinos) used to be tied up with Starwood Preferred Guest. But that partnership ended in Q2 of this year and this new one was born. I don't...
Do you prefer 2 free Hyatt nights or 40,000 Hyatt points?
Making the blogger rounds is the news that the Chase Hyatt credit card will be changing the sign up bonus from two free nights after $2,000 in spend to 40,000 World of Hyatt points.
For...
Hilton Honors points can now be pooled with anyone
Finally - an enhancement that isn't an "enhancement."
Hilton's newly renamed Hilton Honors (no more HHonors) program has launched a feature where you can pool your points with up to 10 other people free of...
