NH Hotels, the Spanish chain of stylish boutique hotels, that hit the news when they were acquired by Chinese investors HNA, is now revamping their loyalty program, NH Rewards. Against the trend of devaluation and disappearing benefits, NH Rewards is actually improving the program with higher earn rates and better perks. Find out if it […]
topbonus, the loyalty program of bankrupt airberlin, has been in its death throws ever since the airline announced their insolvency last year, hanging on and offering occasional redemption of miles with various airlines and travel partners. Now, the game is finally up, the account access is closed and all miles are gone! There is still
The Daily Getaways is an annual promotion by the US Travel Association, offering daily deals on travel related services, including hotel reward points, amusement park tickets or rental car days at sometimes deep discounts. The 2018 Daily Getaways start today – find the deals of the first week with my assessment below!
The Radisson Rewards Premier Visa Signature card by US Bank is the replacement of the Club Carlson Visa card. In addition to the new name and design, you get a few changes in perks for the card. It’s a small improvement and I recommend to get and hold the card, despite the loss of a
Hilton Honors is the rewards program of Hilton Worldwide Hotels and with more than 50 million members, it’s one of the largest hotel reward programs in the world. It has frequently been written about on travel blogs, unfortunately often because of their drastic devaluations of points. They made significant changes in 2017, making it easier
Radisson Hotel Group has announced that Club Carlson will become Radisson Rewards. In the process, they are making it easier to earn elite levels, harder to earn points and made some slight improvements to the affiliated credit card. Most of the changes are cosmetic, but it’s a start in resurrecting a loyalty program that went
United Airlines has received a lot of press for their rewards program, United MileagePlus, after what turned out as a one-two punch in 2014, with a redemption devaluation in February and the announcement of a revenue based earn structure for 2015. They followed up this year with a devaluation of partner earnings…Is it still worth
American Express became the exclusive issuer of Hilton Honors affiliated credit cards in January 2018 and is now offering 4 business and personal cards. The AmEx Hilton Honors card carries no annual fee, eliminates the previous foreign exchange fee and offers the most basic benefits of all their cards. It’s designed for infrequent travel and anybody
If you have been holding on to your topbonus miles from defunct airberlin, your prayers have been heard! You can now redeem topbonus miles – again – for flights on Germania and for discounts towards tickets on Condor! There are some hefty fees associated with those “free” flights, but it’s certainly better than have the
The year is young, but the hotel promotions keep coming! Wyndham is launching another chance to earn 15,000 points, enough for a free night, with only two stays. After having similar promotions with Visa Checkout and MasterPass, this time any payment method will do! Given the many cheap Wyndham properties, 15,000 points (valued at $150)
InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) acquired Kimpton Hotels in 2014, planning to integrate the small group of boutique hotels into one of the largest hotel companies in the world. Now, that integration is complete and Kimpton hotels Karma loyalty program has been folded into IHG Rewards Club, making it possible to book hotels through IHG’s website,
Singapore Airlines (SQ) is one of the most highly awarded airlines in the world and has been in the top 3 for the last 6 years. I joined their KrisFlyer program after moving to Singapore and have been a fan of their airline and rewards program ever since. With access to some of the best