Hotel Value for Frequent Guests
This week I had my first United Airlines Basic Economy domestic flights as an Aegean Miles+Bonus Gold/Star Alliance Gold elite member. There were four benefits of my flight as an Aegean Star Alliance Gold member. Loyalty Traveler – How I earned Star Alliance Gold elite for $1,400 in 15 flight segments (April 4, 2019). Benefit…
Last week I flew Allegiant Airlines Monterey to Las Vegas with a $74 all-in round trip ticket. There have been two flights each week from Monterey to Las Vegas on Monday and Friday. Flights from Las Vegas are scheduled on the same days for a quick turnaround run to Monterey and back to Las Vegas…
A major development has happened just in time for the Daily Getaways sale of Choice Privileges points today. Since at least yesterday there is no availability for reward nights using Choice Privileges points at any of the 194 hotels in Nordic Choice Hotels covering hotels in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden. All Choice hotels in…
ChoiceVacationRentals.com has hundreds of home and condo rentals around the U.S. and is awarding 25,000 bonus points for a rental of 3 or more days when booked by May 31, 2019 and stay completion by August 31. Choice Privileges members also earn 5 points per dollar for rental rate and fees (not taxes). This might…
Amazing to see San Francisco to London LHR at $437 round trip flying Virgin Atlantic nonstop in late July with one-stop Delta flights in early August for the return. SkyTeam ticket prices drop to $415 round trip from August to March. United Airlines has one-stop flights SFO-LHR beginning August 11 for as low as $420…
An article by Rob Walker in The Guardian today, The art of noticing: five ways to experience a city differently, had me thinking about my week recently in Prague. As I read the article I noticed that I had used each of the five ways to different degrees to experience Prague last month. If you…
The recent strike of SAS Scandinavian Airlines pilots has been settled. SAS is now offering the best sale prices to Europe I have seen in the past two years for flights from USA airports. This sale is for ticket purchases through May 19 for flight departures from August 21, 2019 to March 19, 2020. LAX…
Level Airlines launches nonstop Las Vegas to Paris Orly beginning October 30 with 2x weekly flights on Sunday and Wednesday from LAS to Paris and Paris to Las Vegas. Currently flights Las Vegas to Paris Orly are priced at $108 (€97) one way and Paris ORY to Las Vegas at $111 (€99) on most dates.…
Wyndham Rewards day on Daily Getaways is Wednesday May 8 at 10:00am Pacific / 1:00pm Eastern. You can buy 15,000 points for $175 or a maximum 30,000 points for $350. There are 1,143 sets of points for sale. Despite changes last month raising nearly 200 hotels to 30,000 points for a free night, there are…
United Airlines has Seattle to Singapore for $470 round trip for departures from late August into March, except December holidays. By setting a multi-city itinerary on Google Flights for Seattle to Honolulu, then Singapore on the following day, you can pull up a 23.5 hour transit overnight in Honolulu on the outbound flight. United Airlines …
