Following is our regular summary of the latest travel news and best frequent traveler promotions reviewed during the past week. If it was a good deal—or a notably bad deal—from an airline, hotel, or car rental loyalty program, you can read all about it here, and plan your travel accordingly. These Are America’s 10 Best…
InterContinental Hotels Group has announced the latest in its series of personalized Accelerate promotions, for stays beginning next month. Offer Details Between January 1 and April 15, IHG Rewards Club members can earn “at least 30,000 bonus points” for completing a series of tasks targeted to each member’s individual stay and earning history. Related: Hilton…
Choice Hotels has gotten a lot of traction with travelers with its recurring promotion featuring a free night at any of 1,500 lower-priced Choice hotels after two stays. And that’s as it should be: It’s an unusually rich offer. For travelers who were expecting more of the same, Choice’s new promotion, for winter stays, will…
As any road warrior worth his rollaboard will tell you, the country’s airports are no friendlier than its skies. Ancient terminal buildings, threadbare carpets, stinky restrooms, poorly designed crowd control, sparse seating, unappetizing food concessions… the list of travelers’ gripes is a long one. But according to J.D. Power’s newly released 2016 North America Airport…
Hilton’s current systemwide promotion—double or triple points—was scheduled to expire on December 31. Rather than follow that with an entirely new offer, Hilton has elected to extend the existing promotion for an additional month. Offer Details Through January 31, 2017, Hilton HHonors members can earn double points for every stay at every hotel in the…
On the landing page of a new website touting the consumer benefits of Alaska’s acquisition of Virgin America, which closed today, there’s this: Alaska Airlines and Virgin America are coming together. Like bacon on a donut, electricity and guitars, or Labradors and poodles, we’re an odd couple that works well together. We may seem like…
Just as there are many reasons to visit some countries, so too are there many reasons to avoid other countries. Corruption, and all that implies, should be a red flag, at least, if not a definitive deal-breaker. Transparency International makes it its business to assess corruption levels around the world, and has published a Corruption…
As is becoming an almost monthly occurrence, Delta has announced a 48-hour flash sale on award travel. Last month’s sale was for flights within the U.S.; this time, it’s for flights to Asia. Offer Details Through December 14 (11:59 p.m. EST), SkyMiles members can book award travel between the U.S. and select destinations in Asia…
Unless you’re traveling in first or business class, and maybe even then, longer flights simply mean more discomfort. So while airlines take it as a point of pride that they operate long, longer, and longest flights, most flyers rightly treat long-flight boasts as more threat than promise. The latest such claim comes from Qantas, which…
Enter the Starbucks “Starbucks for Life” sweepstakes by January 16, 2017, for a chance to win one of five grand prizes: one Starbucks food or beverage item per day for 30 years. Runner-up prizes include free Starbucks for a year (25 winners), for a month (125 winners), and for a week (500 winners). To enter,…
Following is our regular summary of the latest travel news and best frequent traveler promotions reviewed during the past week. If it was a good deal—or a notably bad deal—from an airline, hotel, or car rental loyalty program, you can read all about it here, and plan your travel accordingly. Iconic TWA Terminal to Get…