Via the MilesLink newsletter , you can earn Delta elite qualifying miles for Hilton stays of 2 nights or more (registration required) between September 1 and December 10. Naturally, you have to select Delta Skymiles as your ‘double dip’ earning partner. If your Hilton HHonors earning selection is ‘Variable Miles’ you will earn 1 bonus mile and 1 Medallion Qualifying Miles per dollar spent. If your Hilton HHonors earning... 

American Express is back with 50,000 Membership Rewards points after $10,000 in spend on the card within four months for getting the Business Gold Rewards card. The annual fee is waived the first year. You shouldn’t need it, but for future reference the ‘Bonus ID’ is 4729 and the offer suggests applications must be in by November 14, 2010 though they warn they could pull the offer earlier. (HT: Peter )  Read More →

This afternoon I spoke with Hyatt’s Chris Walker about their new co-branded Visa card from Chase, which I posted about earlier this morning . I can only imagine that when their PR reps set up media calls for execs, they probably don’t know quite what they’re in for talking to me! Because I tend to at least try to push them off their talking points and into the nuts and bolts of their strategy and offerings, and hopefully learn... 

CNN.com ran a piece today on premium cabin meals, the emphasis on first class dining options from Asian carriers. The opening picture is of one of my favorite features — dining opposite your travel companion as though in a restaurant. The example in the piece is Cathay Pacific, and I have much enjoyed moving over to the buddy seat to dine with my wife. Of course I don’t really like Cathay Pacific’s first class for traveling as... 

In the long Flyertalk thread speculating on the upcoming launch of the Hyatt Visa from Chase, a Flyertalk member decided to just type in the URL www.mychasecreditcards.com/hyatt and it came up . So it appears the offer is now live. And no doubt it’ll be widely promoting starting today (or at latest tomorrow). Sadly the offer is a bit less exciting than some had expected. First, some surveys of potential benefits in advance of the launch led... 

At the end of July, United re-introduced discounted short-haul awards , but only offered the option through August 31. Instead of the usual 12,500 miles one-way or 25,000 miles roundtrip, they’re charging 8,750 one-way or 17,500 roundtrip. This applies to awards booked at least 7 days in advance of travel (no discount on last-minute award bookings), and is for flights that are 700 miles or less each way and only within the Continental U.S. or... 

Award from US to Kuala Lumpur and back, business class. Set up the reservation, agent gets ready to price. And contra Continental where the computers do everything, US Airways agents do a whole lot more fill in the blanks. Very helpful agent asks me about Kuala Lumpur, “that’s in North Asia, right?” Of course, business class to North Asia is 90,000 miles and to South Asia is 120,000 miles. Sadly, I am an honest man. Or at least... 

The offer is at skymall.com/25000 and runs through 11:59pm tonight (Mountain time) only. They’ll award 25,000 Delta miles for making $500 in net purchases (excluding tax and shipping) today only . It’s not valid on gift cards, and some items and vendors are ineligible and per the terms and conditions of the offer that’ll be “noted on the product page.” Discussion on Flyertalk is here . Now, I don’t have time... 

From September 1 through October 31, folks like me who still have a Diners Club card earn a 25% bonus on transfers of Club Rewards points to AAdvantage. Meanwhile through end of September transfers of 40,000 – 59,000 Diners Club points into Delta Skymiles earns a 20% bonus and 60,000 or more points earns a 50% bonus but that offer holds little interest to me. In both cases my inclination is to save points in Club Rewards for their flexibility... 

Expedia and Citi Thank You Network are severing ties on December 1 . Currently Expedia’s prepaid hotel bookings and air and hotel packages earn Thank You Points, and Expedia offers a co-branded credit card issued by Citi which earns bonus points for Expedia purchases. That earning goes away for purchases December 1 and thereafter. Expedia promises a new rewards program in early 2011. We’ll see what they have in store. To date they haven’t... 

Not as good as the offer of 30 miles per dollar plus 1500 miles was , but I do try to keep track of the best mileage offers for flower orders, great for business gifts as well, FYD is offering 30 United miles per dollar at least through Setpember 30, that’s the expiration date listed on the offer I received via email from United but these FTD offer websites usually stay around long past their expiration and continue to work successfully.... 

US Airways has brought back their Grand Slam promotion (registration required). Step up to the plate. Get up to 100,000 bonus miles (6,000 of which are Preferred-qualifying miles) with every major-league hit. Get your hits between September 1 and November 14, 2010. They ran this promo in similar form in 2008 and in 2009 . You can register now for the promo (and might as well), but activity won’t count…  Read More →

Lucky says that Hyatt’s Lake Tahoe property spilled the beans early on its Facebook page, and that we’ll be seeing 10,000 bonus points for every five nights between September 15 and December 15. That’s actually not a bad promotion, just not as generous as their Faster Free Nights (or Big Welcome Back nights, whatever they wish to call it these days) of a free night for every two stays. So a big bonus actually feels like a disappointment.... 

USA Today picks up my post about the Hyatt Regency Pier 66 and the troubles my wife had there with another guest in the gym, and the hotel’s ham-handed handling of the situation. Have you ever gotten into it with another guest at the hotel gym? Perhaps you verbally sparred over treadmill use or received the evil eye when you grabbed the last available elliptical machine before another guest? If so, here&#…  Read More →

Hertz is offering enough bonus points for a free rental day for every two rentals of two days or longer through January 31. Registration required . The bonus applies only to reservations made after registering, so if you have any future reservations pending you may need to cancel and rebook those in order to get them to account. (HT: Samir .)  Read More →