June 18 Bonus Offer Highlight: American AAdvantage

It was 3 years ago when American AAdvantage and Marriott parted ways but good news came yesterday when they announced that AAdvantage members will once again be able to earn miles for Marriott stays and convert Marriott Rewards points to the AAdvantage program. To celebrate their is a systemwide stay bonus of 500 miles and that promo is the Bonus Offer Highlight for today. Further bonuses worth checking out are a Cathay Premium Cabin bonus for U.S. Asia Miles members flying to Hong Kong + 2 other regional offers from CX, two new route launch bonuses from Etihad Guest and a targeted flight bonus offer from India's Jet Airways.

American AAdvantage
500 Bonus AAdvantage Miles when you stay at any of over 3,700 participating Marriott properties Worldwide. Be sure to Select American Airlines as your preferred Airline program and then simply book online at Marriott Jul 15 - Aug 15, 13

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Other Bonus Offers added today:
Cathay Pacific Asia Miles
- Earn up to 20,000 Bonus Asia miles when you fly round-trip on Cathay Pacific from Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco or Vancouver to Hong Kong. More... Until Aug 15, 13 Valid for residents of the U.S. only
- Double Asia miles when you fly round-trip on Cathay Pacific or Dragonair between Bengaluru, Calcutta, Chennai, Delhi or Hyderabad and Hong Kong. More... Jul 1 - Aug 31, 13 Valid for residents of India only
- Double Asia miles when you fly Economy or Business Class from Korea to Hong Kong and onwards in Premium Economy Class to destinations worldwide. More... Jul 1 - Oct 31, 13 Valid for residents of Korea only

Etihad Guest
- Double Guest Miles on Etihad flights between Abu Dhabi and Belgrade. More... Until Jul 15, 13
- Double Guest Miles on Etihad flights between Abu Dhabi and Sana'a. More... Sep 1 - 30, 13

Jet Airways JetPrivilege
- Triple JetPrivilege Miles when you fly one domestic or international flight on Jet Airways or JetKonnect More... Until Sep 17, 13 Targeted Offer - May not work for everyone

Jumeirah Sirius
- Triple Sirius Points for stays of three or more nights at the Jumeirah Messilah Beach Hotel & Spa plus dine at any of the six restaurants and earn Double Sirius Bonus Points. More... Until Aug 31, 13

Le Club accorhotels
- Earn up to 500 Bonus Le Club Accorhotels Points for stays at participating hotels in Italy, Spain, Portugal, Greece and Turkey. More... Until Sep 15, 13

June 17 Bonus Offer Highlight: Best Western Rewards

First day of the week only brings a few new offers, not that I don'thave lots to add just my schedule didn't let me get to many of them. Lots more will come your way tomorrow. That being said the last Best Western systemwide offer ended a week ago Sunday and their new one starts today, it almost seems to be the same two promos they cycle around but the free night offer is good enough to be today's Bonus Offer Highlight. The other bonuses added are worth mentioning such as the AAdvantage Starwood offer (just like the US Airways one I posted two weeks ago) , the Cathay Pacific Premium Class offer for AAdvantage members, another BW bonus for stays in South America and the return of JAL's Double Mileage Bank miles for their new San Diego-Tokyo route.


Best Western Rewards
Earn a Free Night when you complete three (3) separate qualified stays at Best Western branded hotels worldwide.
- Limit one (1) Travel Card per Member during the Promotion Period
- Free night expires Jan 31, 14.
- Best Western Rewards® MasterCard® holders who pay for each of their three (3) qualified stays, will receive 1,000 Best Western Rewards bonus points. Maximum bonus of 1,000 points
Full details, Online Registration and Booking (Registration is required) Register by Jul 28 for stays Jun 17 - Aug 18, 13
Valid for residents of:Afghanistan, Albania, American Samoa, Andorra, Angola, Anguilla – St. Kitts, Antarctica, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Benin, Bermuda, Botswana, Bouvet Island, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde, Cayman Islands, Chad, Christmas Island, Cocos Islands, Comoros Island, Congo, Cook Islands, Cote d’Ivoire, Cuba, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Falkland Islands/Malvinas, Faroe Islands, Fiji Islands, former USSR, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Gibraltar, Greenland, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guam, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Heard and McDonald Islands, Iceland, Jamaica, Kenya, Kiribati, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Marshall Island, Mauritania, Mayotte, Micronesia, Montserrat, Mozambique, Namibia, Nauru, Netherlands Antilles, Niger, Nigeria, Niue, Norfolk Island, Northern Mariana Islands, Palestine, Panama, Pitcairn Island, Puerto Rico, Republic of Palau, Rwanda, S. Georgia and S. Sandwich Islands, Saint Helena, Saint Kitts and Nevis Anguilla, Saint Lucia, Sao Tome Principe, Senegal, Seychelles Islands, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa, St. Pierre Miquelon, St. Vincent Grenadines, Sudan, Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Tokelau, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, Tuvalu, USA Minor Outlying Islands, Uganda, United States, Vanuatu, Virgin Islands, Wallis Futuna Islands, West Indies, Western Sahara, Western Samoa, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, China, East Timor, Hong Kong, India, Indian Ocean Islands, Indonesia, Iraq, Iran, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Korea, Kuwait, Laos, Macau, Malaysia, Maldives, Mauritius, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Philippines, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen, Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, and Venezuela.

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Other Bonus Offers added today:
American AAdvantage
- Earn up to 10,000 Bonus AAdvantage Miles when you fly roundtrip on Cathay Pacific between Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, or Vancouver and Hong Kong. More... Until Aug 15, 13 Valid for AAdvantage members residing the U.S. and Canada only
- 1,000 Bonus AAdvantage Miles and a $10 Food & Beverage credit at 150+ participating Four Points by Sheraton, Aloft and Element Hotels & Resorts in North America. More... Until Dec 31, 13

Best Western Rewards
- Earn a Free Night when you complete three (3) separate qualified stays at Best Western branded hotels worldwide. More... Register by Jul 28 for stays Jun 17 - Aug 18, 13
- 2,000 Bonus Rewards Points PER NIGHT when you book the VR Rate and complete at least two (2) qualified nights in a Best Western branded hotel in South America. More... Until Jul 31, 13

IHG Rewards Club
- 50% Bonus Priority Club points when you buy or gift Priority Club points. More... Until Jun 23, 13

Japan Airlines Mileage Bank
- Double Mileage Bank Miles for Japan Airlines flights between San Diego and Tokyo. More... Jul 1 - 31, 13 Valid for JMB Members in the Americas only

Bonus Offer Picks of the Week: June 10 - 16, 2013

Out of the 50+ offers that were posted last week on FFB to 26 programs from around the globe these are my favorites:

Bonus Offer for Flying
Southwest Rapid Rewards: Double Tier Qualifyying Points every time you fly into or out of Denver or Milwaukee. The promo requires you to register prior to the commencement of your travel and is only valid for new bookings (so if you booked before you register those flights won't count) Register Online (Registration is required) Until Aug 15, 13

Bonus Offer for Staying (Airline Miles)
British Airways Executive Club:Triple Avios when you stay at participating Raffles Hotels & Resorts properties Worldwide. Full details and online booking Until Aug 31, 13
Participating Hotels:
- Raffles Singapore
- Le Royal Monceau, Raffles Paris
- Raffles Dubai
- Raffles Beijing
- Raffles Praslin, Seychelles
- Raffles Grand Hotel d'Angkor, Siem Reap
- Raffles Hotel Le Royal, Phnom Penh
- Raffles Makati

Bonus Offer for Staying (Hotel Points)
Shangri-La Golden Circle Earn up to Triple GC Award Point & Double Elite Qualifying Credit for stays at any Shangri-La hotel, resort, Traders hotel or Kerry hotel Worldwide. Register Online (Registration is required). Jul 1 - Sep 30, 13
Bonuses as follows:

• Triple points for stays of 4 nights or more and double points for stays up to 3 nights
• Double qualifying nights to reach your next membership tier faster
• Double points on F&B and CHI, The Spa spend even as a non-staying guest
• Plus earn 500 Bonus if you join Golden Circle and complete your 1st stay
  

Bonus Offer for Driving
Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer: Earn up to Quadruple KrisFlyer Miles when you rent a car on an Affordable Rate (leisure retail rate) from a participating HERTZ location in the USA, Canada, Europe*, Australia or New Zealand. Full Details and Online Booking Until Jul 31, 13
Earn double miles on rentals of 3-4 days
Earn triple miles on rentals of 5-6 days
Earn quadruplle miles on rentals of 7+ days

Bonus Offer for Other Activities
Melia International Mas Rewards : 25% Bonus Mas Points when you buy Mas points online. Full Details Until Jun 28, 13 (See my separate post about how to utilize this offer for airberlin flights)

Bonus Page Updates: June 10 - 16, 2013

June 14:
AeroMexico Club Premier
American AAdvantage
British Airways Executive Club
Cathay Pacific Asia Miles
Emirates Skywards
Etihad Guest
Le Club accorhotels
Southwest Rapid Rewards

June 13:
Air Baltic BalticMiles
La Quinta Returns
Malaysia Airlines Enrich
Melia International Mas Rewards
Virgin Atlantic Flying Club

June 12:
airberlin topbonus
Shangri-La Golden Circle
Thai Airways Royal Orchid Plus
Ukraine International Panorama Club

June 11:
Best Western Rewards
Qantas Frequent Flyer
S7 Airlines Priority
Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer

June 10:
Air Canada Aeroplan
Iberia Plus
Qatar Airways Privilege Club
Scandic Hotels Frequent Guest
Starwood Preferred Guest

IHG Airline Bonus Mile Offer Summary

Much like my current Accor, Fairmont, Hilton and Shangri-La summaries for airline stay bonuses, I am pleased to provide with a summary of airline frequent flyer program stay bonuses for stays at hotel brands that fall under the InterContinental Hotels Group. To earn the miles you must join the IHG Rewards program (Priority Club until June 30) and select the airline of your choice as your primary earning option. Here are all the offers that I am aware of at the time of posting and also like the other summaries this page will be updated as new offers come along:

All Airline Partners	Earn Double Points or Double Miles on every qualifying stay, starting on your second stay at all IHG locations Worldwide. Stay at Staybridge Suites® hotels or Candlewood Suites® hotels and you’ll start earning double on your first qualifying stay. Full details,  registration and online booking (Registration is required)	Jun 1 - Jul 31, 13
airberlin topbonus	Triple topbonus Mile sfor stays at any participating IHG hotels in Germany Full details and online booking	Book by Sep 15 for stays until Dec 31, 13
Air Canada Aeroplan	Earn Triple Aeroplan Miles  on every qualifying stay at InterContinental Hotels & Resorts, InterContinental Alliance Resorts, Crowne Plaza® Hotels & Resorts, Hotel Indigo®, Holiday Inn®, Holiday Inn Express®, Holiday Inn Resort®, Holiday Inn Club Vacations® hotels, Staybridge Suites® or Candlewood Suites® hotels Worldwide. Full Details, Online Registration and Booking (Registration is required)	Until Aug 31, 13
Jet Airways Jet Privilege	Double JetPrivilege Miles when you stay at participating IHG hotels in Australasia, Southeast & Southwest Asia, Japan & Korea and the Middle East & Africa. Full Details and Online Booking	Until Aug 31, 13
Miles & More	Triple Miles & More for stays at any participating IHG hotels in Germany. Full details and online booking	Book by Sep 15 for stays until Dec 31, 13
Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer	Double KrisFlyer Miles when you stay at participating hotels in Australasia, Southeast & Southwest Asia, Japan & Korea and the Middle East & Africa. Full Details and Online Booking	Until Aug 31, 13
	Double KrisFlyer Miles (PPS Club members only),Club InterContinental Lounge access, and 20% discount on food and beverage (excluding room service and conference & banqueting events) when you stay at participating InterContinental Hotels & Resorts in Japan, South Korea and Southeast Asia. Full Details and Online Booking	Until Aug 31, 13
United MileagePlus	Triple MileagePlus Miles and a complimentary next-level room upgrade for stays at any participating IHG® hotel in Beijing. Full Details and Online Booking	May 15 - Aug 31, 13
	Triple MileagePlus Miles and a complimentary next-level room upgrade for stays at any participating IHG® hotel in Hong Kong. Full Details and Online Booking	May 15 - Aug 31, 13
	Triple MileagePlus Miles and a complimentary next-level room upgrade for stays at any participating IHG® hotel in Shanghai. Full Details and Online Booking	May 15 - Aug 31, 13

June 14 Bonus Offer Highlight: Southwest Rapid Rewards

The systemwide Southwest Airlines Double Points + Double Elite Qualifying flight offer just ended yesterday and they jump right in to offering another similar bonus. Although not systemwide, the new offer is only for flights to/from Denver or Milwaukee but it is still good enough to be FFB's Bonus Offer Highlight for today. Southwest also has some other flights bonuses worth mentioned, Double Points to/from Atlanta or Wichita, while Emirates doubles up the mileage earned on all TAP Portugal flights and there is a nice multiple stay bonus for stays in Germany from Accor Hotels.

Southwest Rapid Rewards
Double Tier Qualifying Points every time you fly into or out of Denver or Milwaukee. The promo requires you to register prior to the commencement of your travel and is only valid for new bookings (so if you booked before you register those flights won't count) Register Online (Registration is required) Until Aug 15,13

Related: Looking for more elite qualifying bonus offers? FFB has it covered with our Elite Status Bonus Miles & Points summary.

Related: Need more Southwest Rapid Rewards points to redeem for an award ticket? Well they are offering a 25% bonus on buying Rapid Rewards points until July 16.

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Other Bonus Offers added today:
AeroMexico Club Premier
- Double Club Premier Kilometers on all Sixt car rentals Worldwide. More... Until Jul 31, 13

American AAdvantage
- Triple AAdvantage Miles when you stay at participating Raffles Hotels & Resorts properties Worldwide. More.. Until Aug 31, 13

British Airways Executive Club
- Triple Avios when you stay at participating Raffles Hotels & Resorts properties Worldwide. More.. Until Aug 31, 13

Cathay Pacific Asia Miles
- Double Asia Miles for stays at the Langham Place, Fifth Avenue New York. More... Until Aug 31, 13

Emirates Skywards
- Double Skywards Miles on all TAP Portugal flights Worldwide. More... Until Jul 31, 13

Etihad Guest
- Earn up to Triple Guest Miles on all Etihad flights taken on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays. More... Until Jul 14, 13 Targeted offer - may not work for everyone

Le Club accorhotels
- China 1,800 Bonus Le Club Accorhotels Points for stays at participating hotels in China. More... Until Dec 31, 13
- Germany Earn up to 1,000 Bonus Le Club Accorhotels Points for stays at Accor Hotels in Germany. More... Until Aug 31, 13

Southwest Rapid Rewards
- Double Tier Qualifyying Points every time you fly into or out of Denver or Milwaukee. More... Until Aug 15, 13
- Double Rapid Rewards Points every time you fly into or out of Atlanta. More... Until Jul 25, 13
- Double Rapid Rewards Points every time you fly into or out of Wichita. More... Until Jul 25, 13
- 50,000 Rapid Rewards Points after you spend $2,000 in the first 3 months of opening a Southwest Airlines® Rapid Rewards® Plus Card account More... Until ?

June 13 Bonus Offer Highlight: Emirates Skywards

 For the second time this month Emirates' takes the Bonus Offer Highlight position. This time it is the route launch bonus for flying on their new JFK-MXP route in a premium cabin. Other bonuses added today that are worthwhile include the previously mentioned Melia International Mas Rewards buy points bonus, the latest La Quinta Returns individual hotel stay bonuses and a couple of decent car rental bonuses out of the Malaysia Airlines Enrich program.

Emirates Skywards
Double Skywards Miles when you travel in First Class or Business Class between New York JFK and Milan Malpensa.  Register Online (Registration is required) Register and Book by Jul 20 for travel Oct 1 - Nov 30, 13

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Other Bonus Offers added today:
Air Baltic BalticMiles
- Double BalticMiles Points when you book a stay of two nights or more at prepaid rates at least 20 days in advance at participating World Hotels locations Worldwide. More... Jul 1 - Aug 31, 13

Emirates Skywards
- Double Skywards Miles when you travel in First Class or Business Class between New York JFK and Milan Malpensa. More... Register and Book by Jul 20 for travel Oct 1 - Nov 30, 13

La Quinta Returns
- Earn up to Triple Returns Points for stays at participating La Quinta locations in the U.S. More... Until Jul 11, 13

Le Club accorhotels
- Double Le Club Accorhotels Points for stays at participating Sofitel Hotels in Australia, New Zealand, or Fiji. More... Until Jul 31, 13
- 500 Bonus Le Club Accorhotels Points for stays at the ibis Barcelona Centro (Sagrada Familia) or Mercure Barcelona Augusta. More... Until Jul 31, 13

Malaysia Airlines Enrich
- Double Enrich Miles for stays at the G Tower Hotel, Kuala Lumpur. More... Until Jul 31, 13
- Double Enrich Miles for stays of 2 or more nights at participating Mandarin Oriental Hotels worldwide. More... Until Jul 31, 13
- Double Enrich Miles for stays of 2 or more night at the Pan Pacific Singapore. More... Until Jul 31, 13
- Earn up to Quadruple Enrich Miles when renting a Group C or higher car with Avis for 3+ days in Asia, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the USA, Canada, Australia or New Zealand. More... Until Jul 31, 13
- Earn up to Quadruple Enrich Miles when you rent a car on an Affordable Rate (leisure retail rate) from a participating HERTZ location in the USA, Canada, Europe, Australia or New Zealand More... Until Jul 31, 13

Melia International Mas Rewards
- 25% Bonus Mas Points when you buy Mas points online. More... Until Jun 28, 13

Virgin Atlantic Flying Club
- Double Flying Club Miles when you book a stay of two nights or more at prepaid rates at least 20 days in advance at participating World Hotels locations Worldwide. More... Jul 1 - Aug 31, 13 

 

Melia International: 25% Bonus on buying Mas Rewards Points (translates to cheap airberlin tickets)

Even better than the 20% offer seen in  December and January, Melia Hotels International Mas Rewards program has launched a new buy Mas points bonus of 25% that runs until June 28! Much like my posts from the previous offer, this buy points offer can be parlayed into getting cheaper flights on airberlin between the U.S. and Europe (this is only one example, I'm sure there are other airberlin options available too!)

To start this off, per my posts earlier in the year, you can transfer Mas Points that are purchased over to airberlin or other Mas Rewards partners.

airBerlin topbonus is partner of the Mas Rewards program and Mas Rewards points transfer to Top Bonus at a rate of 2:1, which is probably their best ratio compared to their other partners like American and Delta.

As we already know from earlier in the year, it can worthwhile to buy Mas Rewards points to convert to airberlin topbonus for flight redemptions on airberlin especially now that airberlin is introducing a new lie flight business class cabin. Mas Rewards only allows you to buy up to 100,000 points in a 12 month period so I looked at airBerlin options at 60,000 miles and lower (100,000 Mas Points + 25% bonus of 25,000 Points converted to topbonus equals 62,500 Miles). One option under this amount is for a one way airBerlin Business Class ticket between North America and Berlin. According to airBerlin it costs 40,000 miles one way. This would require the purchase of 80,000 Mas Points, which with this promo the option is to buy 64,000 points + the 16,000 points bonus for 512EUR

I then looked at the cost of a one way Business Class ticket between New York and Dusseldorf on Oct 30, 2013. The cost total cost was $2555.62

Next I checked availability for the same flight using topbonus Miles and there was availability at 40,000 Miles + $460.00

 

To buy the Mas points and redeem for the flight you are looking at a total cost around $1140. That's a $1,400 savings if you were to book the flight with cash! I noticed that airberlin has increased their fuel and security charges since the last time this buy points option came around which has made it a little more expensive.

Visit Melia.com to find out more about the buy points offer

Of course there are various business class sales that do pop up that can provide a better value than this but I think this option is worth being mentioned to the readers of FFB.

I'd love the hear comments/suggestions about this, other options for Melia stays, airberlin flights or other Melia partner redemptions that this buy points bonus should be used for!