City Bonus Highlight: Los Angeles (LAX)

In this new feature that will appear every Friday on the FFB blog, the City Bonus Highlight will look at route bonuses to/from that particular city as well as select bonuses for staying in hotels in or around that city. I hope that this new feature will help my readers ensure they are earning the most miles or points for their travels into or out of these particular cities. For the first installment I chose the City of Angels, Los Angeles.

Route Bonuses for LAX
As you can see the majority of the bonus offers for flying to/from LAX are domestic offers on American or Alaska with some International flights from carriers like China Southern and Emirates

From/To (or Vice Versa)		Bonus Offer	Airline Program	Validity	Details
Systemwide		4,000 Bonus Points	Southwest Rapid Rewards	Until May 29, 12	View
Systemwide		Up to 15,000 Bonus Miles	Virgin Atlantic Flying Club	Register by May 13, 12	View
Systemwide on oneworld Airlines		Double Miles	airBerlin Top Bonus	Until May 15, 12	View
Systemwide on Emirates		Double Miles	Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan	Mar 1 – May 31, 12	View
Systemwide on Alaska Airlines		Double Miles	Emirates Skywards	Mar 1 – May 31, 12	View
Systemwide (Various Routes)		up to 16,000 Miles	Emirates Skywards	May 1 – 31, 12	View
Systemwide on COPA		2,000 Bonus Miles	United Mileage Plus	Until May 19, 12	View
To/From Los Angeles		3,000 Bonus Points	Southwest Rapid Rewards	Until Jun 30, 12	View
Los Angeles	Chicago	Double Miles	American AAdvantage	Until Jun 30, 12	View
Los Angeles	Colorado Springs	Double Miles	Frontier Early Returns	May 18 – Jun 30, ,12	View
Los Angeles	Dallas	Double Miles	American AAdvantage	Until Jun 30, 12	View
Los Angeles	Denver	Double Miles	Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan	Until Jun 17, 12	View
Los Angeles	Denver	Double Miles	American AAdvantage	Until Jun 30, 12	View
Los Angeles	Ft. Lauderdale	Double Miles	Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan	Until Jun 17, 12	View
Los Angeles	Ft. Lauderdale	Double Miles	American AAdvantage	Until Jun 30, 12	View
Los Angeles	Fresno	Double Miles	Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan	Until Jun 17, 12	View
Los Angeles	Fresno	Double Miles	American AAdvantage	Until Jun 30, 12	View
Los Angeles	Guangzhou	up to 5,000 Bonus Miles	China Southern Sky Pearl	Until Jun 30, 12	View
Los Angeles	Mammoth	Double Miles	American AAdvantage	Until Jun 30, 12	View
Los Angeles	Mammoth	Double Miles	Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan	Apr 23 – Jun 14, 12	View
Los Angeles	Nashville	Double Miles	Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan	Until Jun 17, 12	View
Los Angeles	Nashville	Double Miles	American AAdvantage	Until Jun 30, 12	View
Los Angeles	Phoenix	Double Miles	Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan	Until Jun 17, 12	View
Los Angeles	Phoenix	Double Miles	American AAdvantage	Until Jun 30, 12	View
Los Angeles	Portland	Double Miles	Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan	Apr 23 – Jun 28, 12	View
Los Angeles	Reno	Double Miles	Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan	Until Jun 17, 12	View
Los Angeles	Reno	Double Miles	American AAdvantage	Until Jun 30, 12	View
Los Angeles	Sacramento	Double Miles	Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan	Until Jun 17, 12	View
Los Angeles	Sacramento	Double Miles	American AAdvantage	Until Jun 30, 12	View
Los Angeles	San Diego	Double Miles	Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan	Until Jun 17, 12	View
Los Angeles	San Diego	Double Miles	American AAdvantage	Until Jun 30, 12	View
Los Angeles	Shanghai	up to 4,000 Points	China Eastern Eastern Miles	Until Apr 30, 12	View
Los Angeles	Toronto	Double Miles	Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan	Until Jun 17, 12	View
Los Angeles	Toronto	Double Miles	American AAdvantage	Until Jun 30, 12	View
Los Angeles	Washington DC	Double Miles	Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan	Apr 23 – Jun 14, 12	View

Hotel Bonuses for the Los Angeles area
Need a place to stay while you are in the L.A. area? Here are some bonus offers you can take advantage of:

Accor
While there are no Le Club bonus point offers there are bonus offers for airline programs like Aeroplan, British Airways Executive Club, Delta SkyMiles, and Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer. View those offers here.

Best Western
Receive a $50
Best Western Travel Card when you
complete 3 separate qualified stays at participating Best Western
hotels Worldwide. Maximum
of 1 travel card per member and card must be used by November 1,
12. Full
details, Online Registration and Booking (Registration is required). Until Jun 3, 12

Restrictions
* For residents of North America, South America, Africa, Asia &
Russia

Choice
1,000 Bonus Points for stays at various Choice hotels locations across California. Full Details, and online booking
Various Dates

Hilton
Double HHonors
Points or Double Airline Miles when
you stay at any participating hotel and resort in the Hilton
Worldwide portfolio. Full Details, Online Registration and Booking Until Jun 30, 12
For a list of excluded properties please
see here

Hyatt
While there are no Le Club bonus point offers there is an up to 5X bonus miles offer for all of Hyatt’s
airline program partners. View those offers here.

InterContinental Hotels Group
1,000
Bonus Priority Club Points or 200 Bonus Airline Miles per
night at participating InterContinental® , Crowne Plaza®,
Hotel Indigo®, Holiday Inn®, Express by Holiday Inn™,
Holiday Inn Express®, Staybridge Suites, Candlewood Suites and
Holiday Inn Club Vacations® hotels worldwide.
Regisration is not open yet for this promotion. (Registration is required) Jun 1 – Sep 3, 12

Receive a $50 Travel Bonus Prepaid MasterCard® when you Stay two consecutive weekday nights at any of the IHG Family of Brands’ hotels (Up to $200).
Full Details, Registration and Online Booking (Registration is required) Until Aug 6, 12
Restrictions:
Residents of the US Only

Marriott
Marriott Summer Bonus: Earn a Free Night or Bonus Rewards Points for stays at any participating Marriott Hotel Worldwide. Full Details, online registration and booking (Registration is required) Register by June 30 for stays Jun 1 – Aug 31, 12
Offer Variations
– Earn a free night after every second qualifying stay A maximum of three free nights can be earned and then used at Category 1-4 hotels.
– Stay 15 paid nights earn 20,000 bonus points, plus an additional 10,000 points after 20 paid nights, and another 10,000 points after 25 paid nights (up to 40,000 points)

Starwood
SPG Nice Choice: Various Bonus Offers/Free Nights
for stays at any Starwood Hotels Worldwide.
SPG members picks the ‘bonus’ and the timeframe they want to have
their stays count. Full
Details, Registration & Online Booking (Registration is
required) Register by Jun 30 for stays: May 1 – Jul 31, 12 or Jun 1 – Aug 31, 12 or Jul 1 – Sep 30, 12

Double Starpoints
and 35-50% off for stays at participating
Starwood villa resorts in Hawai‘i,
Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, South Carolina, Mexico
and the
Caribbean. Full
Details, Registration & Online Booking (Registration is
required)  Until May 31, 12

1,000 Bonus
Starpoints for stays at the Westin Bonaventure Hotel & Suites, Los Angeles
Full
Details, Registration & Online Booking (Registration is
required)  Register by Jun 15 for stays until Jun 30, 12

1,000 Bonus
Starpoints for every Sheraton
Club Floor stay at the Sheraton Los Angeles Downtown Hotel or the Sheraton Gateway Los Angeles Hotel
paid for with an American Express card. Full
Details & Online Booking Until May 31, 12

Wyndham
Double Wyndham
Rewards Points or Double Airline Miles
starting with your 1st stay after you regsiter (see link below)
at participating hotels in the Wyndham Rewards program Worldwide
that are booked online at wyndhamrewards.com,
daysinn.com,
ramada.com,
wyndham.com, wingatehotels.com,
hawthorn.com,
super8.com,
baymontinns.com,
microtelinn.com,
hojo.com,
travelodge.com,
or knightsinn.com.
Offer is valid for up to 4 separate qualified stays.
Register Online
(Registration is required) Until Jul 8, 12

1,000 Bonus Wyndham Rewards Points
when book the “Best Available Rate +
1,000 bonus points” rate offer at the Hawthorn Suites by Wyndham Manhattan Beach.
Full Details
or book the rate online at
hawthorn.com Until Dec 31, 12