City Bonus Highlight: London (LHR & LGW)

FFB’s City Bonus Highlight looks at route bonuses to/from a
particular city as well as select bonuses for staying in hotels in or
around that city. With the 2012 Summer Olympics just around the corner we feature London as this week’s City Bonus Highlight.

Past City Bonus Highlights: Bangkok |  Frankfurt |  Los Angeles | Tokyo | Toronto

Route Bonuses for LHR and LGW
Whether or not you have booked your flights to the 2012 Olympics (or are looking to escape London) these are the routes that currently have or will have bonus mile offers:

From/To (or Vice Versa)		Bonus Offer	Airline Program	Validity	Details
Systemwide		Double Miles	Emirates Skywards	Book by Jun 30, 12	View
Systemwide (Various Routes)		up to 16,000 Miles	Emirates Skywards	Jun 1 – 30, 12	View
Systemwide on Royal Air Maroc		2,000 Bonus Miles	Etihad Guest	Until Jun 30, 12	View
Systemwide on Etihad		2,000 Bonus Miles	Royal Air Maroc Safar Flyer	Until Jun 30, 12	View
Abidjan	London	2,000 Bonus Miles	Air France KLM Flying Blue	May 15 – Jun 25, 12	View
Adelaide	Europe	10,000 Bonus Miles	Air France KLM Flying Blue	Until Jul 31, 12	View
To/From Almaty		Double Miles	Ukraine International Panorama Club	Jun 4 – Aug 31, 12	View
Auckland	Europe	10,000 Bonus Miles	Air France KLM Flying Blue	Until Jul 31, 12	View
Beijing	London	50% Bonus KMs	Air China Phoenix Miles	May 2 – Jun 30, 12	View
Brisbane	Europe	10,000 Bonus Miles	Air France KLM Flying Blue	Until Jul 31, 12	View
Cairns	Europe	10,000 Bonus Miles	Air France KLM Flying Blue	Until Jul 31, 12	View
Calgary	London UK	Up to 5,000 Bonus Miles	Air Canada Aeroplan	Until Jun 22, 12	View
Christchurch	Europe	10,000 Bonus Miles	Air France KLM Flying Blue	Until Jul 31, 12	View
Guangzhou	London	up to 6,000 Bonus Miles	China Southern Sky Pearl	Jun 6 – Aug 31, 12	View
Hanoi	London	up to 3,000 Bonus Miles	Vietnam Airlines Golden Lotus	Sep 15 – Oct 15, 12	View
Ho Chi Minh	London	up to 3,000 Bonus Miles	Vietnam Airlines Golden Lotus	Sep 15 – Oct 15, 12	View
Hong Kong	London	Double Miles	Cathay Pacific Asia Miles	Until Jun 30, 12	View
Japan	Worldwide	up to 3,000 Bonus Miles	Cathay Pacific Asia Miles	May 7 – Jul 31, 12	View
Kiev	London	Up to 1,500 Bonus Miles	Ukraine International Panorama Club	Until Jun 30, 12	View
London	Beijing	50% Bonus KMs	Air China Phoenix Miles	May 2 – Jun 30, 12	View
London	Calgary	Up to 5,000 Bonus Miles	Air Canada Aeroplan	Until Jun 22, 12	View
London	Guangzhou	up to 6,000 Bonus Miles	China Southern Sky Pearl	Jun 6 – Aug 31, 12	View
London	Hanoi	up to 3,000 Bonus Miles	Vietnam Airlines Golden Lotus	Sep 15 – Oct 15, 12	View
London	Ho Chi Minh	up to 3,000 Bonus Miles	Vietnam Airlines Golden Lotus	Sep 15 – Oct 15, 12	View
London	Hong Kong	up to 250% Bonus Miles	Cathay Pacific Asia Miles	Until Jun 30, 12	View
London	Hong Kong	Double Miles	Cathay Pacific Asia Miles	Until Jun 30, 12	View
London	Kiev	Up to 1,500 Bonus Miles	Ukraine International Panorama Club	Until Jun 30, 12	View
London	Muscat	Double Miles	Oman Air Sindbad	Until Jun 30, 12	View
Melbourne	Europe	10,000 Bonus Miles	Air France KLM Flying Blue	Until Jul 31, 12	View
Sydney	Europe	10,000 Bonus Miles	Air France KLM Flying Blue	Until Jul 31, 12	View

 

Hotel Bonuses for the London area
If you are still lucky enough to find availability for the Olympics, or even if you are travelling to London before or after here are some bonus offers you can take advantage of:

Accor
Their are no point offers, but there is the Accor
Super Sale: Up to 50% off at over 1,300 Accor Hotels Worldwide that has to be booked by June 19 and the following Airline Mileage offers:Triple British Airways Avios Points for all eligible Accor Hotel stays Worldwide Book online at Accor Hotels Until Jun 30, 12

1,000 Bonus Miles & More Miles for stays fo 2+ nights at over 1,100 Mercure and Novotel Hotels Worldwide. Book online at Accor Hotels Until Jun 30, 12

Best Western
Earn
a Free Night Voucher when you complete
3 separate qualified stays at participating Best Western hotels
Worldwide. Maximum
of 1 free night voucher per member. Voucher must be used by January
31, 13.
Bonus Offer: Use your Best Western Rewards MasterCard® to pay
for each of your three (3) qualified
stays and receive 1,000 Best Western Rewards bonus points. Maximum
one (1) Bonus reward per
Member during the Promotion Period.
Full
details, Online Registration and Booking (Registration is required)
Jun 17 – Aug 19, 12
Restrictions
* For residents of U.S., Canada, Bahamas and US Virgin Islands only
1,750
Bonus Aeroplan Miles per stay at
participating Best Western hotels Worldwide.
Bonus can be earned on a maximum
of 3 stays.. Full
details, Online Registration and Booking (Registration is required)
Jun 17 – Aug 19, 12

Restrictions
* For residents of U.S., Canada, Bahamas and US Virgin Islands only

Carlson Hotels
50,000 Bonus Gold Points when you complete 1 eligible stay at any Radisson or Radisson Blu location Worldwide. Limited to the first 100,000 registrants, after that anyone who registers will receive 15,000 bonus points. Register Online (registration is required) then reserve a room online at Radisson May 15 – Jul 15, 12

5,000 Bonus
Gold Points for stays of 2 nights
or more at an eligible rate at select Park Inn, Radisson Blu and
Park Plaza hotels in London. Full Details.
Until Jun 30, 12
Participating Hotels:
Park Inn Heathrow
Park Inn Watford
Park Inn by Radisson Harlow
Park Inn by Radisson Thurrock
Park Inn by Radisson Palace Southend-on-Sea
Radisson Blu Hotel Stansted Airport
Park Plaza County Hall
Park Plaza Riverbank
Park Plaza Sherlock Holmes
Park Plaza Victoria
Park Plaza Westminster Bridge
Plaza on the River
Choice Hotels
Receive
a $50 Gift Card (aka enough bonus points to take to you the 8,000
point redemption level) after you
complete two qualifying stays at Choice Hotels Worldwide.
Full
Details, Online Registration and Booking Until Aug 15, 12
Restrictions:
Valid for Residents of the U.S. and Canada only

Double Choice Privileges Points
for every qualifying stay at Choice Hotels Worldwide.
Full
Details and Online Booking Until Aug 15, 12
Restrictions:
Valid for Residents of the U.K. and Europe (excluding Denmark, Estonia,
Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway and Sweden) only

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
Save up to 40% on stays at Hilton Hotels Worldwide. Full non-refundable prepayment required at time of booking unless otherwise indicated by local law. Must book at least seven (7) days in advance of arrival, except from 27 July through 30 August when only three (3) days are required in advance of arrival. Discounts vary and range from 15% – 40% off select rates Full Details and Online Booking Book by Jul 23 for stays until Sep 30, 12

Hyatt
There are no bonus points offers for the Gold Passport program but 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.Priority
Club will add another 250 Bonus Points if the customer books through
an IHG brand website (including our co-branded
page or the link below) Maximum bonus is 20,000 points ro 4,000
miles.
Full
Details, Registration and Online Booking
(Registration is required) Jun 1 – Sep 3, 12

Receive a limited
edition Panasonic® camera when
you stay six nights (do not have to be consecutive) at all Holiday
Inn and Holiday Inn Express hotels in the UK
and Ireland.
Full
Details, Registration and Online Booking
(Registration is required) Until Jul 15, 121,000 Bonus Priority
Club Points per night plus breakfast
when you book a Go Discover break in Europe,
Middle East and Africa.
Offer valid for a Maximum
of 3 nights.Full
Details and Online Booking

Earn up to 3,000 Bonus Priority Club Points for stays at various IHG locations in London. Full Details. Until Jun 30, 12

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, 12Offer 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)
$50 Bonus Bucks Coupon per night
(max 2 coupons per stay) for stays at 15 Marriott locations across
Canada.
Offer is valid on weekends in June (Thursday to Sunday) and 7 days
a week in July and August. Full
Details and Online Booking

10,000 Bonus Rewards Points when you stay any night Thursday-Sunday in a king leisure room at the London Marriott Hotel Regents Park. Full Details and Online Booking Until Jul 25, 12



Marriott MegaBonus: Triple Airline Miles for
all stays starting with your second stay at any participating Marriott
Hotel Worldwide.
Full
Details, online registration and booking
(Registration is required) Jul 1 – Aug 31, 12
Preferred Hotel Group
Double Airline Miles for stays of 2 or more consecutive nights at participating Preferred Hotel Group properties Worldwide. Full Details Until Dec 31, 12

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

Earn up to 3,000 Bonus Starpoints for stays at participating Starwood Hotels in Europe, Middle East and Africa Full Details & Online Booking Until Dec 31, 12
Typical bonuses are as follows:
3,000 Bonus Starpoint for Suites
Triple Starpoints for Club Rooms
Double Starpoints for Classic Rooms

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

10,000 Bonus
Wyndham Rewards Points for every
two Qualified Stays completed at participating hotels in the Wyndham
Rewards program Worldwide. Maximum
bonus of 30,000 Wyndham Rewards Points.
Register Online
(Registration is required) then book 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.
Until Jul 8, 12
* Valid for residents Worldwide
execpt those who live in U.S., Canada and Mexico.

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