City Bonus Highlight: Sydney (SYD)

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. This week we look Australia’s most iconic city, Sydney!

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Route Bonuses for SYD
There are a few options to earn bonuses on flights to or from Sydney, check them out:

From/To (or Vice Versa)		Bonus Offer	Airline Program	Validity	Details
Systemwide on Emirates		Double Points	JetBlue TrueBlue	Until Sep 30, 12	View
Guangzhou	Sydney	Up to 100% Bonus Kilometers	China Southern Sky Pearl	Jul 15 – Aug 31, 12	View
Hanoi	Sydney	up to 3,000 Bonus Miles	Vietnam Airlines Golden Lotus	Aug 1 – Aug 31, 12	View
Ho Chi Minh	Sydney	up to 3,000 Bonus Miles	Vietnam Airlines Golden Lotus	Aug 1 – Aug 31, 12	View
Japan	Sydney	up to 3,000 Bonus Miles	Cathay Pacific Asia Miles	May 7 – Jul 31, 12	View
Moscow	Sydney	Double Miles	Cathay Pacific Asia Miles	Until Sep 30, 12	View
Shanghai	Sydney	up to 5,000 Bonus Points	China Eastern Eastern Miles	Aug 1 – Sep 30, 12	View
Sydney	Dubai	4,000 Bonus Miles	Emirates Skywards	Until Jul 31, 12	View
Sydney	Europe	10,000 Bonus Miles	Air France KLM Flying Blue	Until Jul 31, 12	View
Sydney	Guangzhou	Up to 100% Bonus Kilometers	China Southern Sky Pearl	Jul 15 – Aug 31, 12	View
Sydney	Hanoi	up to 3,000 Bonus Miles	Vietnam Airlines Golden Lotus	Aug 1 – Aug 31, 12	View
Sydney	Ho Chi Minh	up to 3,000 Bonus Miles	Vietnam Airlines Golden Lotus	Aug 1 – Aug 31, 12	View
Sydney	Shanghai	up to 5,000 Bonus Points	China Eastern Eastern Miles	Aug 1 – Sep 30, 12	View

 
 
 

Hotel Bonuses for the Sydney area
Here are some bonus offers for hotel stays in the Sydney area:

Accor

There are no bonus points offers for the Le Club program but there are various
airline program partner offers. View those offers here.


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
10,000 Bonus Gold Points for stays of 2 or more consecutive nights at Radisson Blu, Radisson, , Country Inns & Suites By Carlson, Park Inn by Radisson and Park Plaza hotels in Asia Pacific. Register Online (Registration is required) then book online at Country Inns & Suites, Park Inn, Park Plaza, Radisson or Radisson Blu Until Sep 30, 12

1,000 Bonus Gold Points for a booking a Radisson Business Class room in North and South America and the Asia Pacific region. Full Details.

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

Earn up to Triple HHonors Points when
you stay at any participating hotel and resort in the Hilton
Worldwide portfolio. Earn Triple
points for stays on Friday, Saturday or Sunday nights, Double points for stays on Monday through Thursday nights. Full Details, Online Registration and Booking Jul 1 – Sep 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

Triple SkyMiles when you stay at any participating hotel and resort in the Hilton Worldwide portfolio. Full Details, Online Registration and Booking Until Sep 30, 12

Double Miles&Smiles Miles when you book and stay at any participating DoubleTree by Hilton™ Hotel or resort worldwide. Full Details, Online Registration and Booking Until Sep 30, 12

Triple HawaiianMiles when you stay at any participating hotel and resort in the Hilton Worldwide portfolio. Full Details, Online Registration and Booking Until Sep 30, 12

Triple TrueBlue Points when you stay at any participating hotel and resort in the Hilton Worldwide portfolio. Full Details, Online Registration and Booking Until Sep 30, 12

Double Multiplus Points when you stay at any participating hotel and resort in the Hilton Worldwide portfolio. Full Details, Online Registration and Booking Until Sep 30, 12

Hyatt

There is also  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

Earn up to 3,000 Bonus Priority Club Points for stays at various IHG locations in Sydney. Full
details and online booking  
Until Jul 31, 12

Marriott

Marriott Summer
Bonus: Earn a Free Night or Bonus Rewards Points for
stays at any participating Marriott Hotel Worldwide.
Regisitration is now closed, however if you did register
you can still book your stays at Marriott.com
for this promotion. Until 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)


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. Registration is now closed, however if
you did register you can still book your stays online at SPG.com Register by Jun 30 for stays: May 1 – Jul 31, 12 or Jun 1 – Aug 31, 12 or Jul 1 – Sep 30, 12

Wyndham Rewards
 4x Wyndham Rewards Points or 4x Airline
Miles starting with your 2nd 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. Until Sep 13, 12
Register Online
(Registration is required)

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