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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 at Vietnam’s largest city formerly known as Saigon: Ho Chi Minh City.

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Route Bonuses for SGN
Ho Chi Minh City, known by its airport code of SGN is a major hub for Vietnam Airlines and the bonuses definitely reflect this although there are a few bonuses to be had from other airlines:

From/To (or Vice Versa) Bonus Offer Airline Program Validity Details
Bangkok Ho Chi Minh 100%
Bonus Miles
Vietnam Airlines Golden
Lotus
Sep 4 – Oct 31, 12
Buon Ma Thuot Ho Chi Minh Up
to Triple Miles
Vietnam Airlines Golden
Lotus
Until Nov 30, 12
Busan Ho Chi Minh 100%
Bonus Miles
Vietnam Airlines Golden
Lotus
Sep 4 – Oct 31, 12
Dubai Ho Chi Minh up
to 3,000 Miles
Emirates Skywards Until Sep 30, 12
Dubai Ho Chi Minh Double
Points
JetBlue TrueBlue (on EK) Until Sep 30, 12
Europe Ho Chi Minh up
to Double Miles
Emirates Skywards Oct 1 – Nov 30, 12
Frankfurt Ho Chi Minh up
to 3,000 Bonus Miles
Vietnam Airlines Golden
Lotus
Sep 15 – Oct 15, 12
Ho Chi Minh Abu Dhabi Double
Miles
Etihad Guest Oct 1 – 31, 13
Ho Chi Minh Bangkok 100%
Bonus Miles
Vietnam Airlines Golden
Lotus
Sep 4 – Oct 31, 12
Ho Chi Minh Buon Ma Thuot Up
to Triple Miles
Vietnam Airlines Golden
Lotus
Until Nov 30, 12
Ho Chi Minh Busan 100%
Bonus Miles
Vietnam Airlines Golden
Lotus
Sep 4 – Oct 31, 12
Ho Chi Minh Dubai up
to 3,000 Miles
Emirates Skywards Until Sep 30, 12
Ho Chi Minh Dubai Double
Points
JetBlue TrueBlue (on EK) Until Sep 30, 12
Ho Chi Minh Frankfurt up
to 3,000 Bonus Miles
Vietnam Airlines Golden
Lotus
Sep 15 – Oct 15, 12
Ho Chi Minh Hong Kong 100%
Bonus Miles
Vietnam Airlines Golden
Lotus
Sep 4 – Oct 31, 12
Ho Chi Minh Kaohsiung 100%
Bonus Miles
Vietnam Airlines Golden
Lotus
Sep 4 – Oct 31, 12
Ho Chi Minh Kuala Lumpur Double
Miles
Malaysia AIrlines Enrich Until Oct 31, 12
Ho Chi Minh Kuala Lumpur 100%
Bonus Miles
Vietnam Airlines Golden
Lotus
Sep 4 – Oct 31, 12
Ho Chi Minh London up
to 3,000 Bonus Miles
Vietnam Airlines Golden
Lotus
Sep 15 – Oct 15, 12
Ho Chi Minh Moscow up
to 3,000 Bonus Miles
Vietnam Airlines Golden
Lotus
Sep 15 – Oct 15, 12
Ho Chi Minh Paris up
to 3,000 Bonus Miles
Vietnam Airlines Golden
Lotus
Sep 15 – Oct 15, 12
Ho Chi Minh Pleiku Up
to Triple Miles
Vietnam Airlines Golden
Lotus
Until Nov 30, 12
Ho Chi Minh Seoul 100%
Bonus Miles
Vietnam Airlines Golden
Lotus
Sep 4 – Oct 31, 12
Ho Chi Minh Singapore up
to 2,000 Bonus Miles
Vietnam Airlines Golden
Lotus
Until Oct 31, 12
Ho Chi Minh Taipei 100%
Bonus Miles
Vietnam Airlines Golden
Lotus
Sep 4 – Oct 31, 12
Ho Chi Minh Yangon 100%
Bonus Miles
Vietnam Airlines Golden
Lotus
May 4 – Aug 31, 12
Hong Kong Ho Chi Minh 100%
Bonus Miles
Vietnam Airlines Golden
Lotus
Sep 4 – Oct 31, 12
Kaohsiung Ho Chi Minh 100%
Bonus Miles
Vietnam Airlines Golden
Lotus
Sep 4 – Oct 31, 12
Kuala Lumpur Ho Chi Minh Double
Miles
Malaysia AIrlines Enrich Until Oct 31, 12
Kuala Lumpur Ho Chi Minh 100%
Bonus Miles
Vietnam Airlines Golden
Lotus
Sep 4 – Oct 31, 12
London Ho Chi Minh up
to 3,000 Bonus Miles
Vietnam Airlines Golden
Lotus
Sep 15 – Oct 15, 12
Moscow Ho Chi Minh up
to 3,000 Bonus Miles
Vietnam Airlines Golden
Lotus
Sep 15 – Oct 15, 12
Paris Ho Chi Minh up
to 3,000 Bonus Miles
Vietnam Airlines Golden
Lotus
Sep 15 – Oct 15, 12
Pleiku Ho Chi Minh Up
to Triple Miles
Vietnam Airlines Golden
Lotus
Until Nov 30, 12
Singapore Ho Chi Minh 100%
Bonus Miles
Vietnam Airlines Golden
Lotus
Sep 4 – Oct 31, 12
Seoul Ho Chi Minh up
to 2,000 Bonus Miles
Vietnam Airlines Golden
Lotus
Until Oct 31, 12
Taipei Ho Chi Minh 100%
Bonus Miles
Vietnam Airlines Golden
Lotus
Sep 4 – Oct 31, 12

 
 

 
 
 
 
 

Hotel Bonuses for the Ho Chi Minh area
Here are some bonus offers for hotel stays in the Ho Chi Minh area:

Accor Hotels

Earn up to 4,500 Bonus Avios Miles for stays of 2 or more consecutive nights at Accor Hotels Worldwide. Be sure to select British Airways Executive Club/Avios as your earning preference.
Bonuses as follows:
1,000 Avios for your 1st stay
1,500 Avios for your 2nd stay
2,000 Avios for your 3rd stay
Full Details and Online Booking Until Sep 30, 12


Global Hotels Alliance Discovery
Double Avios Points for stays at any participating GHA Hotel Worldwide. You must be a member of the the GHA Discovery Program to earn Avios. Full Details Until Sep 15, 12

Hyatt
Earn
up to 65,000 Bonus Gold Passport Points

for stays at Hyatt properties Worldwide. Earn 5,000 Hyatt Gold
Passport bonus points after your first five eligible nights and
10,000 more for every five nights after that.
Stay Earn Total Bonus Points Earned
5 Nights + 5,000 bonus points = 5,000
10 Nights + 10,000 bonus points = 15,000
15 Nights + 10,000 bonus points = 25,000
20 Nights + 10,000 bonus points = 35,000
25 Nights + 10,000 bonus points = 45,000
30 Nights + 10,000 bonus points = 55,000
35 Nights + 10,000 bonus points = 65,000
Plus, if you’re a Hyatt Credit Card member, you’ll earn
20% more bonus points – an additional 1,000 after your first
five nights and 2,000 additional for every five nights after that.

Register Online
(Registration is required)
Register by Oct 31 for stays Sep 1 – Nov 30,
12

InterContinental Hotels Group

Double Priority Club Points for
stays at the InterContinental Asiana Saigon Full
details and online booking
Invalid request error occurred. Until Oct 31, 12

Marriott

Marriott MegaBonus: 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 Oct 31 for stays Sep 15, 12 – Jan
15, 13

Some of the 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.
– Earn 35,000 points after 20 paid nights + 15,000 points after
25 paid nights—up to 50,000 bonus points
– Earn 25,000 points after 15 paid nights + 15,000 points after
20 paid nights—up to 40,000 bonus 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) Until Oct 31, 12

Starwood
SPG Better by the Night: Earn up to Triple Starpoints + an online
booking bonus
for stays at more
than 1,000 participating Starwood Hotels
Worldwide.
Bonuses as follows:
– Double Starpoints® on eligible stays of 1 or 2 nights
– Triple Starpoints on eligible stays of 3 or more nights
– 250 Starpoints for eligible stays booked at spg.com
– 500 Starpoints for eligible stays booked through the SPG app for
iPhone®
Full
Details, Online Registration and Booking.
(Registration is
not open yet
) or simply book online at
SPG.com
after you register to ensure you get your online booking bonus.

Click here
for a list of hotels not participating in the up to Triple Starpoints
bonus
Online booking bonus is available for all Starwood Hotels worldwide.

Register by Nov 30 for stays Oct 1 – Dec 20,
12


Third Night Free
with any 3-night stay at participating Starwood Hotels in Cambodia,
Thailand or Vietnam.
Full
details & Online booking
Invalid request error occurred.
Until Dec 31, 12

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


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