City Bonus Highlight: San Diego (SAN)

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 one my favorite cities in the U.S.: San Diego

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Route Bonuses for SAN
Although not a hub for any major airline, San Diego sees its fair share of traffic from around the world and has the distinction of being one of the few cities that will have Boeing 787 this year:

From/To (or Vice Versa)		Bonus Offer	Airline Program	Validity	Details
Systemwide		up to 30,000 Bonus Miles	American AAdvantage	Register by Sep 15, 12	View
Systemwide on JetBlue		Double Miles	Emirates Skywards	Until Sep 30, 12	View
Abu Dhabi	San Diego	Double Avios	British Airways Executive Club	Book by Sep 28 for travel until Dec 31, 12	View
Almaty	San Diego	Double Avios	British Airways Executive Club	Book by Sep 28 for travel until Dec 31, 12	View
Amman	San Diego	Double Avios	British Airways Executive Club	Book by Sep 28 for travel until Dec 31, 12	View
Bahrain	San Diego	Double Avios	British Airways Executive Club	Book by Sep 28 for travel until Dec 31, 12	View
Beirut	San Diego	Double Avios	British Airways Executive Club	Book by Sep 28 for travel until Dec 31, 12	View
Doha	San Diego	Double Avios	British Airways Executive Club	Book by Sep 28 for travel until Dec 31, 12	View
Dubai	San Diego	Double Avios	British Airways Executive Club	Book by Sep 28 for travel until Dec 31, 12	View
Jeddah	San Diego	Double Avios	British Airways Executive Club	Book by Sep 28 for travel until Dec 31, 12	View
Kuwait	San Diego	Double Avios	British Airways Executive Club	Book by Sep 28 for travel until Dec 31, 12	View
Muscat	San Diego	Double Avios	British Airways Executive Club	Book by Sep 28 for travel until Dec 31, 12	View
Riyadh	San Diego	Double Avios	British Airways Executive Club	Book by Sep 28 for travel until Dec 31, 12	View
Colorado Springs	San Diego	Double Miles	Frontier Early Returns	Sep 18 – Nov 15, 12	View
Europe	San Diego	up to 180,000 AAdvantage Miles	American AAdvantage	Sep 1 – Dec 16, 12	View
Europe	San Diego	up to 230,000 Bonus Avios	British Airways Executive Club	Sep 1 – Dec 16, 12	View
Orlando	San Diego	Double Miles	Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan	Oct 11 – Nov 15, 12	View
San Diego	Colorado Springs	Double Miles	Frontier Early Returns	Sep 18 – Nov 15, 12	View
San Diego	Orlando	Double Miles	Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan	Oct 11 – Nov 15, 12	View
San Diego	Tokyo	Double Miles	American AAdvantage	Dec 2 – Feb 28, 13	View
San Diego	Tokyo	Double Miles	Japan Airlines Mileage Bank	Dec 2 – Feb 28, 13	View
Tokyo	San Diego	Double Miles	American AAdvantage	Dec 2 – Feb 28, 13	View
Tokyo	San Diego	Double Miles	Japan Airlines Mileage Bank	Dec 2 – Feb 28, 13	View

 

 
 

 
 
 
 
 

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


Best Western Rewards
Earn up to Triple Rewards Points starting
on every 2nd qualifying stay* at participating Best Western hotels
Worldwide. Earn
double points on every 2nd qualified stay or triple points* if the
reservations were booked through bestwestern.com

Bonus Offer: Use your Best Western Rewards® MasterCard®
credit card to pay for your first two (2) qualified stays and earn
1,000 bonus Best Western Rewards points. Maximum of one (1) credit
card bonus reward per Member during the Promotion Period.
Full
details, Online Registration and Booking (Registration is required) 
Sep 23 – Nov 18, 12
* Restrictions
Non-Elite members may earn up to two (2) double and/or triple point
bonuses (on completion of their 2nd and 4th qualifying stays only).
Elite members may earn up to four (4) double and/or triple point
bonuses (on completion of their 2nd, 4th, 6th, and 8th qualified
stays only). 

Earn
up to 4,000 Bonus Rewards Points when
you join Best Western Rewards and stay at any Best Western hotel
Worldwide. Bonuses
awarded as follows
2,000 Bonus Best Western Rewards® points instantly when you
join Best Western Rewards!
2,000 Bonus Best Western Rewards® points for your next stay
(Booking must be made online at bestwestern.com and stay much be
completed by December 31st, 2012)
Full
details, Online Registration and Booking (Registration is required)
Until Dec 31, 12
Restrictions
* For residents of Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia,
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, and Yemen only
 
Carlson Hotels Club Carlson
25,000 Bonus Gold Points when you complete a Qualifying Stay of 2 or more consecutive nighgts at any Country Inns & Suites By Carlson hotel worldwide on a 25 for 25 Promotion rate. Register Online (Registration is required) Until Oct 14, 12

2,000 Bonus Gold Points + 3rd Night Free for stays at participating Radisson Blu hotels located throughout Europe, Middle East and Africa, Radisson and Radisson Blu hotels located in North and South America that are paid for with your American Express® card.Full Details and Online Booking Until Sep 30, 12

Triple Gold Points + 2,000 Bonus Gold Points for stays on the Bed & Breakfast Package for Two in North and South America. Full Details. Until Dec 31, 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 Privileges

Earn a
Free Night (aka enough bonus points to take to you the 8,000 point
redemption level) after you complete
two qualifying stays at Choice Hotels Worldwide.
Stays must be booked at ChoiceHotels.com
or 800.4CHOICE. Elite Diamond and Elite Platinum members can
book through ChoiceHotels.com
800.4CHOICE, direct at a hotel, or a travel management company,
however if booked through ChoiceHotels.com,
these members will receive 100 additional Choice Privileges points
with every qualifying stay Full
Details, Online Registration and Booking Until Nov 14, 12
Restrictions:
Valid for Residents of the U.S. and Canada only

1,000
Bonus Points for stays at  29 various
Choice hotels in San Diego Full Details, and online booking

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
Until Sep 30, 12
For a list of excluded properties please
see here

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
Earn up to 15,000 Bonus Priority Club Points for
a certain amount of nights or completing a certain amount of stays
at participating InterContinental® Hotels & Resorts, Crowne
Plaza®, Hotel Indigo™, Holiday Inn®, Express by Holiday
Inn™ and Holiday Inn Express® hotels worldwide,
Do not sign up until the previous quarter is over. Use the following
codes to register online

(use the smallest amount first and then go on to the next if you
do not qualify, however once you do qualify for one you cannot sign
up for any others):
Stay 3 Nights, Get 5,000 – Code 5502
Stay 4 Nights, Get 5,000 – Code 5503
Stay 7 Nights Get 10,000 – Code 5504
Stay 8 Nights Get 10,000 – Code 5505
Stay 10 Nights, Get 10,000 – Code 5506
Stay 12 Nights, Get 10,000 – Code 5507
Stay 15 Nights, Get 15,000 – Code 5508
Stay 18 Nights, Get 15,000 – Code 5509
Register online
with one of the codes from above.  Oct 1 – Dec 31, 12

La Quinta
750 Dividend Miles for stays at La Quinta Inns & Suites in the U.S., Canada and Mexico. Book online at La Quinta Until Sep 30, 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 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

3,000 Bonus Starpoints for stays in a Suite at the Sheraton Mission Valley San Diego Hotel. Full Details & Online Booking Until Dec 31, 12

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