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ASMALLWORLD has launched a new Prestige membership promotion, offering Lufthansa Miles&More miles with other components at a discounted price until December 31, 2026.  You can sign up for the Prestige membership for EUR 4,750, which includes 300,000 Miles&More miles (approximately 1.58 euro cents per mile). You can access this offer on ASMALLWORLD’s website here. Package Components: All ASMALLWORLD Prestige Benefits: 300,000 Miles & More Award Miles Hilton Diamond status match G

British Airways has signed a codeshare agreement with the Mexican LCC called Viva, previously Viva Aerobus, that will be in effect from the start of IATA 2027 Summer Season on March 28, 2027. BA codeshares Viva’s flights from Mexico City and Cancun, and they are available for purchase from today. You can access BA here and Viva here. BA codeshares the following Viva routes: Hub Route Mexico City (MEX) Guadalajara (GDL) Veracruz (VER) Monterrey (MTY) Oaxaca (OAX) Cancun (CUN) Merida (MID) S

Here’s a comprehensive look at IHG One Rewards promotional opportunities, both rates and points, for November 2026. Remember to email us promotional offers from hotels and airlines. Of course, you can also send questions and comments. You can access IHG here. IHG has a double & triple points offer for stays between October 1 and December 31, 2026. IHG One Rewards Double & Triple Points Promo For Stays October 1 – December 31, 2026 IHG offers 10,000 bonus points for signing up or renewi

American Express is extending the much-disliked Priority Pass lounge access change, previously rolled out in Canada and other European markets, to the UK on January 1, 2028. American Express Platinum cardholders will no longer have access to unlimited Priority Pass lounge visits from January 1, 2028, unless they spend £30K in a calendar year. You can access Amex here. Priority Pass Lounge Access Limit (Effective January 1, 2028): Priority Pass Benefit Update The Global Lounge Collection (Plaza

As I covered last week, starting November 1, 2026, Japan introduced a new Tax-Free Shopping process for international travelers that ended instant in-store processing and now includes airport processing. I had a look around yesterday to see what this entails (not having anything to process this time), and they have now installed machines where you scan your receipts in person. This follows a similar process to Korea, where you also do your own scans but only need to see the counter agent if you

Accor offers a paid ALL Accor+ Explorer membership with worthwhile benefits, and there is currently a sale for new members (read more here). There have recently been a few changes where ALL Accor+ Explorer stays and other benefits are acceptable, after the product recently expanded to the Middle East. You can access Accor Plus here. READ MORE: ALL Accor Rate & Bonus Points Offers ALL Accor+ Explorer Benefits Not available at the following hotels & brands: MGallery, Emblems in Bahrain, E

Capital One and Copa Airlines have launched a partnership that allows conversions of points to miles at an unfavorable 1:0.75 ratio. There is a 30% transfer bonus to celebrate this launch until December 1, 2026. You can access Capital One here, and Copa here. Capital One’s Current Transfer Bonuses: Capital One’s Copa ConnectMiles Transfer Ratio: The transfers from Capital One are usually done at a 1:0.75 ratio, i.e., 1,000 Capital One points become 750 ConnectMiles. For the duration of this p

There was a tragic accident on Friday at a Hilton-affiliated luxury hotel in India where two guests were electrocuted to death while they were using the swimming pool at the Conrad Bengaluru. One of the deaths was a Lufthansa crew member (the airline must be using the hotel), and the other was a Slovakian citizen vacationing at the property. (Note that the image above is from an unrelated Conrad property’s swimming pool) Here’s an excerpt of what The Hindu reported: Two international hote

Finnair ran two promotions during the pandemic that let members earn 25% of the award points purchased as Tier Points, making it easy to buy Sapphire or Emerald status without flying. The promotion has returned for the fourth time, but instead of a 25% Tier Points bonus, it now offers 10% Tier Points bonus, plus a 50% discount on purchased Avios through November 16, 2026. You can also convert Finnair Avios at a 3:1 ratio from points to Tier Points with Tier-specific maximums. You can access Fin

Choice Privileges has launched a Buy Points Sale, offering up to a 40% bonus until November 26, 2026. You can now buy up to 180,000 points per calendar year before any bonuses, and this limit is sometimes increased. You can access this offer on the Choice Privileges website here. READ MORE: Choice Privileges Rate & Bonus Points Offers Price at 40% Bonus: A Choice Privileges point costs 0.74 cents each under the 40% bonus. The lowest price in 2024 was 0.64 cents each with a 60% bonus, and i

ASMALLWORLD launched a Prestige membership promotion the other week, offering Cathay Pacific Asia Miles and other components at a discount until today (November 3, 2026). You can sign up for the Prestige membership for $3,940, which includes 250,000 Asia Miles (approximately 1.58 cents per mile). You can access this offer on ASMALLWORLD’s website here. Package Components: All ASMALLWORLD Prestige Benefits: 250,000 Asia Miles Hilton Diamond status match GHA DISCOVERY Titanium Status Jumeirah

Here’s a comprehensive look at the Marriott Bonvoy bonus points and rate opportunities you can use in November 2026. Remember to email us promotional offers from hotels and airlines. Of course, you can also send questions and comments! You can access Marriott Bonvoy here. READ MORE: Marriott Bonvoy Bonus Points & Rate Promotions Marriott Bonvoy members can earn up to 4,500 points per stay between September 22 and November 22, 2026. Marriott Bonvoy Up To 4,500 Bonus Points Per Stay Septembe

Air France-KLM Flying Blue has released its latest promotional awards for November 2026, including Extra Exclusive destinations and, for the second time, select US destinations that don’t end in Europe. These awards are valid for travel through April 30, 2027, and must be booked by the end of this month. The maximum discount is 25% off the required miles, although the rebate used to be as high as 50% (not recently, though). You can access Flying Blue’s promotional awards page here. Miles

IHG has made changes to the T&Cs governing its IHG One Rewards guest loyalty program, and under which circumstances Master Billed stays are considered qualifying. Previously, IHG One Rewards members earned points only if the member paid for the stay. This is now gradually changing. You can access IHG here. READ MORE: IHG One Rewards Rate & Bonus Points Offers IHG One Rewards members staying with the group can now earn points and nights if the stay has been settled through a Master Bill

After all these years of using the Tokyo Limousine Bus as well as the Narita Express (both of which runs ~ 3500 Yen) I just discovered that there is a cheaper alternative from two locations: Tokyo Station and Ginza. I walked by the designated pickup point for the Keisei Bus service in Ginza, and it piqued my interest that quite a few people were lining up, so I looked at the schedule and got one of their flyers. Getting to Tokyo’s airports from Ginza has always been somewhat challenging,

Royal Jordanian has an ongoing paid status match to its Silver Jay (Oneworld Ruby) and Gold Sparrow (Oneworld Sapphire) tiers for members of various airline and hotel loyalty programs (read more here). There is now a Flash Match for Royal Club Gold (Oneworld Sapphire) for Accor, GHA, Hilton, Hyatt, IHG, Langham, Marriott, Meliá, Preferred, Radisson, Shangri-La, and Wyndham elite members in the UK & EU countries for $47 to $149. The hotel match is valid until November 7. You can access this

Accor has launched a dining offer for F&B expenses at select hotels in Asia-Pacific, the Middle East, and Africa until December 13, 2026. ALL Accor members can earn double points for these dines when they are not staying (you earn more if you are staying and just charge them to your room). You can access this offer on Accor’s website here. READ MORE: ALL Accor Rate & Bonus Points Offers You normally earn 1 ALL point per EURO spent at dining when you are not staying at the hotel. This is

United States will require all international arrivals, including US nationals and permanent residents, to provide a written statement that they have not been in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in the previous 21 days. US nationals and citizens at select airports will also undergo public health screening if they have been to South Sudan or Uganda in the previous 21 days. All others, including permanent residents, are not allowed to enter. You can access CDC here. United’s Travel Alert

IHG has updated its award discount promotion, which lets IHG One Rewards members save on points at select new or renovated hotels. The promotion will now run until April 30, 2027. IHG One Rewards members can save 15% on the number of points OR the cash portion of the Points + Cash awards for stays of three nights or fewer. You cannot combine this promotion with the fourth-night-free award discount for cobranded cardholders. You can access this offer on IHG’s website here. READ MORE: IHG One Rew

This week’s Compensation Clinic is making a stop at Hyatt again, where I had an issue with an in-house order system for dining, offered via QR Code and mobile App from the room. Readers are encouraged to send us questions, comments, or opinions by email, Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. We’ll cover them here several times a week. While I like the new technical advances that hotels offer their guests, it appears that more often than not it’s best to keep it traditional and place you