Check with your current airlines - my bet is they are offering a similar program to their frequent flyers. "Qualifying" means these miles help you earn status which may not amount to much these days but it does mean you’ll be one of the first to board over the recreational travelers and possibly beat them out of a seat when going standby.
Click here to register.
Offer Details:
Registration is required by June 15, 2008. Only travel completed on or after date of registration is eligible for this offer.
Travel period: April 21, 2008 through June 15, 2008
Earn double Elite Qualifying Miles (EQM) on United, United Express and Ted flights (two times the actual base flight miles)
This offer does not apply to class of service bonus miles or EQM, elite bonus miles, redeemable bonus miles, promotional EQM or Elite Qualifying Segments
Elite Qualifying Miles are not redeemable for flights but do count toward Premier®, Premier Executive® and 1K® status
Baby steps. That’s the best we can hope for.
Straight from my email box to your favorite frequent traveler blog. For those of you looking to rent cars for the weekend, you can use the following promotions to earn double award points and 50% off weekend rentals.
Non-airport locations: PC# 118510
Airport locations: PC# 118506
Details can be found here.
Drive safe.
Alright, so the title is a bit extravagant, but you’ll have to blame that on Starwood marketing. Who are they kidding? It’s just more points for doing what we already do.
Sign up here - it only takes about 30 seconds. Here’s the participating hotel list if you want to verify it fits with your travel schedule before signing up.
The Details:
Congratulations!
You are now registered to receive 500 bonus Starpoints® each night, up to 1,500 Starpoints points per stay, at participating Sheraton, Four Points by Sheraton, W Hotels, The Luxury Collection, and Westin hotels and resorts for stays Sunday through Thursday nights from April 1 through May 31, 2008. Please present your Starwood Preferred Guest® card or membership number at the hotel upon check-in to ensure your stay earns the bonus.
Happy travels.
If you haven’t done so already, then register right now! It only takes a few seconds and it just requires your starwood preferred guest number and the associated email address.
The promotion may be different for each person. My promotion message was:
Congratulations — you are now registered.
You have successfully registered for this Starwood Preferred Guest® promotion. You will now earn 8,000 bonus Starpoints® with every eight eligible stays (up to 24 stays and 24,000 total bonus Starpoints) between March 1 and May 31, 2008.
Someone else received:
You have successfully registered for this Starwood Preferred Guest® promotion. When you book between February 15 and March 15, 2008, for stays between March 1 and March 31, 2008, you can earn:
- 2,000 bonus Starpoints® with two eligible stays
- 4,000 bonus Starpoints® with four eligible stays
- 6,000 bonus Starpoints® with six eligible stays
Good luck and happy travels. Remember travel life is more than points.
I receive fairly frequent emails from Hertz related to various promotions. For the most part, they only apply during a certain specific situation which isn’t very common. Recently I received 2 promotions which are worth sharing as I think they are applicable towards a variety of rentals especially for road warriors.
Here they are in no specific order:
Free Tank of Gas Will Keep You Moving You can still get a Free Tank of Gas from Hertz! Just rent any Economy through Full-Size vehicle for a minimum of three days and get a free tank of gas on us for use with your rental. Offer valid on vehicle pickups through March 31, 2008. Mention PC# 113120.
Land a 50% Savings at the Airport Save 50% on your minimum two-day Weekend Rental when you rent a Compact through Full-Size vehicle at participating Airport locations in the U.S., Canada and Puerto Rico now through April 30, 2008, when using PC# 116491.
Drive safe.