by Lufthansa Flyer | Nov 28, 2011 | Uncategorized |
In a story in the Australian Business Traveler on 25 November, Lufthansa’s Frank Püttmann, Head of Lufthansa Group Communications for the Asia Pacific region confirmed that the entire Long Haul LH Fleet will be retrofitted with new business class seating. This has been much anticipated for quite a while.
In his comments, Mr. Püttmann stated that the retrofit will begin soon after the new 🙂 Boeing 747-8i 🙂 is put into service starting in the first half of 2012. He also mentioned that the fleet wide retrofit would be completed within a matter of months rather than years.
I hope that this is accurate. Retrofitting an entire long haul fleet the size of Lufthansa’s is a gargantuan effort and months ultimately add up to make years but I’m going to be the optimist. Glass half full, upgrade WILL clear kind of attiude….
I will be one HAPPY LufthansaFlyer if in fact this is accurate and we see the new Business Class come on line next year. What are your thoughts? Are we traveling in the new Business Class Seat in a significant number of aircraft 18 months from now?
by Lufthansa Flyer | Nov 27, 2011 | Uncategorized |
Special Thanks to “This Week In Budget Travel” for this one.
EVreward.com is a great one stop portal to track down all points earning promotions on offer from retailers and credit card issuers. Simply type in the name of a retailer and it will immediately let you know what promotions are in place.
I did a simple search for “Target” and found out that Visa is offering $5.00 of purchases of $50.00 and $7.00 off purchases of $70.00 at Target.com
AND
The search also resulted in a list of all Airline and Hotel Loyalty Programs that have affiliations with Target for bonus point earning opportunities (the website’s graphics are far more impressive):
Air Tran Rewards 0.25 A+ credits per $100
American Airlines 3.0 miles per $1.00
Choice Privileges 4.0 points per $1.00
Delta SkyMiles 3.0 skymiles per $1.00
Frontier Airlines 2.0 miles per $1.00
Hawaiian Airlines 3.0 miles per $1.00
Hilton HHonors 2.0 points per $1.00
Marriott Rewards 3.0 points per $1.00
Priority Club 3.0 points per $1.00
Southwest 2.0 points per $1.00
US Airways 2.0 miles per $1.00
United Airlines 2.0 miles per $1.00
In this example, If I am a Mileage Plus member and Delta SkyMile member as well, I’ll earn 50% more miles using Delta’s Skymile affiliation with Target.
The site also shows credit card programs that are eligible for bonus points if used on Target.com. EvRewards.com goes deeper into the bonus earnings for the cards, but due to cut and paste limitations, I’ll just list the cards programs:
AMEX Rewards
Ultimate Rewards
Citi ThankYou
MasterCard
MyPoints
If you go to Evrewards.com, you can see all the details for the card programs.
THE BIG ADVANTAGE HERE is that it allows you to see what promotions are available with a retailer, so that you can optimize your point or mile earning potential. Normally you would have to go to each credit card, or Frequent Flyer account site to see what their promotions are. With EvReward.com, its consolidated for you on one screen. Before you spend any money this Holiday Season, check EvReward.com first to see what points and bonuses are available to you.
This is a keeper!!
Disclosure: I in no way received any compensation or benefit for providing this information on www.Evreward.com. This is strictly being shared so that we can all earn more miles!
by Lufthansa Flyer | Nov 27, 2011 | Uncategorized |
It seems that over the last week there has been a swarm of sweepstakes sign ups for miles and points. I wanted to put the key ones together in one post just in case you forgot to enter when you first heard about the various promotions.
SWEEPSTAKE OPPORTUNITIES:
1. Delta Airlines – Sign up for Travelpro’s 500,000 Skymile Giveaway, Entry Deadline is 11:59PM EST on 2 December.
Click Here To Go To Sweepstakes Entry.
1.5 Delta Airlines (Thanks to DeltaPoints.com): Enter to win 100,000 Skymiles through the Delta Sky Store.
Visit www.DeltaSkyStore.com to be taken directly to the sweepstakes page. PLEASE NOTE: this sweepstakes ends on November 29th, at 11:59 EST, so go now!
2. Hyatt Million Point Sweepstakes – I first reported Hyatt’s Facebook Sweepstakes last week. By visiting Hyatt’s facebook page you can sign up to win one of 10 100,000 point prizes. Once there you go through the obligatory information entry to register, it will bring up another screen letting you enter 8 more times. With Hyatt having 9 versions of their hotel product, they are letting you enter 9 times, once for each property type (Park, Regency, Grand, etc). If you have multiple email addresses, you can enter each email once per property so you can really build up your amount of entries! This contest ends December 9th, at 5:00p CT.
Enter Hyatt Sweepstakes
3. Hyatt Gold Passport Members: Armchair Detective Mystery Sweepstakes
You must be a Hyatt Gold Passport Member (visit Hyatt.com to enroll if you’re not) to enter.
Winner gets 2 nights at The Armchair Detective Mystery Experience Weekend to be held in February, 2012 at either the Regency Huntington Beach Resort in California or Regency Tamaya Spa in New Mexico.
Winner gets coach airfare, 2 nights @ resort and $300 spending money in the form of a gift card.
Here’s the LINK that will take you to the website to enter. You’ll need your Hyatt Gold Passport number. Entry deadline is December 31, at 11:59p
CREDIT CARD OFFERS:
1. Lufthansa: Sign up for the Miles and More Mastercard and get up to 45,000 Miles!
Under the current promo, approved card holders will receive:
1. 30,000 miles after your first purchase.
2. Transfer a balance and get 15,000 additional miles.
3. Earn 2 miles for every $1.00 spent with Miles and More’s integrated partners.
4. 1 mile per $1.00 spent on everything else
5. Annual Companion Ticket
The annual fee ($79) is waived for Senator and HON Circle members
CLICK HERE to be taken to this offer’s webpage and for additional details.
Offer expires 15 December 2011
2. Citibank Diamond Preferred: Get $200 credit after spending $500 online.
Citibank has introduced a new Diamond Preferred Card that will give you a $200 statement credit if you spend $500 in online purchases during the first 3 months. I know its not a miles earning card that we would all prefer to have, but I like the simplicity of the offer and the fact that it will in essence rebate you 40% of your first $500 that you charge on the card. Normally I’m not big on credit card posts, but considering that the holidays are fast approaching, I thought this offer is reasonable and worth sharing.
For more details, you can click below to be taken to the Offer’s Website:
Citi® Diamond Preferred® Card – $200 Statement Credit
BONUS MILE OPPORTUNITIES:
United Airlines Mileage Plus & FTD: Earn 30 miles per $1.00 spent
FTD is currently offering a great promo for Holiday orders. For ever dollar spent, you’ll get 30 miles.
Quick Cost Per Mile Calculation: Spend $30.00, get 900 award miles. Thats 3.3 cents per mile. Keep in mind that these are not Elite Qualifying Miles. To make it even better, you will get a 150 mile bonus for EACH order placed. So if you’re going to order flowers for someone for the Holiday, take advantage of this opportunity.
Click here to be taken to the FTD offer
I know that there are MANY MANY more promotions that are out there, so if you see something that you like, please forward me the information and I’ll gladly share it with other readers.
