Written by Sebastian Powell @ LoyaltyLobby
Our Fabulous Fridays topic this week is about the parental friendly policies of several frequent flyer programs offering newly minted parents a complimentary one year status extension. A range of programs offer parents of a new born child the opportunity to extend their elite status when handing in respective paperwork such as a birth certificate […]
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Fabulous Fridays: $9.99 One-way Airport Rentals With National
Written by John Ollila @ LoyaltyLobby
A LoyaltyLobby reader suggested that we should do a Fabulous Fridays about National’s one-way deals between select airports and city centers. Car rental companies often have specials for car rentals to/from Florida and other Southern States. This is the first time that I have come across major offering rentals for ten bucks. You can access […]
Fabulous Fridays: Japan Airlines Warns Passengers Of Traveling Babies During Seat Selection Process
Written by Sebastian Powell @ LoyaltyLobby
Japan Airlines has added a feature to their seat maps that is truly worth a mention during a Fabulous Friday this week: A warning icon to display when babies are assigned a certain seat! The icons make known that the respective seat is reserved for a passenger with a child (infant) up to two years […]
Fabulous Fridays: Online Partner Awards
Written by John Ollila @ LoyaltyLobby
When I was writing about the latest American Airlines partner whose awards are now available on AA’s site for bookings (read more here), it came to my mind that it wasn’t THAT long ago when we had to call in (sometimes even several offices) to get partner awards ticketed and often even visit a ticketing […]
Fabulous Fridays: Hyatt Credit Card Holders Get $250 Off Their All Inclusive Holiday At Hyatt Ziva / Hyatt Zilara
Written by Sebastian Powell @ LoyaltyLobby
This weeks Fabulous Friday is about a new promotion for Hyatt Credit Card holders offering a US$250 cash back on a spend of at least $500 with Hyatt Ziva or Hyatt Zilara vacation properties. Members who hold the Hyatt Visa card by Chase can receive up to 50% back depending on how much their stay […]
Fabulous Friday: Great Hotel Amenities
Written by John Ollila @ LoyaltyLobby
This week the Fabulous Fridays features some great amenities and swag that you receive at some higher end hotels. You can receive quite elaborate fruit plates, swag (shirts and bags) plus wine and/or champagne bottles like the ones above. W Maldives I would say that these edible sugar ducks were impressive as was the fruit […]
Lufthansa Now Discloses Business Class Restrictions (Euro-Business Style) When Bidding For Upgrades
Written by Sebastian Powell @ LoyaltyLobby
After facing criticism after selling upgrades, Lufthansa now has a disclaimer attached to their Plusgrade upgrade page saying that passengers might encounter their (poor) European Business Class seat on certain routes. Previously Lufthansa displayed a lie flat seat on this page which caused lots of confusion and was pretty much false advertisement. We have covered […]
Fabulous Fridays: Low Priced Fifth Freedom Flights – Royal Jordanian Kuala Lumpur to Bangkok
Written by Sebastian Powell @ LoyaltyLobby
This weeks Fabulous Friday topic is about Fifth Freedom routes (continuation segments) flown by foreign carriers between third country destination points, in this case Royal Jordanian between Kuala Lumpur and Bangkok. These flights can be an extremely good deal between international destinations, often considerably lower priced than they local competitors such as the local / […]
Fabulous Fridays: Discounted Round Trip Transfers From Tokyo-Narita Airport For Foreign Visitors
Written by Sebastian Powell @ LoyaltyLobby
Our Fabulous Fridays topic this week is the very good discount foreign visitors to Tokyo receive when they purchase a ticket for the Narita Express or Airport Limousine Bus. The prices for both of these options are pretty high for an airport transfer but with the “Foreigner Discount” for overseas visitors it comes down to […]
Fabulous Fridays: Sufficient Amount Of Clean Showers At The Airport Lounge – Malaysia Airlines First Class KUL
Written by Sebastian Powell @ LoyaltyLobby
It’s another Fabulous Friday again and our topic this week is Shower Facilities at Airport Lounges which depending on the lounge itself are more or less useful. Showers at First Class Lounges that are less busy than the Business Class facilities are usually available in decent numbers and well taken care of in terms of […]
Fabulous Fridays: Free Heathrow Express Business First Class Upgrade For Star Alliance Gold Members
Written by Sebastian Powell @ LoyaltyLobby
Our Fabulous Friday topic this week is about the Heathrow Express and their continued promotion of free upgrades to Business First Class Cabin for Star Alliance Gold members. Members of the British Airways Executive Club who hold Gold Guest List status can also enjoy this complimentary upgrade, based on the purchase of a regular ticket. […]
Fabulous Fridays: Air Tickets With Stopover Option – Two Trips Booked In One!
Written by Sebastian Powell @ LoyaltyLobby
Our Fabulous Fridays topic today is about tickets with stopover option that allow the traveler to design the itinerary more flexible with the possibility of adding additional destinations. Airlines are usually quite restrictive with stopovers and often they incur a fee per stop but there are instances where the ticket rules actually allow stops at […]
Fabulous Fridays: ANA Offers Passengers Miles (Or Cash) As Compensation In Domestic Overbooking Situations
Written by Sebastian Powell @ LoyaltyLobby
Our Fabulous Fridays topic this week is about ANA All Nippon Airways who recently offered one of our readers a decent amount of ANA Mileage Club miles during an overbooking situation. Remember that you can always email us, send a message via Facebook or use Twitter and include photos too. We’ll try to cover Reader […]
Fabulous Fridays: Hotel Robots
Written by John Ollila @ LoyaltyLobby
A friend of mine stayed at the Hotel EMC2 (Marriott Autograph Collection) in Chicago last week and found something very interesting. The hotel had two robots named Leo and Cleo that delivered items to rooms. You could use Alexa to order them. You can access EMC2’s website here. Here’s the report that Neal filed: Marriott […]
Fabulous Fridays: Lufthansa Premium Economy Upgrades Via Plusgrade Bidding – Minimum Bid Successful
Written by Sebastian Powell @ LoyaltyLobby
It’s another Fabulous Friday and this week we’re going to have a look at very affordable Lufthansa Premium Economy Upgrades available through the Plusgrade Upgrade Bidding process. Lufthansa offers a variety of cash upgrade options ranging from the bidding process to pre-confirmed upgrades on the website (expensive) to onboard upgrades (rarely worth it). This month […]
Fabulous Fridays: Functional Hotel Suites With Proper Work Desks – Hyatt Centric Ginza, Tokyo
Written by Sebastian Powell @ LoyaltyLobby
Our Fabulous Fridays topic this week is about hotels with proper, functional suites that allows guests to have a comfortable stay and even use the work desk if necessary. I’ve stayed at the Hyatt Centric Ginza a couple weeks ago and was really surprised about the nice layout and furniture they used for their standard […]
Fabulous Fridays: United Mileage Plus Award Accelerator – Buying Discounted Miles During (Refundable) Ticket Purchase
Written by Sebastian Powell @ LoyaltyLobby
Our Fabulous Fridays topic this week is the United Airlines Award Accelerator option which offers Mileage Plus customers to purchase miles at a discount during a regular ticket purchase. The interesting feature is that these miles credit instantly and are non-refundable even if the ticket itself is cancelled within the 24 hour free cancellation deadline. […]
Fabulous Fridays: Redeeming Hotel Loyalty Points During Peak Season Dates – Huge Savings Possible!
Written by Sebastian Powell @ LoyaltyLobby
Our Fabulous Fridays topic this week is about the ability to redeem your hotel points during peak season dates when cash prices are through the roof and loyalty currency rates remain static for standard rooms. One such example is at the Hyatt Regency Tokyo this week where regular rates reached US$700 a night but it’s […]
Fabulous Fridays: Fantastic Welcome Amenities At W’s (Post Yours!)
Written by John Ollila @ LoyaltyLobby
This week Fabulous Fridays covers the sometimes marvelous welcome amenities that hotels put up for their elite guests. Remember that you can always email us, send a message via Facebook or use Twitter and include photos too if you have a good case that we could feature on Fridays! W Maldives W Maldives had a […]
Fabulous Fridays: Reasonable Upgrade Pricing With Emirates Skywards On HKG-BKK-HKG Route (Business to First Class)
Written by Sebastian Powell @ LoyaltyLobby
Our Fabulous Fridays series this week features a pretty decent upgrade opportunity with Emirates Skywards on their Fifth Freedom Hong Kong – Bangkok Route. Emirates Skywards as a currency itself is far from being ideal and I never collected points on them though a family member did and those points were short before expiring so […]