News Archive (2005-06):

06.01.2005: Continental OnePass. On July 1, 2005, the OnePass Hotel program by iDine will be discontinued. If you have completed a stay at a hotel booked through OnePass Hotels by iDine, your mileage awards will be credited to your OnePass account within 6 - 8 weeks of your stay. If you booked an advance reservation through the program and have not yet completed your stay, that reservation is still valid and your mileage awards will be credited to your OnePass account within 6 - 8 weeks of completing your stay.

06.01.2005: Northwest Airlines World Perks & Alaska Air. WorldPerks members who redeem awards for travel between select West Coast cities and Canada on Alaska Airlines, can do so for only 20,000 WorldPerks miles. Travel is valid between the following cities: Las Vegas, Phoenix and San Diego to/from Canada. This offer is available for booking now and is valid for travel between April 19 and June 9, 2005.

06.01.2005: Delta Skymiles & Millennium Hotels. To launch the new partnership between Skymiles and Millennium Hotels, Delta invites SkyMiles members to take advantage of a special bonus offer of 10 miles per $1 spent on qualifying room rates at any Millennium Hotel in North America. This special promotion is valid June 1 through August 31, 2005.

06.02.2005: Alitalia MilleMiglia & Jolly Hotels. Starting from June 1, until August, 31 2005, booking a Jolly Hotels Week&Jolly package, MilleMiglia, Ulisse and Freccia Alata members can earn a double award miles of 1,200 miles.

06.02.2005: Lufthansa Miles & More & Sofitel. You can stay two nights at the Dorint Sofitel Hotels for the price of one. And you'll get 1,000 award miles, too. From June 1 to August 31, 2005, you pay for one night and get the second night free. Plus, you may be treated to an upgrade, if available, when you arrive.

06.02.2005: Swiss TravelClub & Swiss. Through July 14th, you will earn double miles for flights in coach on these routes: Zurich - Budapest and Zurich - Nice.

06.03.2005: Asia Miles & Hilton Hotels. Earn double Asia miles for stays in any of the Hilton Hotels in one of the five cities in India mentioned on the promotion page and receveive double Asia Miles. This Offer is valid through September 30th.

06.03.2005: Best Western Gold Crown Club International. Check the Website for bonus offers for selected Best Western Hotels in Swizerland.

06.03.2005: Lufthansa Miles & More & Hertz Car Rental. Receive 1,500 miles for a weekend rental with Hertz in Germany.

06.03.2005: Lufthansa Miles & More & INN SIDE Hotels. Until August 31st, you can earn 500 miles per night instead per stay. This promotion is limited to four nights.

06.03.2005: Lufthansa Miles & More & NH Hoteles. NH Hoteles is celebrating its one-year anniversary as a Miles & More partner by doubling the award miles you earn for staying with them in July and August.

06.03.2005: Lufthansa Miles & More & Sixt. Sixt now offers rental services in Brazil, too. If you go with Sixt, it will reward you with 2,000 award miles: until June 30, 2005, whenever you rent a vehicle in a foreign country, you can earn miles for your Miles & More account.

06.03.2005: Lufthansa Miles & More & Worldhotels. With WORLDHOTELS.get more, you can enjoy discounts as high as 50% and upgrades where available this summer. Plus, your mileage account can grow by up to 1,500 award miles. This offer is valid for stays from July 1st through August 31st.

06.03.2005: Lufthansa Miles & More. Lufthansa is expanding its route network to Eastern Europe. Starting in June 2005, Lufthansa will be operating flights to Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia, Yerevan, the capital of Armenia, and Timisoara in Romania. The three destinations are serviced from Munich. The three new routes feature attractive introductory rates, and will earn you double the miles on the first flight until August 31, 2005.

06.03.2005: MEA Cedar Miles & Rotana Hotels. Earn double Miles at all Rotana Hotels or Suites & Resorts between June 1st and July 31st, 2005.

06.03.2005: Mexicana Frecuenta & Mexicana. You will receive 5,000 miles for flights between these cities: Las Vegas, Los Angeles, San Jose, San Francisco, San Antonio, Denver and Chicago to Mexico City, Guadalajara or Monterrey.

06.03.2005: Swiss TravelClub. You will receive triple miles on these routes between June 15th and July 14th: Bale - Rome, Bale - Vienna, Geneva - Lisbon, Geneva - Rome, Zurich - Rome and Zurich - Stockholm.

06.03.2005: Swiss TravelClub. The Chief Executive Board of the Star Alliance voted unanimously to accept SWISS's application for membership at the alliance's conference in Japan.

06.04.2005: Frontier Airlines EarlyReturns. Until the end of the month you will earn double miles on flights from or to these cities: Detroid or Tulsa.

06.05.2005: Swiss TravelClub & Starwood Hotels & Resorts. Stay in a Sheraton, Four Points, St. Regis, Luxury Collection or Westin Hotels in Europe, the Middle East or Africa and earn 1,000 miles instead of the usual 500.

06.06.2005: Qantas Airways Frequent Flyer & QantasLink. From 1 June 2005, QantasLink is increasing its services between Brisbane and Rockhampton to 10 per week day. In celebration, you'll earn double points when you fly one-way or return, on any QantasLink flight, in either direction between Brisbane and Rockhampton, during the month of June 2005.

06.06.2005: Varig Smiles & Hertz Car Rental. You will receive a rebate of 20% and 50 miles per day for renting a car with Hertz in the US and Canada.

06.06.2005: Frontier Airlines EarlyReturns. Until the end of July you will earn double miles on new routes with Frontier Airlines: Beginning June 15th on the new service from/to Akron/Canton and on the new service starting on June 26th from/to San Antonio.

06.06.2005: Swiss TravelClub & Priority Club. Receive 500 bonus miles every second stay in any InterContinental, Crowne Plaza, Hotel Indigo, Holiday Inn, Express by Holiday Inn, Staybridge Suites and Candlewood Suites up to a maximum of 5,000 bonus miles. This offer is valid from June 1st to August 31st, 2005.

06.07.2005: Frontier Airlines EarlyReturns. From August 31st through September 30th you will earn double miles for travelling on the new routes going from/to Dayton or Fresno.

06.07.2005: Northwest Airlines World Perks. Between June 13, 2005 and August 31, 2005, purchase a qualifying paid ticket, fly on Northwest Airlines roundtrip to Paris and you can earn up to 10,000 WorldPerks Bonus Miles! In addition, you can earn another 2,000 WorldPerks Bonus Miles when you connect in Paris to an Air France operated flight. Simply register prior to travel, and no later than August 17, 2005.

06.07.2005: Iberia Plus & Concorde Hotels. Staying at any of the Concorde hotels (except those in the Gold category) will also earn you 100 points for every 2 stays. Applies from 15/06/05 to 31/08/05.

06.07.2005: Asia Miles & Shangri-La Hotels & Resorts. From now until the end of August you will receive double Asia Miles for staying in a Shangri-La or Traders Hotel.

06.07.2005: Swiss TravelClub & Hyatt Hotels & Resorts. Stay two consecutive nights or more at any Hyatt hotel in Asia, Australia or the Pacific region and you'll earn not 500 but 1,500 miles. This offer is valid from June 15th trough September 15th, 2005.

06.07.2005: United Airlines Mileage Plus. Earn 1,500 bonus miles on expanded service between Los Angeles (LAX) and Mexico City (MEX). This offer is valid from June 7th through July 31st.

06.07.2005: Asia Miles & Sixt. Sixt is joining Asia Miles on 1 June 2005. Until September 15th you will earn double miles (1.000 miles) per rental.

06.08.2005: Swiss TravelClub & Europcar. From June 1st until July 15th, 2005 you'll earn 1,500 miles instead of the usual 500 miles each time you rent a standard size vehicle or above, for 3 days or more.

06.08.2005: Swiss TravelClub & Hilton Hotels. From July 1st to August 31, 2005 you'll earn 1,000 miles (instead of 500) per stay if you book two consecutive nights and enjoy these further benefits: Complimentary breakfast, All taxes and charges included and 1,000 Hilton HHonors bonus points if you make your booking online.

06.08.2005: America West Airlines FlightFund & Best Western International. Now through 7/31/05, earn a 25% bonus when you convert 500 Gold Crown Club points to FlightFund miles, for a total of 1,250 miles.

06.08.2005: Asia Miles & China Eastern Airlines. Next time you travel to China between 1 July and 30 September 2005, keep in mind that you can Double your actual miles flown on select routes with China Eastern Airlines when flying on eligible First and Business classes between Hong Kong and Shanghai, Nanjing, Hangzhou, Fuzhou, Ningbo or Kunming.

06.08.2005: Air Canada Aeroplan & Sheraton Hotels & Resorts. Between June 15 and September 5, 2005, earn 1,500 Aeroplan Miles for every eligible stay at participating Westin and Sheraton Hotels in Canada. That's 750 Bonus Aeroplan Miles on top of the 750 miles you regularly collect.

06.09.2005: SN Brussels Airlines Privilege. SN Privilege started a new service with worldwide WAP mobile services that offer instant, real time access to your Privilege mileage account balance - simply by entering your membership number and PIN into your mobile phone. Until the end of July you will receive 50 miles per for each request of this new service.

06.09.2005: American Airlines AAdvantage & Fairmont Hotels & Resorts. From June 1st through September 5th, AAdvantage members will earn double miles for stays in participating Fairmont Hotels.

06.09.2005: Air Canada Aeroplan & Marriott Hotels. Join Marriott Rewards today and you get to choose either two Free Marriott Nights at more than 2,300 hotels and resorts worldwide or up to 4,000 Bonus Aeroplan Miles, by staying at participating Marriott hotels between June 6 and September 30, 2005.

06.09.2005: SAS EuroBonus. Until the end of August you'll earn additonal 500 bonus points together with the 500 points promotion for booking your tickets online.

06.14.2005: American Airlines AAdvantage & American Airlines. For travel on the new route between Chicago and Nagoya starting on April 3th you will receive 15,000 AAdvantage bonus miles for round-trip travel in First or Business Class, 7,500 AAdvantage bonus miles for round-trip travel in Economy Class fares booked in Y, B, H, M, K or W and 5,000 AAdvantage bonus miles for round-trip travel in discounted Economy Class fares booked in L or V. This offer is valid through June 30th.

06.14.2005: United Airlines Mileage Plus & National Car Rental. Earn 500 miles and a free upgrade when you reserve a compact through midsize car at any participating National location in the United States or Canada. The free upgrade will be to the next car category! This offer is valid on rentals of 3–14 days and must include a Saturday night.

06.14.2005: US Airways Dividend Miles. Between August 29 and November 11, 2005 you can earn up to 5,000 bonus miles for all paid, qualifying First Class fares and 2,500 bonus miles for all paid qualifying Coach Class fares on US Airways nonstop flights between the US and the Caribbean.

06.15.2005: Asia Miles & Cathay Pacific. Travel round trip to Asia on Cathay Pacific from either Los Angeles or San Francisco. In addition to your regular Asia Miles entitlement, you'll earn a bonus equivalent of twice your actual miles flown on transpacific flights. This offer is valid for United States residents only.

06.16.2005: United Airlines Mileage Plus. United Customers will earn 500 Redeemable Miles when traveling on eligible Business1 flights if a flight arrives 30 minutes or more after the scheduled arrival time to the destination gate, including cancellations that occur within 24 hours of the scheduled departure time. Offer is valid only on the following non-stop flights between Chicago O’Hare (ORD) and: Boston Logan (BOS), Washington D.C. Reagan (DCA), Dallas/Ft. Worth (DFW), Newark (EWR), New York LaGuardia (LGA), Minneapolis/St. Paul (MSP), or Philadelphia (PHL) and registration is required.

06.17.2005: Lufthansa Miles & More & Lufthansa. Receive double miles on flights to Algiers until the end of November. Registration is required.

06.17.2005: United Airlines Mileage Plus & Hilton Hotels. Earn double miles at the newly refurbished Hilton Paris through August 31st. If you are a Hilton Honors member, you can Double Dip to earn 1,000 HHonors bonus points per stay, in addition to your miles, for the same stay.

06.17.2005: Saudi Arabian Airlines Alfursan & Hertz Car Rental. Until the end of August 2005 you will receive double Alfursan miles for rentals of seven days or more with Hertz in these countries: Bahrain, Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Switzerland, United Arab Emirates and UK.

06.18.2005: Hilton HHonors & Conrad International Hotels. Stay at any Conrad hotel or resort between 1 July and 31 August 2005, and you’ll earn double Hilton HHonors Base points and enjoy a complimentary room upgrade (subject to availability at check-in).

06.18.2005: Alaska Air Mileage Plan & Alaska Air. Alaska Airlines announces a new service to Mexico City beginning August 2, 2005, with one daily nonstop flight between Los Angeles International Airport and Mexico City's Benito Juarez International Airport. To celebrate this new destination, Mileage Plan members can earn Double Miles on this new route through September 27, 2005.

06.18.2005: MEA Cedar Miles & KLM. As of June 6th, 2005 Cedar Miles is broadening its horizons with the introduction of a new Airline Partner: KLM. As a Cedar Miles member, you will have the opportunity to earn miles when flying KLM (or KL CityHopper) to any of its multitude of destinations worldwide. If you fly KLM Business Class, you will earn a class of service bonus equal to 100%.

06.18.2005: Saudi Arabian Airlines Alfursan & Budget Car and Truck Rental. Simply, rent with Budget globally between 1st June - 31st August 2005 and present your Alfursan membership card at the rental location and you will receive double miles.

06.18.2005: CSA OK Plus & CSA Czech Airlines. From July 1st until August 31st, you will receive bonus miles on flights between Prague and Brussels or Paris: 1.000 miles one way in Travel Class and 2.000 miles one way in Business Class.

06.19.2005: Saudi Arabian Airlines Alfursan & Sheraton Hotels & Resorts. From June 1st till August 31st, 2005, stay at any of the participating Sheraton hotels in Europe, Africa and Middle East and earn 1500 Alfursan Reward Miles for a Classic room, 2000 Alfursan Reward Miles for Towers rooms & 3000 Alfursan Reward Miles for suites. Minimum length of stay 7 nights.

06.19.2005: Southwest Rapid Rewards & Dollar Rent a Car. Now through December 15, 2005, you can receive double Rapid Rewards credit (1 credit vs. the standard 0.5 credits per rental) on rentals of any car type picked up on Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, or Wednesday at Ft. Lauderdale, Miami, West Palm Beach, Dallas Love Field, or Houston Hobby.

06.19.2005: CSA OK Plus & CSA Czech Airlines. From July 1st through September 30th you will receive bonus miles on selected flights from Prague: Ekaterinburg or Samara (2.000 miles one way in Economy and 4.000 miles one way in Business Class); Bucharest, Budapest or Vienna (1.500 miles / 3.000 miles); Amsterdam, Birmingham, Cork, Dublin, Glasgow, Edinburg or Manchester (1.000 miles / 2.000 miles)

06.21.2005: Qatar Airways Privilege Club. Privilege Club Members will receive double miles on the new routes to Alexandria and Athens in Economy and Premium Class.

06.22.2005: Qatar Airways Privilege Club. From 1 July to 15 September 2005, 50 percent bonus Qmiles are being offered on the following routes between Doha and Osaka, Sana'a, Seychelles, Maldives, Tehran, Luxor, Yangon and Moscow.

06.22.2005: Swiss TravelClub & Swiss. By flying with Swiss in First or Business Class on any routes you will receive up to quadruple miles, depending on the number of flight segments you are flying: Fly 2-3 segments and you will receive double miles, fly 4-7 segments and you will earn triple miles and when you fly in total 8 or more segments you will be awarded with quadruple miles.

06.22.2005: Delta Skymiles & Song. Purchase a ticket for any of the new coast-to-coast flights from New York to Seattle, San Francisco or Los Angeles by September 30th, get 10,000 bonus miles.

06.22.2005: US Airways Dividend Miles. Now you can earn double miles for all paid, qualifying fares on US Airways nonstop flights between Orlando and Bermuda from June 11, 2005 through July 31, 2005.

06.23.2005: US Airways Dividend Miles. US Air has extended the bonus mile offer for booking online at usairways.com to 2,500 miles per ticket until September 30th, 2005.

06.23.2005: Alaska Air Mileage Plan & Northwest Airlines. Northwest Airlines has brought back its popular direct service from Anchorage to Maui and one stop service to Honolulu through August 20, 2005. Simply register and fly between June 22 and August 20, 2005, from Anchorage to Maui or Honolulu on Northwest Airlines and you will earn double miles. This Offer is valid only for Alaska Residents.

06.23.2005: Alitalia MilleMiglia. As of July 1, 2005, the agreement with Malev is going to expire. You that you can earn miles with the carrier and request your award ticket until August 31, 2005. Award tickets are valid for 12 months from the date of issue. The partnership with Golden Tulip is going to expire too, as of July 16, 2005. You can earn miles until July 15.

06.23.2005: All Nippon Airways ANA Mileage Club & Sheraton Hotels & Resorts. From August 1st through November 30, 2005 you can earn double miles for a stay of two days or longer in a participating Sheraton Hotel in the asia pacific region.

06.23.2005: China Airlines Dynasty & Shangri-La Hotels & Resorts. Through August 31, Sky Pearl Club members can earn double kilometers when using Select Rate at any Shangri-La Hotel and Resorts or Traders Hotel.

06.23.2005: Qantas Airways Frequent Flyer & QantasLink. Take one of the 84 flights per week between Sydney and Coffs Harbour on QantasLink and earn double points. Offer is valid for one-way or return flights between 15 June and 31 July 2005 in either direction.

06.27.2005: American Airlines AAdvantage. For a limited time, you can reactivate some or all of your expired AAdvantage miles and use them to claim awards. Through this special offer, you can extend the life of expired miles and quickly boost your available mileage balance. Miles that expired on or after December 31, 2002 are eligible for reactivation. There is no limit to the number of expired miles you can reactivate. The price to reactivate miles is $50 for every 5,000 miles, plus a $30 processing fee per transaction, per account.

06.29.2005: Northwest Airlines World Perks & National Car Rental. Exclusively for WorldPerks Visa Cardmembers, National Car Rental will award Triple Miles for all car rental transactions between June 29 and August 31, 2005.

06.30.2005: Continental OnePass & Continental Airlines. Fly the new nonstop service between Houston and Bonaire, Netherlands Antilles between December 16, 2005 and February 28, 2006 and earn 2,000 bonus miles. Registration is required.