Just days ago I shared my elite status update and why I chose each program. Since that was meant as a window into my actual travels, and I reported just 4 stays and nights with Hilton for the year, I thought an update was appropriate. I now have Hilton HHonors Diamond status. Downgraded to Silver […]
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As some of you may recall, Hilton has taken an innovative approach with their fourth quarter promotion. In late September they let HHonors members vote for which promotion they'd like to see between November 1, 2014, and January 31, 2015.
Admittedly it was a choice between two not-so-exciting options, as follows:
-- Double points — earn double points starting on your second stay
-- 1K bonus points — earn 1,000 bonus points every night Thursday through Monday
Between those choices I suggested that the double points promotion was on balance a better option, and that promotion did indeed win.
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On net I think the details of how American AAdvantage 2015 plans to combine with US Airways Dividend Miles in the second quarter of 2015 is the best possible outcome we could reasonably have expected. I did expect that the combined program would have 4 elite tiers (as US Airways has today, and as both […]
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Yesterday American announced the details of their 2015 AAdvantage program. This is the next step of the US Airways and American Airlines integration, whereby next year they'll be merging the Dividend Miles program into the AAdvantage program.
A vast majority of people are thrilled with the changes. And they should be -- when you look at what Delta SkyMiles and United MileagePlus have done over the past couple of years, American's program mostly staying the same is great news. From my perspective the program even improved, as American added complimentary same day changes for Executive Platinum members, a benefit which is long overdue in my book.
But that hasn't stopped some US Airways flyers from expressing their disappointment. One of the most vocal is Carolina Travel Girl, who isn't happy with the changes at all:
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