It’s been a slow year as far as AAdvantage offers go, but here’s one from Fairmont Hotels and Resorts that will earn you 2X AAdvantage Miles and includes properties in warm places like Mexico, the Caribbean, Bermuda, and Hawaii.

Everyone’s an Original Double Miles Offer

Earn 500 base and 500 bonus miles on Everyone’s an Original rates this winter when you stay at participating properties, available till April 30, 2013.

From the terms and conditions:

• Blackout dates may apply.
• Minimum advance purchase 7 days for city and 14 for resort.
• First night is a non refundable deposit, Minimum but may vary by property.
• Rate is determined by property, please visit fairmont.com/winteroffer for the offer details by property. • Offer is not valid with any other offer, promotion or savings.
• For the Fairmont President’s Club exclusive offer, ID may be required at check-in.

I was looking at through the blackout dates and noticed that Valentine’s Day, and the weekends before and after aren’t listed, so if you’re looking ahead for ideas you might want to keep this offer in mind.

Oh yeah, I’m sure you don’t care, but in addition to earning double AAdvantage Miles, Fairmont is also offering 2X in these programs: Aeroplan, Asia Miles, PhoenixMiles, MileagePlus and Miles&More.

Visit fairmont.com/winteroffer for complete details.

Photo: The Fairmont, Winnipeg
Credit: AJ Batac on Flickr

Here’s a new offer from La Quinta that’ll score you some extra miles:

Earn Double AAdvantage Miles

Right now when you stay at any La Quinta Inn & Suites location, you can earn double the American Airlines AAdvantage miles. That’s 500 miles instead of the standard 250 per stay.

To earn the bonus miles you’ll need to be a member of the La Quinta Returns loyalty program (go here to sign up), and you’ll have to provide your AAdvantage number at the time of check-in.

From the terms and conditions:

• Guest must be a member in both La Quinta Returns and American Airlines AAdvantage program to earn AAdvantage miles per stay.

• Member must pay a room rate that is eligible to earn AAdvantage miles per stay in the La Quinta Returns program, which are most rates available to the general public, including Best Available Rate, AAA and AARP.

• Members must select at time of check-in to earn AAdvantage miles or La Quinta Returns Points for that stay.

The offer expires December 30, 2012.  Go here for complete details.

Speaking of extra miles, don’t forget that the Frugal Travel Guy’s Monday Deal of the Day is sponsored by AAdvantage.  Go here to share your best AA related tip for a chance to win 2,500 AAdvantage Miles.

Photo: La Quinta Inn & Suites in Iowa, LA
Credit: Fang Guo on Flickr

Here’s a big bonus offer from Hilton that will earn you some extra AAdvantage Miles:

EARN 1,000 AMERICAN AADVANTAGE MILES WHEN YOU STAY WITH CONRAD

Conrad Hotels & Resorts is participating in the American Airlines AAdvantage program to bring you an offer that gives you even more reasons to stay in luxury.

Register now, then book and stay at any one of the over 20 inspiring Conrad Hotels & Resorts through December 31, 2012 to earn an extra 1,000 AAdvantage miles for every single night you stay, in addition to the HHonors Points and AAdvantage miles you ‘ll already earn for your stay.

Be sure to select the American Airlines AAdvantage program as your preferred earning style partner in your Hilton HHonors profile to qualify for this offer.

Other than the Conrad hotel in Chicago, I’m not too familiar with Hilton’s Conrad brand. They have just 20 properties worldwide located in some world’s great cities: Beijing, Tokyo, Dubai, Bali, Brussels, Istanbul, New York.  Oddly enough, they also have a property in Indianapolis.

Not that the world headquarters of Mug-n-Bun isn’t a great city, it just seems a little out of place ont the list.

Anyway, no offense to Indiana’s largest city.   Follow this link to the terms and conditions and register for this offer

Radisson hasn’t offered even one AAdvantage bonus miles promotion this year, but they’re making up for it by offering one that’s good through late December:

Award: Triple AAdvantage Miles

Dates: September 1, through, December 20, 2012

Offer: Earn triple AAdvantage miles on every eligible stay at any of the more than 420 Radisson Blu or Radisson hotels and resorts worldwide from September 1 through December 20, 2012.

Most of the time a stay with Radisson will earn you 500 AAdvantage Miles, so with this bonus offer you’ll earn 1,500 miles per stay.

You’re eligible to earn the miles with just a one night stay and most rates qualify for the bonus. From the terms and conditions:

• An Eligible Stay is defined as a stay of one or more nights at the same hotel regardless of the number of times you check-in or check-out during the stay at an eligible rate.

• Ineligible rates under the Promotion include employee rates; airline crew rates; travel agent rates; hotel employee rates; tour operator rates; wholesaler rates; rates booked through online travel companies; complimentary rooms, including, but not limited to, rooms booked as Award Night stays, or other stays involving other gift certificate or free night vouchers.

Go here for complete details.

Photo: Triple Pool Hall sign – Richmond, Virginia
Credit: rvaphotodude on Flickr

If you’re visiting Miami and looking for a place to stay in the South Beach district, here’s an AAdvantage Bonus offer from the Beacon South Beach Hotel that will earn you some extra miles:

Travel between May 1 – December 31, 2012 and earn 5 AAdvantage miles per $1

Earn AAdvantage miles for every eligible stay in qualifying room rates at the Beacon South Beach Hotel.

Earn five (5) AAdvantage miles for every one pre-tax dollar for bookings made directly on our website.

Special offers & discounts qualify for one (1) AAdvantage mile per one pre-tax dollar spent towards the room price.

Advanced Purchase Discount rates & any third party reservations do not qualify to earn AAdvantage miles.

I’ve never stayed there, but the Beacon South Beach Hotel gets great ratings on Trip Advisor and it looks to be in a great location.  Truthfully, I’m more familiar with the Miami airport than I am the city.

When I think of South Beach, I think of the movie Scarface. That’s where most of the scenes were filmed. As an aside, every time I stay at a J.W. Marriott hotel I think of the movie – they all seem to resemble Tony Montana’s house.

Anyway, typically you’ll earn 2 AA miles per dollar, so this is a pretty good offer.  You’ll find complete details here.

Photo: Art Deco
Credit: Andrew Home on Flickr

It’s been a busy week for me: all work and no travel. Which is never any fun.  Fortunately, I’m just a couple of weeks away from my annual August vacation in Canada, so I took a break from working and spent a little time researching hotels and found this Double AAdvantage Miles offer from Fairmont:

Earn Double Miles

Book an Everyone’s an Original summer rate, and earn double miles.

Receive a Free Night OR $150 Credit AND Earn Double Miles

Book before August 17, 2012 at 12:00 PM EST for stays until September 30, 2012.

Fairmont usually offers 500 AAdvantage Miles per stay, so with this offer you’ll earn 1,000 Miles. And not all rates qualify.

The cheapest rate I found for the Fairmont Le Chateau Frontenac in Quebec City was $261 per night. The lowest price I found under the qualifying rate was $299. So basically it’s $40 per day more for the extra 500 miles.

But there’s also the $150 credit. From the terms and conditions:

150 USD/CAD credit is based on a minimum two night stay and will be applied at time of check-out in equivalent currency of the host hotel. Credit is non-transferrable or redeemable for cash. Free night credit is based on a consecutive minimum night stay and will be applied at time of check-out.

I’m thinking about a two night stay. So if I value the credit at face, and add the bonus miles, I’m paying an extra $80 for $150 credit and 500 miles.  

So in my circumstances, it’s not a bad deal. But before you use this offer, you should research the rates.

Go here for complete details.

Here’s a new offer from Wyndham Hotels that will earn you 4X AAdvantage Miles through September 13:

Dates: July 17 through September 13, 2012

Offer: Join Wyndham Rewards and stay at any of our 6,500 participating hotels around the globe including Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, Ramada, Days Inn, Super 8 and 10 other hotel brands to start earning QUADRUPLE miles on your second stay. It’s that sweet and easy!

Members will receive quadruple AAdvantage miles starting with their second stay within the Promotion Period for up to four (4) separate qualified stays (for the second, third, fourth, and fifth qualified stays) with a maximum of 3 rooms per stay.

How many miles you earn varies by Wyndham property. Here’s a breakdown of their standard AAdvantage earn rate:

• Earn 500 miles per stay at Wyndham Hotels and Resorts and Hawthorn Suites by Wyndham, TRYP by Wyndham, Night Hotels and Dream Hotels

• Earn 2 miles per $1 spent at Ramada, Days Inn, Super 8, Wingate by Wyndham, Baymont Inn & Suites, Microtel Inn & Suites, Howard Johnson, Travelodge (U.S. hotels only) , Knights Inn

Registration is required before you stay. Go here for full details.

Photo: Four
Credit: Jukka Zitting on Flickr

I’ve been busy getting some storm damage repaired, but I’m back to the blog and today we have a theme: Tokyo.

Win a trip to Tokyo

American Way Magazine, the in-flight publication from American Airlines, is sponsoring a new sweepstakes:

This year marks the one-year anniversary of the enhanced relationship between Japan Airlines and American Airlines, which continues to bring travelers even more flights and convenient schedule options between top U.S. cities and Asia.

With daily nonstop flights to Tokyo, you can fly direct from New York City (JFK) to Tokyo’s Haneda Airport on American Airlines. Beginning June 1, this daily service offers you a better early morning departure and more options to Japan.

In celebration of the new service, we invite you to enter a sweepstakes to win two round-trip economy class tickets on American Airlines to Japan.

Here’s some of the details from the terms and conditions:

Deadline to enter is June 30, 2012 at 11:59 pm CDT
One (1) winner will be drawn on or around July 6, 2012.
Winner will be notified on or around July 6, 2012.
The Grand Prize consists of two round-trip promotional tickets from the United States to Japan on American Airlines.
Prize Value: $2,400.00.

It’s easy to enter, just provide your contact information. Go here to read the rest of the rules and to submit your entry.

Tokyo Bonus Offers

Late May marked the 25th anniversary of American’s service to Tokyo, and June 1 they resumed service between New York JFK and Tokyo Haneda, so recently we’ve seen some Tokyo related promotions.

American offered a couple of promotions that have already expired (Pinterest Sweepstakes, reduced mileage AAdvantage awards) but not all offers are gone.

The two biggest are still available.

They’re offering Double AAdvantage Miles if you fly the new JAL Boeing 787 between Boston and Tokyo Narita (that’s an extra 13,544 AAdvantage Miles). Because of the new AA/JAL Joint Business Agreement, you’ll also earn Elite Qualifying Miles and Elite Bonus miles just like you would on an AA operated flight.

Earn Up To 30,000 AAdvantage Miles At Hotel New Otani, Tokyo which includes a 400 year old garden on the property.

Stay 3 nights or more with the “AAdvantage Bonus Miles Package” at “The Main” and earn a bonus of up to 10,000 miles. Plus earn up to 20,000 miles when flying between New York Kennedy (JFK) and Tokyo Haneda (HND) on purchased, published First Class, Business Class and Economy Class fare.

So in keeping with today’s theme, here are some Tokyo related links for your consideration.

If you’re one of the most acclaimed sushi chefs in the U.S., where would you got for sushi in Japan? Experts’ Expert: David Chang’s top sushi restaurant in Tokyo

Traveling to or from Haneda? Making a connection? Take the airport shuttle to Natural Hot Spring Heiwajima Spa. Relax in the hot springs, take a bath or a sauna, get a message, eat, rest, or watch television. Heiwajima is 24 hours and shuttle to and from the airport leaves every 15 minutes.

Trying to have a deeper understanding of Tokyo and Cool Japan culture? Read The Otaku Encyclopedia: An Insider’s Guide to the Subculture of Cool Japan. It’s funny, short (though it still has over 600 entries), and will make your trip to the Akihabara more interesting.

Looking for a place to stay? It’s easy to find reviews for the Park Hyatt Tokyo, The Peninsula, Grand Hyatt, Four Seasons, and the Mandarin hotels. Jay from the First Class Project Blog recently published a series of trip reports from his Japan trip and in addition to reviews for some of the high end hotels that he stayed at, he also has reviews of the more practical business class hotels that don’t often get covered. Anyone looking to visit on a budget should take a look his posts (with lots of photos):

Hyatt Regency – Tokyo
Sunroute Hotel Shinjuku
Radisson Narita
Nikko Inn
Hotel Gracery Ginza

And now for some bathroom amusement

Sega’s Toylet – urinal meets video game.

Take a tour through a Tokyo Toilet showroom.

(About the photo. I was flipping through some channels watching Tokyo TV and came across this cooking show. The hostess wore the mask and stayed in character the whole time. Different. But still better than much of the stuff in the U.S.)

Just a short post this morning to tell you about a big summer promotion from Hyatt:

More Stays Means 5X More Miles And Even More Rewards

Make your next stay with Hyatt even more rewarding. Earn 4X more American Airlines AAdvantage miles after your 2nd and 3rd eligible stay and 5X more AAdvantage miles after your 4th through 11th eligible stay, at any participating Hyatt hotels from May 1– August 31, 2012.

To participate in this offer you have to be a Hyatt Gold Passport member. Just follow these instructions:

• Register on this page or by calling 1-800-30-HYATT (provide promotion code AA12S)

• Stay at any Hyatt hotel between May 1- August 31, 2012

• Book an Eligible Rate during each stay

• Ask to earn AAdvantage miles for your stay, provide your Hyatt Gold Passport number and AAdvantage number when you check in.

Go here for complete details or to read the terms and conditions.

Photo: Hyatt at Night – Mumbai
Credit: Mark Hillary on Flickr

Wyndham Rewards just introduced a new Double AAdvantage Miles promotion that includes 2 free movie tickets with your second stay:

Join Wyndham Rewards today and stay at any of our 6,500+ participating hotels to earn DOUBLE AAdvantage miles starting on your first stay when you book here at wyndhamrewards.com/aa, we’ll treat you and a friend to a night at the movies.* It’s simple, the more you stay the more you earn. From now through July 8, 2012 you will earn the following:

Your Stays Bonus

1st 2x miles
2nd 2x miles + 2 free movie tickets!
3rd 2x miles
4th 2x miles + 2 free movie tickets!

Registration is required before you make your reservation:

To qualify for the movie component and earn Hollywood Movie Money certificates to see The Avengers or any other movie at participating theaters, the member must

(i) register at wyndhamrewards.com/aa or 1-866-996-7937,
(ii) complete 2 stays at participating hotels in the Wyndham Rewards program at qualifying rates between March 29 and July 8, 2012 and check-out by July 12, 2012 (the “Promotion Period”) and
(iii) provide a valid email address.

You’ll find complete details, including terms and conditions, here.

Speaking of Wyndham, Loyalty Traveler had an eye opening analyis of Wyndham’s points to AAdvantage Miles exchange rate:

Wyndham Rewards has the highest exchange rate for points-to-miles transfers of any hotel loyalty program on the simple basis of comparing the rate points are earned for a member staying at Wyndham brand hotels and without consideration of elite status, promotions or cobranded credit card spend. All but one brand in Wyndham Rewards earn 10 points/$1. Hawthorn Suites stays earn 5 points/$1.

If you haven’t already, you definitely don’t want to miss it: American Airlines Points-to-Miles Exchange Rates Compared for 9 Hotel Programs.

Photo: tickets here
Credit: EvelynGiggles on Flickr