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 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

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

The new Radisson Blu hotel in Chicago’s 86 story Aqua skyscraper is set to open on November 1, and to mark the occasion, Radisson is offering triple AAdvantage Miles when you stay at any of their hotels through December 15:

Earn Triple American Airlines AAdvantage Miles
When You Book A Stay At Any Radisson Hotel Worldwide

Celebrate the North American debut of Radisson Blu with the opening of the Radisson Blu Aqua Hotel, Chicago and earn triple AAdvantage miles on your next eligible stay at any Radisson hotel worldwide from October 15, 2011 through December 15, 2011.

A stay at Radisson will normally earn you 500 AAdvantage Miles, so with this offer you’ll earn 1,500 miles with each stay.  From the terms of this offer:

American Airlines AAdvantage members who provide their member number at the time of check-in can earn a total of 1,500 AAdvantage miles for each Eligible Stay during the Promotional Period. There is no maximum on the number of Eligible Stays that can qualify for the bonus during the Promotional Period.

No double-dipping, it’s either Club Carlson points or AAdvantage Miles (not both), and to qualify for the miles you have to make your reservation through Radisson.  You can go here for the full details of their Triple AAdvantage Miles offer.

If you’re not familiar with Radisson Blu, it’s Radisson’s upmarket brand, with 158 hotels in Europe, Africa, and Asia. The new Chicago location is the first Radisson Blu hotel in the United States, and the building they selected, the Aqua, is one of the more interesting looking skyscrapers in a city that really takes its architecture seriously.  You can see a photo tour of the hotel here.

Also to celebrate the opening of their new hotel, Radisson parent, Carlson Hotels is offering a sweepstakes promotion with weekly winners receiving a Chicago weekend getaway, and one grand prize winner receiving an upscale vacation at any Carlson hotel worldwide:

Club Carlson Ultimate Getaway Giveaway Sweepstakes
Every week through December 16, the Club Carlson Ultimate Getaway Giveaway Sweepstakes is giving away exciting vacation packages, including airfare and hotel accommodations.

GRAND PRIZE
Business Class airfare for two, a five-night stay at any Carlson hotel worldwide and $10,000 cash for shopping.

WEEKLY PRIZES
Coach Class airfare for two, a two-night stay at the new, upscale Radisson Blu Aqua Hotel, Chicago and $2,500 cash for shopping.

To enter, you have to be a member of their Club Carlson loyalty program, if you’re not already a member you can sign up for free.  Go here to enter the sweepstakes or to read the full terms and conditions.

Photo credit: Aqua Tower 1 by Jeanne Gang on Flickr.  Check out her whole set of Chicago photos for more of the Aqua building as well as some other very nicely photographed downtown sights.

Earn Up To 15,000 AAdvantage Miles With Hyatt

Not sure how I missed this offer last week, but this weekend I was getting caught up on offers at Deals We Like and learned about a new promotion from Hyatt Hotels:

Make your next stay with Hyatt even more rewarding by earning triple AAdvantage Miles from October 1, 2011 to January 15, 2012.

Earn 1,500 miles on each eligible stay at any of the 440+ Hyatt worldwide locations. Stay more and earn more miles – up to 15,000 AAdvantage Miles per member.

To participate in this promotion:
• Register on this page or by calling 1-800-30-HYATT (provide promotion code AA001)
• Stay at any Hyatt hotel between October 1, 2011 to January 15, 2012.
• Provide your AAdvantage account number when you check-in and ask to earn miles for your stay
• Pay an Eligible Rate during each stay

Go here to learn more.

AAdvantage eShopping Verizon Update

By now you’ve probably read about the Verizon AAdvantage Shopping Mall 83,000 miles from Cartera Commerce offer that turned out to be too good to be true.  If you submitted a claim for the bonus miles Cartera offered as an apology, be on the lookout for your miles. The Points Addict reports that his 5,000 AAdvantage Miles just posted.  My brother purchased one of the Palm charging stations too, and Saturday he mentioned to me that his miles posted last week as well.  If you don’t see your miles soon, you might want to contact AAdvantage Shopping customer service.  

Citibank 23,500 Bonus AAdvantage Miles Checking Account Offer

Darren over at Frequently Flying wrote about a targeted promotion he received from Citibank offering up to 23,500 AAdvantage Miles for opening a checking account.  It appears that his offer is aimed at Citi AAdvantage credit card customers, so if you’re a cardholder and you’re interested (despite some possibly hefty monthly account fees and the fact they they are eliminating their AAdvantage debit card), don’t shred your junk mail from Citi without reading it.  Go here for more details.

In Other News:

Just in case you stayed away from your computer this weekend, here are a few items you might have missed:

Gary from View from the Wing wrote a very interesting post this weekend: Why The Tax Code Encourages American Airlines to Award Bonus Miles for Checking Bags in Boston

Plane and Simple has some oneworld member news: Iberia to launch Iberia Express for its short and medium haul routes.

Speaking of Iberia, Aviation Week reports that the airline has announced a plan to upgrade the cabins on their 17 Airbus A340-600s. Read all about it here.

Photo credit: Robert Couse-Baker, on Flickr

I’m not as loyal to any one hotel program as I am to AAdvantage, so I do a little more shopping around when I make a hotel reservation. I usually look to find the most miles for my money and location is usually an important consideration for me.

I’m a big fan of Hilton Honors, Starwood Preferred Guest and try to concentrate my business with one of their brands, but from time to time when I can’t find a decent price or when I need to make a reservation at a smaller boutique property, I’ll use AA.com because I can earn 250 AAdvantage miles even if the property I’m staying at doesn’t partner with the AAdvantage program.

Through October 15, reservations made at AA.com will earn 500 AAdvantage Miles:

Book A Hotel And Reach Your Goal Faster
Earn double miles when you book your hotel on AA.com and get to your next vacation faster.

Simply book and complete your stay by October 15, 2011, and double your award, that’s 500 AAdvantage miles for every completed reservation.

With AA.com you get access to over 60,000 hotels and our Lowest Price Guarantee.

If you find a cheaper price anywhere on a hotel – we’ll match it!

This is a pretty good deal if you’re planning to stay with one of the AAdvantage hotel partners such as Comfort Inn, Clarion, La Quinta, or others that offer only 250 AA Miles per stay.

Go here for more information.

American Airline Japan Television Commercial

unrelated, but it’s a cool commercial

Best Western has had several good promotions this year and now they’re introducing another one:

Register for the promotion and earn double American Airlines AAdvantage miles for your 2nd qualified stay or triple AAdvantage miles if you stay at 2 different types of Best Western branded hotels (Best Western, Best Western Plus or Best Western Premier) between September 12 and November 20, 2011.

Normally you’ll earn 250 AAdvantage Miles per stay.

To qualify for this offer you have to be a member of the Best Western Rewards program and you have to register prior to your stay using promo code AMERFALL11.

Go here to sign up and go here to this linked PDF (I hate when they do that) to read the terms and conditions.

Avis and Swissotel have partnered on a new AAdvantage bonus miles offer:

Earn 1500 AAdvantage miles or more, when you drive and stay with Avis and Swissôtel Hotels

The more you rent, the more miles you earn!

• Now through December 15, 2011, you can earn 500 American Airlines AAdvantage bonus miles on qualifying rentals of 2 days or more at participating Avis airport locations in the U.S., Canada, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia, Australia, Mexico, Latin America and the Caribbean.

• Use coupon # MUAA053 and provide your AAdvantage number at the time of reservation or at the rental counter to earn your AAdvantage bonus miles. The AAdvantage bonus miles are in addition to the AAdvantage base miles you earn every time you rent with Avis.

• This offer is in addition to your everyday savings of up to 25% at participating locations worldwide when you use AWD # K817100.

• Stay at one of Swissôtel’s many locations and earn 500 AAdvantage base miles and 500 AAdvantage bonus miles.

Avis already has a great 2,000 bonus AAdvantage Miles offer for rentals of 3 or more days, so this new offer only makes sense if your renting for 2 days. Both offers still earn 50 base AAdvantage miles per day and both offer the same 25% discount code:

Go here for more information about the Avis – Swissotel offer.

Thanks to Jacob for bringing this to my attention!  Have a good weekend!

Here’s a big AAdvantage bonus offer for Priority Club Rewards members: Stay 4 or more nights at either The Venetian or The Palazzo and earn 5,000 AAdvantage Miles:

Who says you can’t have it all? When you register and book a four-or-more-night stay by October 31, 2011 to use for stays before December 15, 2011 at The Venetian or The Palazzo InterContinental Alliance Resorts, you’ll earn 5,000 bonus miles and enjoy a Las Vegas experience like no other.

The Venetian Las Vegas
Over 4,000 spacious suites, 19 extraordinary restaurants and 80 shops all combine to evoke the spirit of Venice.

The Palazzo Las Vegas
Palatial suites, electrifying entertainment and the world-famous Canyon Ranch SpaClub create an experience unlike any other.

I found rates in September at both hotels for around $400 per night and I was able to find rooms for about $279 during October, so the cost per mile for a four night stay is between 22 to 32 cents. That’s a pretty high CPM, but at least you’ll come back with miles.

To qualify for the bonus you’ll have to be a member of the Priority Club Rewards program and you’ll have to register for this offer in advance of making a reservation.   Here’s an important note from the terms and conditions:

Guests must book their qualifying reservation through IHG channels (brand websites or call centers) by October 31 to become eligible for the 5,000 bonus miles. Guests who book in any other way, including directly with The Venetian or The Palazzo, will be ineligible.

Go here to sign up or to review the complete terms and conditions of this offer.