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.

Television Commercia “Best Western’s Virgin Atlantic Parody”
Credit: Best Western Great Britain on YouTube

Best Western has just brought out a new summer promotion that begins this weekend: starting June 19 through August 14, 2011 you’ll earn 750 Bonus AAdvantage Miles with each stay:

Between June 19 and August 14, 2011, REGISTER for the summer promotion prior to your first stay and earn 750 AAdvantage bonus miles on your first stay and for each stay thereafter during the promotion period.

New Members registered for the promotion who have chosen American AAdvantage Miles as their earning preference and complete a qualified stay during the Promotion Period will earn an additional 250 AAdvantage bonus miles.

Buy a Best Western Travel Card to pay for your stay and earn 500 AAdvantage bonus miles for every $50 Travel Card purchase.

Registration required before you stay using promotion code:  AMERSUM11.   Go here to sign up or for complete details.

It’s finally the weekend. If you’re looking for something to do other than work or plan your vacation, head over the the joint American Airlines and British Airways Cure the Wanderlust promo site and vote to help select the winner. No bonus miles for voting, but at least you’ll look busy if the boss walks by. Enjoy your weekend.

“Best Western, Nanaimo Harbour, BC” Photo credit: Doug Hay on Flickr

Wow, Best Western just finished one great promotion and now their offering another: Earn 500 AAdvantage Bonus Miles for every $50 you spend when you purchase a Best Western Travel Card.

Get away this summer with and pocket some extra AAdvantage miles when you purchase the Best Western Travel Card. The Travel Card works just like cash and can be redeemed for hotel charges at 4,000 Best Western hotels worldwide.

To get this offer, just join Best Western’s free frequent guest program, Best Western Rewards, and select American Airlines as your earning preference. As a member that has selected to earn American Airlines AAdvantage miles, not only will you will earn AAdvantage miles for every Best Western stay, you’ll earn 500 AAdvantage miles for every $50 Travel Card purchased through August 31, 2011.

Actually, I used to think of Best Western as a budget hotel, and while they’re often less expensive than some of their competitors, some of their properties in the U.S., like the Seaport Inn in NYC, and properties in France, and Italy have made it into the Michelin Guide, so if you’re looking to earn 10 AAdvantage Miles per dollar spent, you should seriously think about this offer. You’ll still earn 250 AAdvantage Miles with each stay, even when you pay with your Best Western Travel Card.

According to the terms of this offer, there is “No limit to the amount of Travel Cards that may be purchased and the amount of AAdvantage bonus miles awarded during the promotion period”. So I’m thinking that I may just cash in the my IRA and rather than living off the golf course when I retire, I’ll just buy a Best Western Travel Card and live at a Best Western hotel.

Term and conditions, here. Sign up for this offer here.

“Double” Photo credit: Angelica on Flickr

AAdvantage 30th Anniversary final Deal of the Day update: I’m a little sad to see it come to an end, but today’s deal is good enough to cheer me up. Save 30% on select Economy Class MileSAAver Awards for travel within the Continental U.S. and Canada. Book and ticket by June 10, 2011, for travel starting September 7, 2011, through November 8, 2011. Go here for details and don’t forget to submit your name in the daily drawing for 30,000 AAdvantage Miles.

Choice Hotels, parent company to such familiar brands as:

Ascend Collection         Cambria Suites
Clarion                   Comfort Inn
Comfort Suites                Econo Lodge
Mainstay Suites          Quality Inn
Rodeway Inn                   Sleep Inn
Suburban Extended Stay Hotel

Is offering Double AAdvantage Miles through mid June:

Earn Double American Airlines AAdvantage Miles

AAdvantage members can earn double AAdvantage miles for every qualifying stay through June 16, 2011. Just provide your AAdvantage number upon check-in at any Choice hotel in the U.S., Canada, Europe, Middle East, Mexico, Central America, Australasia and the Caribbean.

Go here to learn more or to make your reservation.

I’ll have a big AAdvantage 30th Summary post this weekend. Enjoy the holiday!