Brutal: Virgin Atlantic Doubles Fees on Biz Class Awards, Raises Others: Per this post on Thrifty Traveler, taxes and fees on Virgin Atlantic awards are now higher, but not as high as they used to be. Ugh.
Bilt Rent Day July 2025: This month, the big offer is 25%-100% gift card redemption bonus. I’m going to pass. See all the details on One Mile at a Time.
Major deval: Amex Business Platinum ending 35% points rebate on business & first class flights: No, not more bad news! I don’t own the Amex Business Platinum, but this would be a bummer. Check out this post on Frequent Miler for all the details.
New Citi Transfer Bonuses: Earlier this week, Citi added some new transfer bonuses: 20% bonus to Air France/KLM Flying Blue and 50% transfer bonus to Accor Live Limitless (ALL) hotels. Transfer bonuses are valid through 7/19/25, and I’ve updated the June 2025 Transfer Bonuses post.
Final Days to Transfer Amex Membership Rewards to Hawaiian/Alaska: ICYMI, June 30 is the last day to transfer Amex Membership Rewards points to Hawaiian Airlines (which you can then transfer to Alaska Airlines). See Leana’s post from yesterday. I had 10k Amex points left, and I went ahead and transferred them to Hawaiian/Alaska. Alaska miles have been so valuable to me recently–I just booked flights to/from Colorado for 4500 Alaska miles each way!
And finally, a bit of humor for your Friday. I love this passenger’s good attitude about flying 12 hours in economy!
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