From lucrative deals for bonus points on hotel stays to generous sales of airline miles, we're finding plenty of travel deals to help you earn and redeem your points and miles so you can book the vacation of your dreams.
10.01.2024 - 02:03 / thepointsguy.com / Marriott Bonvoy
It's one of the saddest times of the year: No, not the post-holiday blues, but seeing most of my status levels reset to zero come January. It's a reminder that the hamster wheel of status chasing never really ends.
However, there are some bright spots. Rollover credits, miles or free nights from credit cards courtesy of some of our favorite programs like World of Hyatt are already here. And several programs have new perks or new choices when it comes to benefits.
In fact, readers and some of us at TPG have seen rollovers and credits — including Marriott Bonvoy and World of Hyatt stay credits — hitting our accounts.
Consider this your annual reminder to check your accounts and make a plan for status goals for 2024.
It's a whole new world for Delta Air Lines' elite members, with the airline making a ton of changes to its program for 2024. While Delta has since rolled back some of the most Draconian changes, what hasn't changed is the end of Medallion Qualification Miles as an elite status metric.
Going forward, it's all about the Medallion Qualification Dollars, as you can see from the new tracker that is already showing up in the SkyMiles account shown below.
We understand the new tracker isn't accurate at the moment, but it should be fully rolled out later in January.
In the meantime, your ability to choose your Delta Choice Benefits is enabled now. There are a bunch of new choices along with previous options like upgrade certificates and bonus SkyMiles.
If you qualified for Platinum or Diamond Medallion status in the 2024 Medallion year (based on qualifying activity during the 2023 calendar year), you have until Jan. 31, 2025, to select your annual Delta Choice Benefits, but note you must choose your 2023 benefits by the end of January. I'm in that boat myself and need to decide which benefits to pick.
Delta also now has an information page up about members' options for what to do with rollover MQM balances. Delta is allowing elite members to use up their rollover MQMs from last year by extending their 2024 status, among other options.
You will have until Dec. 31, 2024, to decide how you would like to convert your MQMs. You can convert them to MQDs, miles or a combination of both. Members with MQM balances over 100,000 can also choose to extend their 2024 Medallion status for one year for every 100,000 rollover MQMs.
The rest of Delta's changes should be displayed in your account on or shortly after Feb. 1, 2024. I'm especially curious to see how the option to extend status gets displayed.
Marriott Bonvoy fans are already seeing 2024 elite night credits hit their accounts. These are bonus nights courtesy of holding a Marriott credit card that automatically awards you anywhere from 15 to 25 elite
From lucrative deals for bonus points on hotel stays to generous sales of airline miles, we're finding plenty of travel deals to help you earn and redeem your points and miles so you can book the vacation of your dreams.
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