Through Thursday (March 22, 2018), you can buy 5,000+ IHG Rewards Club points with a 100% bonus. That brings the per-point price down to 0.575 cents*, which means you can book certain hotels for as low as $29.

IHG is the loyalty program of these brands, including InterContinental, Crowne Plaza, and Holiday Inn.

The 100% bonus kicks in at 5,000+ points purchased.

*If you buy 58,000 IHG points by March 22 you’ll actually receive 116,000 points for $580, or 0.5 cents each, as View from the Wing pointed out.

Thanks to everyone who participated. A winner has been randomly selected. Congratulations to Erika Riddle! Safe travels.

Happy Friday MileValue readers! Longtime and ever generous reader CaveDweller is once again offering one lucky reader a $51 Southwest gift card. Southwest gift cards are fully transferable and don’t expire. There are two ways to enter:

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Alaska Airline is offering a dirt cheap roundtrip economy fare to Hawaii, starting at $363 from Newark to Maui, Kona, Honolulu, and Lihue. Available travel dates span all the way from April 2018 through February of 2019.

You can earn 1,000 United miles by signing up for an almost free ($1) two-month subscription to the Wall Street Journal online by 11:59 PM ET March 9, 2018.

I value United miles at 1.6 cents each. I don't particularly want a paid subscription to the Wall Street Journal, so paying $1 for a two month trial and getting 1,000 United miles to do so is basically like paying $1 to get $16.

In July of last year I published a post welcoming readers to share their American Express card referral links in the comments. Since many of the offers in the comments have expired, I decided to start fresh with a new thread in January.

Right now you can book award economy awards flying United to all of the following destinations with your United miles for 20% off the Saver Level award price:

Porto, Portugal: Valid for travel May 4 to June 17, 2018
Reykjavik, Iceland: Valid for travel May 23 to June 17, 2018
Singapore: Valid for travel May 4 to June 17, 2018
Sydney, Australia: Valid for travel May 4 to June 17, 2018

The primary stipulations are that you must book by the end of the day tomorrow (March 2, at 11:59 p.m.

There was a bit of a scare within the miles community last week that the ability to book First Class awards flying Cathay Pacific, one of the highest value awards you can book with Alaska miles, had evaporated.

@CTravelr tweeted the following to catch bloggers' attention:

Not sure if y’all have heard any official word on this because it pretty much kills CX redemptions @garyleff @OneMileataTime @thepointsguy @FrequentMiler
— Brian (@CTravlr) February 13, 2018

If Alaska blocked mileage redemptions within three days of departure, that would pretty much thwart the

Business Class award space for at least two travelers is plentiful right now from the United States to Australia, mid November through December. There aren't a lot of return options on Qantas, so you'll likely need to find other award space for the other direction (think Air New Zealand, United, or American if you want to fly back to the United States).

Yes, I realize that it's just outbound award space and most people have to fly home.

United MileagePlus Shopping is offering big shopping portal bonuses at specific retailers through February 19, 2018 at 11:59 PM ET.

Get excited, because you can now book Singapore Krisflyer awards flying Star Alliance partner United online! Why should you be excited? Because being able to book anything online versus having to call and speak to a representative, which was previously the only option, is going to save you a significant amount of time.