Thrifty Traveler Premium+
We wanted to alert you to some news from our friends at Thrifty Traveler. If you remember, they launched their new Thrifty Traveler Premium+ program last year which includes flight AND hotel award alerts. The additional price to add the hotel award alerts to the long standing award flight alerts was only $25. The price has stayed there too – until now! Very soon the price will be going up, but you can still lock it in at the current price – FOR LIFE!
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Update 3/31/25: This is the last day before the price increase goes into place.
What are Award Flight Alert Services?
As the name suggests, award flight alert services send notifications when great award availability, either in quality, quantity or both, is located. While not for everyone, if you have flexibility in location, dates, and duration of upcoming travel, these alerts really help you. Destinations that you many never have considered, routes, airlines or class of service that you didn't know existed or thought possible are suddenly available and bookable. Overall, for the right person, these services are invaluable. They can include award flights, mistake fares and amazing cash prices on flights.
How Thrifty Traveler Premium+ Goes A Bit Further Than Traditional Award Flight Alert Services
With Thrifty Traveler Premium+ you also get hotel award alerts to the most popular aspirational properties in the world too. Since the launch of the hotel alerts, they have been sending out 2-3 hotel alerts per week. The focus is on top-rated resorts, new hotels, and luxury properties bookable with hotel points from the big four chains – Hyatt, Hilton, Marriott, and IHG. Here are some examples of what has been sent out:
- Ultra-rare availability to book the all-inclusive, Caribbean private island retreat Calala Island for 150,000 Hilton points per night
- The Andaz Tokyo Toranomon Hills – one of the best (and lately, hardest-to-book) points properties in Japan – bookable for as low as 25,000 Hyatt points per night
- Months of availability at the Alila Ventana Big Sur bookable for 40,000 Hyatt points per night … long before any other site noticed it, giving our members a window to book.
- All-inclusive resorts like Hermitage Bay (Hilton), Secrets Maroma Beach Riviera Cancun (Hyatt), W Punta Cana (Marriott), Kimpton Tres Rios (IHG) – all bookable with points.
Thrifty also now features hotel deal recommendations in (almost) all Premium Flight Deals, so a flight alert to London will also include a handful of great London hotel deals as well – including discounted paid rates as well as points deals.
Lock In Your Price For Life
The $124.99 price for the Thrifty Traveler Premium+ bundle will be increasing from their initial launch price on April 1st, 2025. That increase will be an additional $25, or $149.99 for Premium+ services. The good news? You can lock in the $124.99 price for Thrifty Traveler Premium+ if you sign up before April 1st – and you get that price for life.
This isn't just for new members either. Existing Thrifty Traveler Premium flight deal members can add Hotel Alerts to their subscription for just $24.99 a year before the price increases and lock their price in for life too.
Our Link If You Want To Sign Up Or Upgrade Your Current Account To Premium+
Thrifty Traveler Premium+ – ToP Thoughts
If you were considering the Thrifty Traveler Premium+ bundle, or were just considering adding the hotel award alerts to your award flight subscription, then now may be the time. With the $25 increase coming down the pike, you may want to lock the price in now. It is great to know that you would then be inflation proof, since the price is guaranteed for life. If you don't find the hotel alerts as useful as the flight alerts you should be able to remove it down the road too. Might as well lock it in now, and give it a try, or risk paying double the price for life if you grab it later.
Thanks in advance if you support ToP by using our link to sign up for Thrifty Traveler Premium+ or to add the hotel alerts to your current bundle. Let me know if you plan on grabbing the bundle over in the ToP Facebook Group.
