Starwood Preferred Guest has released it’s year-end summary of fun facts about how members interacted with their program in 2012. I remember them doing this last year, but I don’t remember some of the number being quite so eye-popping. The top-earning member from hotel…
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Things are in full swing for the first hotel promotions of 2013. Once again, the important take away here is to register for all the promos even if you don’t think you’ll patronize a specific chain during the promo period. Plans change frequently and…
Scott McCartney has a good piece in today’s Wall Street Journal about people spending money to achieve status, either by taking flights they don’t need to take or “buying up”. No question, I’m a status snob. But, status is more then just a seat…
It’s that time of year again. I got my monthly Hyatt newsletter, and noticeted that Hyatt has announced properties that are getting more expensive and cheaper to book using Gold Passport points in 2013. It’s good to see that the list is very small this…
Tomorrow is the last day to take advantage of the American Airlines shopping portal bonus. All the major airlines are offering roughly the same bonus. So, if you’re “miles agnostic”, it makes sense to max out the AA offer first, since United and others…
As mentioned by Mommy Points, Starwood Preferred Guest has leaked some details about their new promo. For starters, one of the easy “pluses” is that you can head to their website right now and request a reminder when registration opens. I wasn’t planning any…
US Airways has a promo through their storefront for a little more than a week, earn 30 miles per dollar on magazine subscriptions. This is double the normal 15 miles/dollar usually found on the shopping portals. Magazine subscriptions are so cheap that I don’t…
What’s happening in the world of travel? View From the Wing has a detailed lowdown on new fare choices at American Airlines. Gary has done an awesome job laying out a ton of detail on the new fares, so I won’t re-cover everything, but…
In a recent Milepoint thread, Jeff Zidell (VP, Hyatt Gold Passport) announced that they would be discontinuing the Platinum Extras benefit for Platinum members of their Gold Passport program. Now, I’m lucky enough to have been given Diamond status as a match to my…