January 6th is the last day you can book an award night at a Hyatt hotel before they raise the price of most redemptions. Hyatt gave everyone notification just about 2 months ago that the new rates would go into affect on January 7th,…
zWith another travel year in the books, I took a few moments to see where I’ve been and consider where I’m going. I started out the year thinking I would travel more on American and less on United. While that happened, a number of…
It was a long year of hotel nights. And, while the dust remains to settle on the posting of my last hotel stay, I’m supposed to finish with enough nights to maintain my Hyatt Diamond status as well as Starwood Preferred Guest Platinum status…
Deals We Like has a timely reminder for those folks with the American Express Platinum card. You only have a few more days to request complimentary Gold status with Hilton HHonors. With the recent announcement that American Airlines Admirals Club access is going away…
I’ve written a detailed post about the Hyatt, IHG, Marriott, and Starwood promos slated for Q1 of 2014, but now that I’ve had a chance to step back, I figured it was worth comparing them to each other. I think it’s important to judge…
The next Frequent Traveler University has been announced for April 25th-27th, 2013 in Seattle! Details: Purchase Tickets Here See Who’s Going And Discuss What You Want To Learn Special $99 Rate At Seattle Airport Marriott (host hotel) If you haven’t been to a…
One of the reasons Hyatt is tops on my list of hotel chains is because they keep opening compelling new properties. You’ve got some great new urban properties. For example, we really enjoyed our stay at Hyatt Union Square. There are solid initial reports…
IHG is out with their promo for the first quarter of 2014. It’s essentially a reboot of the promo they just ran, the Big Win. I was offered 71,400 points total if I maxed out my bonus, which is almost exactly what I was…
Points Hound is out with an offer today to earn 50% more points/miles with each hotel booking through the end of 2013. If you already use Points Hound, you should have received an e-mail from them with your referral link. If you didn’t, log…
Thanks to everyone for brainstorming on great Spring Break ideas for our family. I appreciated all the suggestions. Now, on to the winners! First, my random winner, courtesy of Random.org: Chris Jarjoura said: My kids have been begging me to take them to…