I remember deciding to go shopping early on Black Friday one year. I can’t even blame my wife because it was at least as much my decision as it was hers. It didn’t take long for me to figure out that the discounts probably…
Starwood Preferred Guest has announced it’s 1st quarter 2014 promo, Bring On The Nights: The promo calls for a 2,500 point bonus for every 5 nights up to a total of 25 nights. If you hit 25 nights, SPG will award you…
US Airways is offering a one-year free membership to the US Airways Club if you book a preferred room on a 7-day vacation at a resort that’s part of their US Airways Vacation packages. Full disclaimer on a few points. I’m not a big…
Though the prize isn’t that large, American Airlines has a bit of an interesting new game out today revolving around the launch of the new Airbus321. If you like their Facebook page, you’ll have a chance to win 25,000 miles. The catch? They’re taking…
Now that Qatar has been an official part of the oneworld alliance for a whopping two weeks, American has it’s first promo with their new partner. They’re offering double miles on all Qatar flights through the end of January, with a brief blackout around…
American Airlines is giving away bonus miles for specific spending thresholds on their shopping portal for the Christmas season. Through December 2, you can earn bonus miles in 3 tiers: This essentially breaks down to an extra 10 points/dollar as long as you…
For those that haven’t heard, Hyatt announced an update to their award chart a few days ago. Now, updates to award charts are rarely positive. And, with the recent castration of the United award chart, it’s easy to be on edge about announcements of…
American Airlines has traditionally allowed people to purchase status at the end of each year if you missed the qualifications by some narrow or wide margin. But, they’ve never allowed the straight purchase of EQMs. Despite this recent announcement about additional options to earn…
I missed a bunch of stories while I was away at Disney this past week and then headed right back out on the road for work, so I’m still trying to get my faithful readers caught up on the world of travel. But, we…
After a few days of radio silence wrapping up a vacation in Disney World, I’m back and I have a ton of stuff to catch up on in the world of points and miles. Here’s my quick tidbit for this morning. United didn’t have…