New Benefits For Hyatt Diamond Members
Hyatt Gold Passport has announced new benefits for their Diamond members. Read more about Guest of Honor, Free United Club Passes and Free Premium Wifi
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Be Careful When Traveling, More Disney Discounts and More Travel News On Tuesday, February 10th, 2015
A scary story about how a friend of mine’s mom got stalked and robbed on their trip together. Suffice it to say that I’ve had my fair share of close calls with pick pockets and weird people traveling. There are obviously lots of bad…
Is A 30% Bonus Good For Purchasing Hyatt Gold Passport Points?
Hyatt Gold Passport is offering a 30% bonus if you purchase points right now, and that made me wonder if this is a good deal. ETA: This may be targeted, as one reader has noted. I’ve gotta hand it to the marketing folks. I’ve never…
A Guide To Hotel Loyalty Programs
I was asked by InsideFlyer to put together an intro to hotel loyalty programs from my recent presentation. You can find the full article on their website here, but I’ve also included some key pluses and minuses from the article below. The article contains…
Imploding Casinos, Sub-$50 Hotel Rooms In New York and Other News On Saturday, January 31, 2015
Don’t forget I’m giving away United beverage vouchers and a free Gogo pass. HiltonHHonors is moving to less systemwide promotions. They announced on Milepoint that they’ll only have 2 this year, but they did not that they plan to have more targeted offers at…
Hyatt News: New Brands, New Locations
There were a couple of interesting tidbits yesterday about one of my favorite hotel chains, Hyatt. First, they announced a new brand coming to the Hyatt family. Centric is to debut this year with properties in both the US and abroad. As others have…
Should You Use Chase Ultimate Rewards Points To Get The Southwest Companion Pass?
This question was posed to me in a roundabout way yesterday. Essentially, he said he wanted to stop using his Ink Bold to purchase office supplies because he wanted to focus on renewing his Southwest Companion Pass. The question that came up was one…
REMINDER: Last Day To Book Hyatt Properties Before Category Increases
Today is the last day to book award rooms at the Hyatt properties that are going up in category tomorrow. You can see my original post on the category changes here. Some of the notable properties going up in category are: Grand Hyatt Sao…
3 Days Left To Book Awards Before Hyatt Category Changes
These are the last few days to book award rooms at the Hyatt properties that are going up in category Thursday, January 22nd. You can see my original post on the category changes here. Some of the notable properties going up in category are: Grand…
Sizing Up The First Hotel Promotions Of 2015
After a family vacation and a whirlwind week at CES, I haven’t had the time to catch up some things I’ve wanted to. The first hotel promotions of 2015 are out and I was interested to spend a few minutes on each evaluating where…