As someone who’s lived on the East coast his entire life, Seattle is a bit of a hike when it comes to travel. I’ve been there a number of times and enjoyed each visit, but because of distance I just don’t get there as…
Hyatt Has Been Busy Adding Properties To The Portfolio. It’s always great to see my favorite chain adding properties. They added four properties in France. Two new hotels in Paris, one in Cannes and one in Nice (with a casino). All seem like decent…
As part of Starwood’s agreement to be the official hotel partner of the Chicago Cubs, they have also entered into an agreement for a Sheraton beside Wrigley Field. I’m always in favor of more hotels in my favorite chains. I don’t specifically see this…
Don’t forget to enter my contests for a free roundtrip ticket on American Airlines and/or 25,000 United MileagePlus miles or Hyatt Gold Passport points! You don’t have to comment on that post specifically, just any post over the next 10 days. Comment as much…
I decided to host a couple giveaways to celebrate the New Year! First, a reminder on how to keep informed on all the miles and points goodies we discuss: There’s a box in the right-hand corner of my website where you can enter your…
Well, almost. I still have two stays with SPG to post, though I doubt one will post by the end of the year, as I detailed here. As the year comes to a close, I’m taking time to summarize my year in travel as…
StarMegaDO4: Getting Under Way StarMegaDO4: Sheraton Gateway LAX Review StarMegaDO4: Lufthansa LAX-FRA Departure And Star Alliance Lounge StarMegaDO4: LAX-FRA On a Lufthansa 747-400 StarMegaDO4: Media Roundtable With Jeff Zidell and Other Hyatt Execs StarMegaDO4-Frankfurt Lufthansa Welcome Reception StarMegaDO4: 18 Hours in Zurich, Park Hyatt…
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…
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…