Marriott Rewards Announces Their 2016 Award Category Changes
Marriott Rewards has announced the hotels changing award categories for 2016. You have a little bit of time to book rooms at the old rates. Here’s a look at how the changes line up….
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Starwood Preferred Guest Announces Category Changes For 2016
It’s that time of year again where hotel chains start telling us which hotels will cost more (or less) of our points to redeem for free nights. SPG isn’t the first to announce this year, nor the worst of the changes so far. See what’s changing….
New American Airlines Partnership With Uber Is A GREAT Double Dip Opportunity!
If you’re going to play this game of miles and points, it’s essential to take advantage of double-dip opportunities. They come along less often than they used to, but this partnership between American Airlines and Uber will allow you to stack up the earnings for a few months.
Cheap Flight To Brazil and China, Southwest Unions Are Picketing And Hyatt Points For Amazon Purchases?
The Best of the Rest is my effort to summarize all the travel/miles & points stories that interested me on a daily basis but didn’t have time to write about in length. Culled from over 100 blogs/authors I follow, some are passed along without comment, while I add my analysis to others. This is your shortcut to find out what’s going on in the travel world without having to read dozens of travel blogs to get all the best info.
Starwood Preferred Guest Improves Their First Promotion of 2016
Hotel promotions as a whole are a lot more lackluster than in yesteryear. Heck, some chains still haven’t announced a promotion for 2016 (looking at you, Hyatt).
So, when SPG announces an improvement to their existing promotion, it’s news.
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Pizza Week In Review For Sunday, January 17th
Given my recent travel craziness, I found myself with a rare week at home. I still ended up at an airport to try and work on an airline ticket that I couldn’t change over the phone and we did the kids skiing, but the…
Starwood Introduces New Platinum Elite Benefits!
It’s been a few years now since Starwood introduces Suite Night Awards (to much fanfare, I might add). I was pumped when they announced it, but have been disappointed ever since.
SPG has gone back to the drawing board a couple times trying to tweak this benefit. They’re introducing new benefits again, and I think we’ll like these ones a lot more than previous choices. You might even choose one of the alternatives to Suite Night Awards!
Hotels: 2015 Year In Review
Even though Marriott threw a major curve ball as it relates the face of hotel loyalty in late 2015, there’s still plenty of reasons to focus your hotel strategy. I focused mine in 2015 on Hyatt and SPG. Here’s my plan for 2016.
Hyatt Hotels Data Breach. Should You Be Worried?
In an era where data breaches are announced virtually daily, how much disclosure should a company provide to their customers, and how quickly?
Great Double Dip For Hyatt And Southwest And Cheap Flights To South America
The Best of the Rest is my effort to summarize all the travel/miles & points stories that interested me on a daily basis but didn’t have time to write about in length. Culled from over 100 blogs/authors I follow, some are passed along without comment,…