Hotel Value for Frequent Guests
There were 134 hotel brands in nine major hotel loyalty programs when I compiled a list 21 months ago in February 2018. Today I compiled a new list to find more than 160 different hotel brand names, hotel chain parterships and vacation rentals in these same nine hotel loyalty programs. That amounts to about a…
Spain can be a real budget travel deal with Marriott Bonvoy points. There are 100 Marriott brand hotels in Spain with 20 of those hotels sitting at Marriott Bonvoy category 1 with a standard reward night rate of 7,500 points. All 20 of these Spain category 1 hotels are AC Hotels by Marriott. Summer 2019…
Qantas celebrates 100 years with a USA to Australia Birthday Sale offering four days of flash sales for $100 one-way fares on USA-Australia round trip travel this week. There will be 100 tickets offering $200 round trip airfare available each day starting today Monday, November 18 at 2pm PST/5pm EST. This deal requires a round…
AC Hotels is a Spain-based chain acquired by Marriott International in 2011 and integrated into Marriott Rewards in 2011. There are currently AC Hotels in 40 cities across Spain. Several of the upper upscale AC Hotels were rebranded years ago as Autograph Collection properties by Marriott. What has always attracted me to the AC Hotels…
Last month Marriott International acquired Elegant Hotels Group, which owns and operates seven hotels on Barbados. Several of the resort hotels are all-inclusive resort properties located on the powdery white sand beaches of Barbados west coast, known as the ‘Platinum Coast’. Marriott reports it will operate all seven properties as all-inclusive resorts following upgrades. Elegant…
IHG – InterContinental Hotels Group has a global Cyber Sale offering up to 25% off Best Flexible Rates when you book a prepaid, nonrefundable room by Dec 17 for stays through May 31. I see potential value with this sale for travelers needing hotel stays over Thanksgiving and New Year’s holiday weeks. While it depends…
TAP Portugal has an incredibly low ticket price at $225 round trip for New York to Madeira Island, Portugal for winter 2020 travel. Madeira is an autonomous region of Portugal in the Atlantic located 600 miles southwest of Lisbon. Lowest fare departure dates are February and March. Lower ticket prices around $200 round trip are…
Radisson Rewards has a one week offer for 20% points rebate for all reward stays booked by November 20 and completed from Nov 22, 2019 – March 31, 2020. This offer applies to reward stays worldwide for any hotel reward category. There is no registration required. Main condition to know is the member needs all…
China Eastern has ticket prices from $362 to $413 on dates in March and April 2020 for round trip travel from Los Angeles to Manila MNL, Philippines with China Eastern. Lowest $362 ticket prices are found through Skyscanner.com online travel agencies with major OTA sites like Expedia pricing tickets at $413. These tickets earn miles…
If a 16 hour flight LAX to Doha, followed by an 8 hour airport layover, then another 10 hour flight to South Africa does not scare you off, then $696 round trip might be quite a deal to travel half-way around the world. One of the best features of the Qatar Airways LAX to Cape…
