Hotel Value for Frequent Guests
Chania harbor quay on the island of Crete, Greece is a small, mostly commercial place and one of the central spots for activity in the city. There are dozens of restaurants and bars along the waterfront. In the first week of March, only a bit more than half the dining places looked open on the…
In a few months, after my next two trips to Europe on SAS Scandinavian Airlines to Stockholm and return from Oslo, and after ‘Aegean Together’ pooling with my wife’s Aegean Miles+Bonus miles, I will have about 130,000 redeemable miles for Miles+Bonus award travel. I spent a few hours looking at award charts and figuring out…
Airline frequent flyer programs were much simpler for me to understand than hotel loyalty programs when I started collecting miles and points over 20 years ago. The problem with figuring hotel loyalty programs for a leisure traveler is the lack of experience when you have no necessity to spend 50 to 100 nights a year…
Aegean Airlines Miles+Bonus has been my primary frequent flyer program for the past two years. My next two trips to Europe are on SAS Scandinavian Airlines. The great deal with Aegean Miles+Bonus is 100% flight miles earned as redeemable miles and elite tier points for deep discount economy tickets on SAS Scandinavian. United and Air…
BBC Travel posted an article today An Irish pub born in the Dark Ages that took me back to November 2014 and two nights I spent in Athlone, Ireland before flying to London. The BBC article provides a good read on why Sean’s Bar with a history dating back to 900 A.D. has historical value…
Today I booked a hotel on an advance purchase rate for 34.50 EUR for an April date where I already have a different hotel stay booked for the city I will be visiting in Europe. I don’t plan to sleep in the hotel room I booked today. My plan is to spend an hour to…
Clarion Hotel Sign Stockholm is one of two hotels in Sweden’s capital city available for 10,000 Choice Privileges points. The hotel is within a few hundred meters of Arlanda Express, central train station and Flygbussarna airport transportation making this hotel a convenient location for a transit through Stockholm. This also means a $75 hotel room in…
Radisson Rewards has a sale for up to 30% off at 350 hotels in Europe, Middle East and Africa including 3,000 bonus points per stay. For participating hotels in Europe and Africa, the stay period is from April 8 and May 12, 2019. For participating hotels in the Middle East, the stay period is from April 8…
Hilton has an Asia Pacific Resorts sale for advance purchase discount rates up to 35% off for stays through Jan 23, 2020 in Greater China and to Feb 2, 2020 for other Asia Pacific participating hotels. There are more than 50 resorts participating in this sale including properties in Australia, New Zealand, Thailand, Vietnam and…
SAS Scandinavian Airlines has a sale through March 21 for USA to Scandinavia for travel from August 20, 2019 to February 28, 2020. San Francisco SFO – Copenhagen CPH $446 Aug 23-Sep 3 San Francisco SFO – Stockholm ARN $471 Sep 10-17 Los Angeles LAX – Stockholm ARN $420 Aug 21-Sep 2 Los Angeles LAX…
