Ric Garrido

Hotel Points Exchange Rate Theory

A common question is “How much are hotel points worth?”   A frequent guest wants a variety of strategies for reducing the cost

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HHonors VIP Rewards 2010 Compared to 2009

How does the 2010 HHonors VIP Redemption Chart compare to the Current HHonors VIP Rewards chart? October 26 Update: I linked to this

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Hilton HHonors VIP Reward Changes and Category 7 Hotels

Hilton HHonors has released a change in the category structure for HHonors free night redemption using points and a restructured VIP Reward Table

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Omni Hotels Select Guest offering 1,500 United or American miles per stay

Omni Hotels Select Guest currently has a promotion for triple airline miles with either United Airlines or American Airlines, which is 1,500 miles

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Boundaries of Maximizing Loyalty Program Promotions

Signing up for a promotion that was not directly targeted to me is something I have done many times in the past.  

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Marriott SpringHill Suites 3rd night Free

Stay at SpringHill Suites for two consecutive paid nights Wednesday through Sunday and receive a 3rd night free. Book your stay by November

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Hilton HHonors Dumped Me This Week

Hilton HHonors dumped me this week. After 10 years together my long time friend Hilton HHonors broke off our relationship. BFF best friends

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Fairmont President’s Club Great Rates

Five minutes of your time can save 50% on a Fairmont Hotel stay. If you are thinking, “Yeah, I would like to save

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San Francisco Walk for Hope and the LovEvolution Parade

My idea of a Loyalty Traveler Walk for Hope team for San Francisco this past weekend was too much to tackle in the last

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LH Business Class Germany to USA for 30,000 Starpoints

Update 10-7-09:  I initially wrote this blog post yesterday stating the Dusseldorf Special offer was good for travel from USA to Germany. I

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