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Hilton HHonors started their winter 2009 promotion yesterday. I received an email which outlines quite clearly the earning structure for this promotion. Normally double base points would not be confusing to calculate, however, Hilton HHonors Points & Points or Points & Miles earning preference for members complicates the calculation. January 13 Update: On January 12,…
by Ric Garrido
The 2009 hotel rate sales are coming fast. Hilton Hotels is offering a discount, as much as 50% based on the hotel’s regular Bed & Breakfast rate for reservations booked by January 31, 2009 for hotel stays through August 31, 2009. The sale covers 220 international properties, none in the USA. Hilton Hotels January Sale…
Hotel Loyalty Winter 2009 Promotions Are Out Hotel loyalty programs have posted 2009 offers in the past week. Within a few days of the SPG 2009 promotion beginning January 7, four other promotions have been released. Is there a little Hyatt-Expedia love conduit going on with the frequentflier? Hyatt has still not detailed their promotion on…
Link to the HHonors Pointstretcher List The next two weeks are your best opportunity to find a Pointstretcher award for the listed offers of the next six months. Come January 1 the current Pointstretcher list can be purged. A large portion of the hotels listed do not show any Pointstretcher dates for 2009. Hilton HHonors…
by Ric Garrido
There is no better test of a “No Blackouts” Hotel Loyalty Program Points Redemption Policy than looking for hotel rooms using points for a New Year’s Eve stay. Loyalty Traveler studied the San Francisco hotel loyalty scene for New Year’s Eve rooms. My search results were surprisingly consumer friendly for San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego, and…
by Ric Garrido
Delta is printing miles as fast as the US Government is printing money. One of the often touted features of Hilton HHonors is the ability to earn both hotel points and airline miles for your hotel stays. All other major hotel loyalty programs give either points or miles. And choosing miles is generally a lower…
I started out writing today wanting to argue a point about hotel loyalty program comparisons. Quite often a hotel program comparison will state how much spending is needed to earn a free night. Frequently, a table will show how much spending is required to earn the points for a free night at the lowest category hotel in…
by Ric Garrido
Deeper Insights into USA Today’s 10-6-08 Hotel Loyalty Program Comparisons Highlands Inn, Hyatt Category 5 Hotel. $170 in real Loyalty Traveler hotel spending for a free night worth 18,000 points is a lot less than $3,600 in USA Today’s virtual traveler hotel spending. Have you noticed recently the number of fact-checking news articles…
by Ric Garrido
Sunday Brunch – Best Hotel Promotions Currently Available Sunday Brunch with Loyalty Traveler is a chance for me to review the best hotel promotions currently happening. Hotel loyalty program promotions tend to have a validity period of one to four months. Most of the major hotel loyalty programs are currently running 4th quarter major promotions…
Marriott Rewards Advantage is Free Nights Redemption Chart Marriott Rewards competitive advantage over Hilton HHonors, Hyatt Gold Passport, IHG Priority Club, and Starwood Preferred Guest is their “Free Nights Redemption Chart” which offers a progressively increasing per night discount for multiple night hotel stays using points. The difference with the Marriott Rewards table is the…
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