Hotel Value for Frequent Guests
Hotel loyalty program points and miles promotions for Best Western Rewards, Club Carlson, Choice Privileges, Hilton HHonors, Hyatt Gold Passport, IHG Rewards Club, Marriott Rewards, Ritz Carlton Rewards, Starwood Preferred Guest and Wyndham Rewards.
by Ric Garrido
Last week my wife and I stayed at the Anaheim Marriott, adjacent to the Anaheim Convention Center and a five minute shuttle bus ride to the entrance of Disneyland. I paid $24 per day to park my car at the Marriott. We paid $5.00 each for an ART shuttle bus daily pass. That was ultimately…
by Ric Garrido
Book Club Carlson award nights by July 31 for stays through December 31, 2015 at 25% off the standard reward rate when using Promotional Code LATAM25. This means a category 5 hotel at 44,000 points is only 33,000 points per reward night. There are Club Carlson hotels in ten countries in Central and South America…
by Ric Garrido
Last week my parents stayed at the Wyndham Anaheim Garden Grove. My father booked a military discount rate one night, my mother booked one night on a AAA rate and she also booked a Go Fast cash and points night for 3,000 points and $55. The GoFast $55 rate actually came out to $88.37 after…
Long haul airfare deals abound today and Delta at $853 from Los Angeles to Johannesburg, South Africa is as low as I have seen in past few months. San Francisco is $875 for departures from late October into February 2016. Delta Airlines Los Angeles LAX – Atlanta ATL – Johannesburg JNB, South Africa $852.30 Tuesday…
by Ric Garrido
American Airlines has Los Angeles to Mexico City on sale for $308 round trip for departures beginning mid-August into 2016. Most dates offer this $308 fare, even through November Thanksgiving holiday week and for select dates around the Christmas and New Year’s holidays. These are nonstop flights. American Airlines Los Angeles LAX – Mexico City…
by Ric Garrido
China Eastern has a low fare to New Delhi, India at $761 round trip for limited dates from September into 2016. From San Francisco, there are only a few dates each month until January 2016 when more dates are offered for departures at $761 low fare. More common are $813 and $853 fares with China…
What first caught my eye today with SPG Hot Escapes is their nice new web design. Although, I wonder about the clock accuracy? The deadline for booking is supposed to be midnight local hotel time. How can the deadline to book SPG Hot Escapes rate be the same for a hotel in China as a…
by Ric Garrido
There are 128 hotels on SPG Hot Escapes June 17 edition posted today. The 64 hotels posted for the USA surprised me at so many hotels with fairly low rates. Of course, some of these hotels may only have the low rate for one date over the next six weeks, but you might find a…
Disneyland Anaheim Choice Privileges Reward Nights This week I will be at Disneyland Anaheim. I decided to check reward night options in Anaheim and I found some great value for Choice hotels in the vicinity of Disneyland. Quality Inn & Suites Maingate = $139 or 16,000 points. After tax room rate = $163.80. Redemption value…
by Ric Garrido
Star Alliance airlines Lufthansa, Swiss, and United have low fares from San Francisco to Mumbai for departures beginning in September in the $840s and dropping to $805 for November. January to March 2016 offers many dates with $799 round trip fares. Lowest fares tend to require flying United Airlines one way via Mumbai–Newark nonstop route.…
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