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.
The launch of IHG Rewards Club in July 2013 comes with a chance to win 100,000 points in seven weeks of giveaways by posting a photo featuring any IHG brand hotel on Instagram with hashtag #discoverIHG. Registration for this Instagram #discoverIHG social media sweepstakes is required at www.discover.ihg.com. InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) is celebrating the…
RewardsPlus is a new loyalty program launching today offering reciprocal benefits for members of both Marriott Rewards and United Airlines Mileage Plus. The benefits are primarily for elite members of these programs, yet there are benefits for base Marriott Rewards members too. Marriott Rewards members receive: Complimentary Premier Silver status in MileagePlus (open to Platinum…
Hilton HHonors launched its 2013-Q3 promotion this week for triple points on Friday, Saturday and Sunday or double points for stays on Monday through Thursday nights. There are about 650 hotels in the USA not participating, so check this Hilton hotel exclusion list carefully. Fewer than 50 hotels in the rest of the world have…
Hyatt Gold Passport points are on sale through U.S. Travel Association Daily Getaways today at a good price. I will try to buy a set of points. So will many other people. This is a deal that will definitely sell out quickly, so be prepared with your finger on the mouse precisely at 1:00pm ET…
Tuesday, July 9 I sat in a casino in Ely, Nevada changing my hotel reservations over the internet. I had a reservation at Super 8 in Wells, Nevada 124 miles north of Ely. Super 8 Wells is a Wyndham Rewards property at 8,000 points per night. I booked a cash stay and planned to change…
by Ric Garrido
BoardingArea moved blogs to a new hosting platform or something technical that required the site to be shuttered one weekend a couple weeks back. The change means I now have more control over the Loyalty Traveler web design. I did lose the email sign-up widget during the move and that is something I can’t put…
One of the best deals for hotel stays in Europe is the IHG 2-for-1 rate. This is an offer that has been around for years and still gives some of the deepest discounts available for hotels in several European countries. I did a quick check of rates to see what I could find for summer…
Hilton HHonors next promotion should begin on July 9 for triple points on the weekends and double points on weekdays. More about that when the HHonors bonus points registration page goes live. Hilton HHonors currently has registration available on triple miles offers with eight Asian-based carriers for hotel stays from July 1 through September 30,…
Expedia has a 48-hour sale running through midnight Sunday, July 7 offering 30% off at select hotels. Yesterday, I booked several stays with Marriott brand hotels in Denver, Colorado and then filed Look No Further Best Rate Guarantee claims by phone and web claim form. All of my claims were approved. Marriott Look No Further…
I am planning for cheap hotel stays using a variety of tactics on my upcoming two week road trip from Monterey to Denver via Salt Lake City and back via Las Vegas to attend a Hyatt-MGM partnership event. My road trip planning is not meant to be the focus, but rather the tactics I use…
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