Hotel Value for Frequent Guests
Best Western Rewards, Choice Privileges and Wyndham Rewards have a competitive advantage to other major hotel loyalty programs like Hilton Honors, IHG Rewards Club and Marriott Rewards in that these programs all offer upgraded hotel rooms for points at standard reward rates for some hotels. The main point to know is some hotels offer higher…
San Francisco to Manila, Philippines is as low as $509 round trip flying Eva Air in September. Asiana, another Star Alliance airline member has ticket prices in the $560s if you prefer a flight via Seoul, South Korea. Prices drop to $569 in mid-August, then $533 in early September through November. Then $533 prices return…
Best Western Rewards reward nights using 8,000 to 36,000 points per reward night used to be a variable points redemption rate for any specific hotel based on the month in the year. Reward rates were easy to check for any upcoming date with a Best Western website reward rate calendar. While this reward rate model…
United Airlines has Los Angeles LAX to Barcelona BCN priced as low as $414 round trip for flights in October. Iberia’s Level Airlines is as low as $376 round trip. I do not currently see these low ticket prices for departures any other month. Expedia ticket United Airlines/Swiss Airlines $426.52 round trip Sun Oct 7…
September, near the end of summer, is my favorite time of year to travel around Europe. Tourism crowds decrease, yet weather in northern Europe is generally still warm, while southern Europe is more tolerable temperatures than mid-July and August. Best of all, airline ticket prices from USA to European cities drop significantly. September 15-16 major…
World of Hyatt has a brand specific summer promotion for 2,500 bonus points for every 5 nights stayed at Hyatt Regency or Grand Hyatt hotels worldwide from June 1 to August 31, 2018. Nights can be earned at a single brand or a combination of the two brands. Qualifying nights can be consecutive or non-consecutive nights.…
Virgin Atlantic has San Francisco SFO to Malta MLA on sale for $468 round trip from September 2018 to April 2019, except for Nov 8-Jan 7. The low $468 ticket price is available on many dates. Google flights is useful for finding dates, but no deep link booking to Virgin Atlantic. These tickets are easily…
Icelandair is really pushing their new SFO to Iceland route with August fares to London as low as $283 round trip in August. The deals for summer 2018 start around the first week of August and airfare quickly drops through the month with really low airfare from August 20. These deals are found through Google Flights…
Radisson Rewards launched their Dream Deals summer promotion for room rates up to 30% off and 5,000 bonus points per stay for prepaid special rate bookings made using this offer from May 30 and July 1 for stays June 25 to Sep 2. Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden stays are eligible from June 12. There…
Savannah, Georgia has two new Starwood Hotels for summer 2018. Perry Lane Hotel, a Luxury Collection Hotel opened this week. The hotel enters SPG as a category 5 at 12,000 points per night. Of course, this will change in the new Marriott Rewards program coming August 1. The Alida, Savannah, a Tribute Portfolio Hotel is…
