Many of the major travel blogs like The Points Guy maintain a list for the value of hotel points, airline miles and credit card points. Generally these points and miles valuations are credit card centered as a way to estimate
In 2018, I booked 85 hotel nights across 10 hotel loyalty programs with only 2 non-chain nights. I regularly read leisure traveler arguments for hotels.com being a better rebate value at 10% of your average spend than hotel loyalty programs.
February 2019 is a pivotal time with Marriott Rewards changing to Marriott Bonvoy on the February 13. That means new category 8 reward category will kick in soon with hotel redemption rate rising from 60,000 points to 85,000 points per
My travel budget is focused on finding hotel lodging deals when I travel since airfare is so inexpensive these days. In 2017, I managed to stay 86 hotel nights for about $4,000. Looks like I will end 2018 with about
Romania has been on my travel destination list since 2013 when I toured their country exhibit at ITB Berlin tourism convention. I anticipated traveling there summer 2017 with my wife for an extended summer stay to take advantage of the
Three ways to pick up hotel loyalty points: earn hotel points from hotel stays and associated spend and activity; earn hotel points from credit cards; buy hotel points. Frequent Miler, One Mile at a Time and The Points Guy, all have a
One of the best known events in Monterey, California is the annual Monterey Jazz Festival and the weekend of September 21-23 is the 61st annual jazz fest. This post compares hotel reward rates as an alternative to the high priced
This article explains in detail why I have credited my United Airlines flights to Aegean Miles+Bonus over the past two years and shows how many Aegean elite miles were earned on flights I flew with United, Air Canada, SAS, LOT
When I travel I tend to balance my hotel loyalty with hotel options that balance my points earning, points redeeming, and paid stays hotel spend with consideration for hotel location, transportation convenience and room quality comfort. Warsaw, Poland Originally, I
IHG Rewards Club is shifting 653 hotels in rewards category on January 15, 2017. Roughly about 80% are rising in reward cost by 5,000 to 15,000 points. About 125 hotels drop 5,000 points and only 11 hotels drop 10,000 points.
