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Free Your Summer with Winter Stays – Chicago Hotels Case Study for Comparing Q1 2011 promotions

When I see a new hotel loyalty promotion roll out, my analysis focuses on how I can maximize the value of the promotion to reduce my overall cost for hotel nights. I plan my hotel travel year with the purpose

Hyatt short-changed me 4.85% in base points. What about you?

This piece requires some reader feedback to determine if there is a systemic problem with Gold Passport base point earnings or just my account posting incorrectly. I have stayed at four different Hyatt Hotels in the past month. Looking over

HELP Sheet November 2010 – Current Hotel and Elite Loyalty Promotions

Current Hotel Loyalty Promotions and News – updated November 16, 2010 Here is the update to the Current Hotel Loyalty Promotions page on Loyalty Traveler blog. Sixty Second overview of current offers: Choice Privileges has one of the best points

Hyatt Gold Passport stops elite status matches

Hyatt Gold Passport has officially announced through FlyerTalk it will no longer offer status matches to Gold Passport Platinum and Diamond elite membership based on elite membership in other hotel loyalty programs.  In select cases an individual may receive an

Starwood Hotels up to 30% off Nov 4-Jan 17

This limited time offer requires booking by November 15. My gut feeling is this discount rate is not anything spectacular. I need some reader feedback to confirm my hunch. Has anyone found a really good value that makes these rates

1st Annual Frequent Traveler Awards Commentary by the Less-than-Frequent Loyalty Traveler

First of all, my congratulations to all involved in pulling this massive Frequent Traveler Awards endeavor together. They announced at the awards that more than one million votes were cast and tallied. Management from many airlines, hotel programs and loyalty

SPG is turning Chinese

I think turning Chinese is a good thing, so please don’t start a Loyalty Traveler boycott.  Chinese members actively using Starwood Preferred Guest have surpassed the United Kingdom membership as the second most active SPG members behind the USA membership.

Hotel Loyalty Promotions Summary 9-19-10

Current Hotel Loyalty Promotions and News – updated September 19, 2010 The frequent guest has the choice of many hotel loyalty promotions with little guidance to their relative value. Here is Loyalty Traveler’s summary of current hotel loyalty promotions and

Hilton HHonors Comprehensive Reward Charts

The HHonors website fails to provide easy to find links to the HHonors reward charts. Here are the various HHonors reward charts with website links. Hilton HHonors made major changes to its standard and VIP reward charts with the January

Fall 2010 Hotel Loyalty Promotions Summary

Here is an update to the Current Hotel Loyalty Promotions page on Loyalty Traveler.  Most of the major fall 2010 promotions have been announced with the exception of Hilton HHonors, Carlson Goldpoints Plus and Wyndham Rewards. Overall the promotions have

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