Choice Privileges brings back their periodic promotion for 8,000 points after two stays at any Choice Hotels brand from May 11 to July 31. Bonus points can be earned multiple times during the promotion for every two stays. Promotion registration
Yesterday I placed an $1,100+ charge on my card for airline tickets from Stockholm to San Jose. Add another $700 to $1,000 for hotels, hotel points and more airline tickets I need to book this week for summer travel in
Two trips to Europe this summer meant planning an itinerary with over 30 hotel nights and six or more flights. The first trip is a little tougher to plan due to only holding a $150 one way ticket to Barcelona,
World of Hyatt has finally come up with something that I find a little exciting for my travels in 2017. Hyatt Regency Amsterdam has opened as a category 4 hotel reward. This hotel offers great redemption value for members holding
Over the years I have earned and purchased Best Western Rewards points. There are not many places where I find the reward rate is a compelling value compared to the paid rate. This is why the opportunity to buy 10,000
My 11-day April 2-12 low cost airlines budget travel trip flying WOW, Wizz, and Norwegian Airlines took me to Iceland, Lithuania, Latvia and Sweden for $327 all-in round trip from San Francisco and back to Oakland, California. This was a
The Shrinking Value of Hotel Loyalty Programs is an article examining changes to Hilton, Hyatt, IHG, Marriott and SPG by Vikram Singh, global hospitality and travel strategist. The central argument he makes is most travelers are more focused on hotel
Marriott Rewards introduced a true ‘Cash and Points’ reward night redemption option one year ago in March 2016. Good news is the number of points and cash copay have not changed since Marriott Rewards originally published tables October 2015. http://www.marriott.com/marriott-rewards/use/cash-and-points.mi
World of Hyatt launched its new loyalty program March 1, 2017 and April 1 launches its first global loyalty promotion with a bonus offer not worth getting excited about. World of Hyatt earn double points on hotel stays from April
Iceland is spelled ‘Island’ in Icelandic. I find some aspect of that Icelandic spelling to be calming in my perception of this North Atlantic island, considering the actual physical openings to the raw forces of Earth found on the island’s
