This post looks at the new upgrade reward options at 22 hotels worldwide in Club Carlson to examine the newly added room upgrade program feature as of March 15, 2014. The prevalent change is the addition of Premium Rewards at
Normally I do not write about rumored changes to loyalty programs, but in this case the MarriottRewardsInsider thread is trending with feedback on rumored changes to Marriott Rewards for 2015 posted by an MRInsiders member two days ago. Update 3/14:
Normally Hilton HHonors and Marriott Rewards have announced hotel reward category changes by this date. Were last year’s changes so drastic that these companies do not need to reassign hotel reward categories in 2014? MarriottRewardsInsiders has a rumor thread started
U.S. Travel Association’s Daily Getaways returns May 19-June 20, 2014. A preview of 2014 offers will post May 12, 2014. Daily Getaways are daily travel package offers where one travel company is featured each weekday (Mon-Fri)for a flash sale. Hotel
Disclosure: As a media attendee to the Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group 2014 Radisson & Radisson Blu Americas conference February 18-21, I stayed three nights at the Radisson Blu Mall of America in Bloomington, Minnesota for free. Carlson Companies headquarters is
Deal Gone: Wyndham New Yorker changed reward night price from 14,000 points to 50,000 points per night within 10 hours of this post. Now that reward rate seems too high at the top level. Hope this post helped you
This post summarizes dozens of hotel loyalty promotion offers in the major hotel chains currently available in the month of March 2014 for hotel stays this month and beyond. Last update: March 4, 2014 Please send me an email at
This month’s list of Last Minute Reward Nights offers 56 IHG brand hotels at 50% off points is available for stays this weekend from Friday, March 7 to Sunday, March 9 are . There are 43 hotels in the USA
Club Carlson advertises its credit card with Big Print ‘9 Free Award Nights’. An issue I have seen repeated over the years makes this kind of credit card loyalty advertising almost meaningless. Starwood and Hilton over several years moved the
Marriott Rewards has some very consumer-friendly policies which probably helps the program consistently earn hotel loyalty program of the year (Americas) in award contests like the Freddies. 2007 is the last time Marriott Rewards did not win hotel program of
