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New Year’s Eve can be an expensive hotel night in many cities and you might find New Year’s Eve is not available for a one night reward stay with points. After checking dozens of hotels in several cities, I found many hotels not available as a one night reward stay for December 31 can be…
A $367 British Airways ticket has me traveling to Prague, Czech Republic again for my third trip in the past year. I created a Google Map with 26 chain hotels and reward rates. These hotels represent all the major chains with reward nights for loyalty points, except Hyatt. Accor Hotels are not listed either, since…
Last week I stayed 4 reward nights at Hampton Inn by Hilton Krakow, Poland for 5,000 points per night. This was the first time I stayed at a Hilton Honors category 1 hotel in 19 years of Hilton loyalty travel. Normally, I do not write hotel reviews for Hampton Inn properties. Hampton Inn Krakow is…
Clarion Hotel Sign Stockholm for 10,000 Choice Privileges points per night is one of the best deals for U.S. travelers in one of the world’s priciest cities. One of the hotel’s best features for a tourist arriving from Stockholm Arlanda Airport ARN, the primary airport for Sweden international arrivals from the USA, is its…
IHG Rewards Club has changed copay amounts at certain hotels from the long-standing 5,000 points for $40 or 10,000 points for $70. Most hotels still have these two options, but there is a new feature of Points and Cash reward nights with copay amount variability depending on day of the week and peak rates for…
Marriott Rewards announced its Fab Four program changes last week with full details supposedly coming out today. Two of the changes will offer significantly greater value for the Marriott Rewards program to nearly all members. 1. Reward nights using points and certificates will count for elite status starting November 1, 2015. Silver elite at 10…
Hilton HHonors Category 2 hotels cost 10,000 points per night or 40,000 points for a 5-night stay for HHonors VIP elite. The cost of a category 2 hotel is 50% of the points required of a category 3 at 20,000 HHonors points per night or 80,000 points with 5th night free rewards. Hilton HHonors is…
Conde Nast Traveler Gold List 2013 is the annual list of best ranked hotels by CN Traveler readers. 47,000 participants in the Readers Choice survey selected about 500 of the world’s best hotels for the 2013 list. Hotels making the Gold List five consecutive years are designated Platinum Circle status. The Platinum Circle list has…
Priority Club Rewards has posted new category assignments at 4,500+ InterContinental Hotels Group properties worldwide. Supposedly 30% of hotels went down. Those hotels apparently are not in my neighborhood and much of California has seen a deleterious devaluation of Priority Club points with numerous hotels rising by 40% in reward night cost. I primarily travel…
Hilton HHonors amended its program Terms & Conditions Thursday July 19, 2012. One of the changes appears to be the elimination of the Diamond Force for HHonors award stays using points. Diamond Elite Members will receive the following during stays as a registered Diamond Elite Member: A 50% bonus on Base Points earned during the…
