Tim Steinke
My wife Erin and my first big journey together went around the world in 100 days for
our honeymoon, a trip in which I had one car accident and got one speeding ticket in every country that we visited (I think that I may still have an arrest warrant in New Zealand for an unpaid ticket, but we’ll keep that between us). We currently
live in Washington State; we own a winery, ski after work and hike as much as our elderly knees will let us.
Hyatt finally adds ability to choose a specific free night award at booking
Hyatt has just announced a significant improvement with the way that it handles online booking of free night awards.
Until now, Hyatt's system would automatically choose the free night award that was closest to expiring...
(Expired) Bilt August Rent Day: Up to 150% Transfer Bonus to Virgin Atlantic
Bilt Rewards has announced its Rent Day promos for August 1, 2023. The headliner of the monthly promotion is that Bilt Rewards Members will be able to utilize a 75%-150% bonus on points transfers...
Alila Ventana Big Sur: Excellent availability November 2023 to June 2024
Thrifty Traveler posted today that there is once again excellent Sunday to Thursday availability at Ventana Big Sur. We're making a quick update to republish this older post for main details, but note that...
Dream Miami South Beach: Bottom Line Review
Earlier this year, Hyatt acquired Dream Hotel Group, a "lifestyle" brand that includes ten properties across three brands: Dream, Chatwal and Unscripted. The Dream brand has five locations in New York, Nashville, Hollywood and...
A $185,000 hotel bill, United making America sloshed again and is Hyatt going to...
A $185,000 hotel bill, American Airlines cracking down on skiplagging, United finally letting folks double fist and...is Hyatt preparing for dynamic pricing? All that and more in this week's Saturday Selection, our weekly round-up...
Alaska Airlines fumbles launch of Starlux awards
Starlux is a Taiwan-based airline that was founded in 2018 and began operations in 2020, a tricky time to start a new travel company, to say the least. Despite the poor timing, it has...
Aeroplan Awards can now be changed online
Aeroplan has been a frequent flyer program on the upswing over the last couple of years. It has an incredibly diverse group of partners (with good availability), excellent stopover rules and it's taken great...
Amex Business Card Offer: Earn up to 100K points with employee cards (targeted)
American Express has brought back one of its best promotions for adding employee/authorized user cards to Business Green, Gold and Platinum accounts: 20,000 Membership Rewards points after $4K in purchases in the first 6...
(EXPIRED) Marriott Homes and Villas Amex Offer: Spend $1000, Get $250 Back
An Amex Offer is out once again for Marriott Homes & Villas that could score you $250 back on a vacation rental stay. Keep in mind that these rentals earn elite nights and Marriott Bonvoy...
(EXPIRED) Delta Award Sale: 40k SkyMiles roundtrip in economy to Australia (and many more)
Delta is running a very good two day award sale that includes Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Mexico, and the Caribbean. But there's a catch - the low pricing and wide open award availability is...
(EXPIRED) Hotels.com BankAmeriDeal: Get 5% off up to 5 hotel bookings
There's a new Hotels.com BankAmeriDeal doing the rounds which gives 5% off on all "coupon-eligible" hotels. This one requires clicking through the offer link AND entering the promo code BOFA5 into hotels.com checkout screen.
The...
(EXPIRED) Chase & Amex Marriott Cards: Spend $7,000, Earn 10,000 Bonus Points
Marriott cardholders have a new, non-targeted spending offer available on their cards that gives10,000 bonus points when spending $7,000 on a Marriott card by September 30th. This offer won't be appealing for most folks,...
(Expired) New United Mile Play Offers – See If You’re Targeted
United has released another round of targeted Mile Play offers and, in at least some cases, they'll be easy challenges to complete.
The Deal
Earn bonus MileagePlus miles when completing United Mile Play offers.
Direct link...
Singapore Airlines 777-300ER Business Class: Bottom Line Review
A fifth freedom route is when a long haul carrier operates a flight outside of its home network, primarily to utilize airplane downtime. One notable example is Singapore Airlines’ JFK to Frankfurt route. Singapore...
