[New Easy Solution] How to find Choice Preferred Hotel award availability
An exciting recent development is that Choice Privileges points can now be used to book participating Preferred Hotels & Resorts online. One little "gotcha"...
Two ways to book (Nordic) hotels with Choice points
Now that Preferred Hotels & Resorts are bookable online with Choice points (see this post for details), it's worth pointing out that there are...
The world’s best use of Marriott Bonvoy points, a cruise “subscription” and do we...
Marriott partners with BetMGM, Virgin Voyages is testing a new subscription service and how much Hyatt love is too much? All that and more...
Choice surprises and delights, United feature self-destructs, best awards to Europe and more [Week...
Choice came from deep in the distance with its new online booking tool for Preferred hotels during a week in which a new transferable...
Book Preferred Hotels online with Choice points
This is huge! Choice Privileges has long partnered with Preferred Hotels & Resorts, and it has previously been possible, but usually very, very difficult,...
My final ANA sweet-spot award booking
I just booked what may be my last ever ANA flight award. I booked Newark to London, Dublin to Toronto, Toronto to Detroit all...
Big spend bonuses Nick plans to pursue in 2024
I recently made some updates to our Best Big Spend Bonuses page. Part of my interest in refreshing that page with current information is...
(Reminder) Ouch. Hyatt’s 2024 devaluation has been announced & it’s not pretty
Update 3/19/24: Just a quick reminder that these award chart changes will be going into effect on March 26. That means there's only a...
United Airlines backlash over “stolen” Chase points, IRS launches free tax filing and more...
United Airlines is facing a formal complaint after not returning someone's Chase points, a spiffy Asian carrier starting new route from the US and...
Daydream believin’, earn Alaska miles on rent, top Hiltons and more [Week in Review]
If the Ides of March have you in a funky haze, maybe it's a day for a daydream with the Pointsyeah Daydream explorer. If...
Booking Cottages.com via Wyndham Rewards
We've written plenty about booking Vacasa vacation rentals with Wyndham Rewards points, which can be a fantastic deal in the right scenarios. We've written...
A new breed of award discovery tools
When I first wrote about Seats.Aero (see: Seats.aero: a wonderfully nerdy tool for finding Unicorn flight awards), it was one of a kind. Unlike...
(EXPIRED) Hyatt/SLH partnership ending 5/15/24; important things to know
Last month Hilton announced that they were going to be launching a partnership with Small Luxury Hotels of the World (SLH). That inevitably meant...
Best uses for Turkish Miles & Smiles miles (2025)
Turkish Miles & Smiles is a 1:1 transfer partner from Capital One Miles, Citi ThankYou points, and Bilt Rewards, meaning that it is easy...
