Koloa Landing Resort at Poipu (Kauai, Hawaii)
I recently spent a week at the Koloa Landing Resort, Autograph Collection in Poipu, Kauai. Some will be surprised to hear that I stayed at Koloa Landing instead of the much loved and nearby...
(EXPIRED) Delta 40K round trip to Europe. Dates include spring break 2020!
Delta is out with their 4th promo this week for their "Dream It, Live It" week. Today's deal is for flights to Europe. Round trip flights start at 40K miles or $539. As a...
Problems with banking SkyMiles via Delta Vacations
Through Friday evening 8/30, Delta is running a fantastic promotion: SkyMiles are worth double when booking a Delta Vacation. Nick wrote about this deal a few days ago: Amazing Delta vacation packages promo: get...
BA Visa $200 Award Fee Credit. 8 things you need to know.
Chase's British Airways Visa Card has a significant new benefit: Get up to $200 credit per award booking. That sounds awesome, but there are a number of terms that limit its usefulness. Here's what...
(EXPIRED) Delta Award Sale: Round Trip Awards As Low As 9,000 SkyMiles
Delta is running a series of deals this week for their 'Dream It, Live It' event. Yesterday's deal (which is still bookable) offered the opportunity to get 2cpp of value from your SkyMiles when...
(EXPIRED) IHG PointBreaks Fall 2019 full list
IHG's Fall 2019 PointBreaks list is now live for bookings through October 31, 2019. Included this time are a few options in larger cities and several Intercontinental hotels. While these are not the bargains we...
Citi (apparently) loses transfer partner Garuda Indonesia
In reading blog posts from around the Internet for our week in review around the web post (which publishes later tonight), I came across a post from Milelion (a Singapore-based blog) saying that Citibank...
(EXPIRED) Delta flash sale to the Caribbean (from 10K round trip)
Delta is running a flash sale on flights to the Caribbean / Latin America / Mexico, with round trip flights starting at 10,000 SkyMiles. The travel period in many cases is during hurricane season and...
Marriott travel packages in a Peak world: good value?
When Marriott merged with SPG in August 2018, they massively increased the prices for travel packages. Travel packages offer a way to spend a big chunk of Marriott Bonvoy points in exchange for two...
Marriott Cash + Points Revised. Good deal?
This morning Marriott announced several changes to Marriott Bonvoy awards (details here). One of the changes is that they revised Points + Cash pricing for peak and off-peak awards. I wasn't too excited about...
Marriott announces major award changes: peak/off-peak, cash+points, and more
Marriott has announced several major changes to their awards program. This information was sent to us directly by Dan Forman, Senior Director Consumer PR at Marriott International. Here's a quick summary:
Peak and off-peak...
Surviving Marriott Peak & Off-Peak Award Pricing
For better or worse (mostly worse), Marriott's Peak and Off-Peak award pricing will begin September 14 2019. At first glance, it doesn't look too bad. Category 1,2 and 3 award prices only vary 2,500...
(EXPIRED) Delta flash sale to Europe from 26K round trip
Delta is running a flash sale for economy class travel to Europe, with flights from 26,000 SkyMiles round trip. While we often see fall airfares drop to the low $300's from places like New York and...
Stacking sweet spots with Miles & More
Last week, we found out that Barclays has increased the offer on the Lufthansa Miles & More credit card to an all-time high of up to 75,000 mile. Getting the full bonus requires $20,000...
