Marriott mattress running: Valuable elite status for nearly 2 years
Marriott is offering several overlapping promotions which, when taken together, can make mattress running worthwhile. A mattress run involves checking into a hotel for the purpose of earning elite status or other rewards even...
Possible free night in St. Kitts with the new horse on the status match-go-round
Dave Grossman at Miles Talk covers a new partnership between Choice Privileges and Penn Gaming that will offer reciprocal elite status. We don't yet know where the programs will match up status, but it...
(EXPIRED) [Last day to register] Hyatt Bonus Journeys Now Live: Earn triple or quadruple...
Reminder: You must register for this promotion by today. It's worth registering even if you don't think you'll stay just in case it comes in handy as this is likely to be one of the...
Hyatt assigning My Hyatt Concierge to new 60-night Globalists
At the beginning of the month, I checked out from a 30-night Hyatt stay that was aimed at earning Hyatt Globalist status. I wrote a post when those 30 elite nights posted to my...
The year of the mattress run: top-tier status in 6 programs in 48 nights
In a bizarre state of irony, 2021 is shaping up to be the year of the mattress run. Hyatt kicked things off with their ludicrously easy path to top-tier Hyatt Globalist status. Really, they kicked...
Marriott’s elite benefits guarantee is back
During the pandemic, Marriott had previously suspended their elite benefits guarantee, but as of today (January 11, 2021), the guarantees are back! Here is the message from Marriott:
We are reinstating the elite guarantee compensation...
Ludicrously easy path to Hyatt Globalist status (top-tier status for 2 years!)
Update 2/22/2021: Reminder that most of Hyatt's overlapping promos end Feb 28. Make sure your checkout date is Feb 28 or earlier.
Update 1/8/21: Reminder that you must register for both Bonus Journeys and Free Nights on...
Aeroplan extending award ticket change fee waivers, will update elite status requirements
Air Canada's Aeroplan announced today that they are making some positive changes by extending change fee waivers and points expiration. They have also announced that they intend to update elite status earning requirements for...
Hello, newly-minted Globalist status
Update 1/8/21: I can confirm that I received the additional 30 bonus elite night credits from Bonus Journeys and now have 60 elite nights and all of the associated milestone benefits (free night certificates and...
Greg’s Delta elite plans for 2021
For years I've been manufacturing top tier Delta Diamond elite status for both me and my wife through credit card spend (see: How to earn Delta elite status through credit card spend). Now, we...
Relax: Your elite stuff will post
We've been receiving a lot of panicked questions / comments from readers via all of the various channels (email, comments, Facebook, etc) wondering why their elite have not yet posted, so we wanted...
Use your expiring IHG free night for status match opportunities
Thanks to having either the IHG Rewards Club Premier card or the no longer available IHG Rewards Club Select card many of us have IHG Platinum Elite status and free night certificates that expire...
Radisson extending certs to 6/21, points to 12/21, and status to 2/22
UPDATE 12/21/20: Radisson has updated these extensions:
Point expiration suspension:
We are extending our pause on the expiration of Radisson Rewards points. Any points that were set to expire between March 1, 2020 and December 30,...
Systemwide Upgrades Compared: AA, Delta, United
American Airlines, Delta, and United each offer systemwide upgrades to high level elite members. The idea is that you can buy an inexpensive economy ticket to anywhere in the world and apply a systemwide...
