Considering a bizarro mattress run
Marriott's Double Take promo offers double base points on any stays between March 19 and June 4 2019, but only after the first stay. As luck would have it (bad luck), I just completed...
Waterline Marina Resort & Beach Club, Autograph Collection Review
Over the course of our stay at the Waterline Marina Resort & Beach Club, my opinion evolved from hate to love. Actually, those words are too strong. More accurately, my opinion evolved from dislike...
When should you book a Prestige 4th night free?
Less than six months from now, the Citi Prestige 4th night free perk will be all but dead to me. Truth be told, until this last 9 or 10 months, I'd only used it...
Hyatt & American Airlines Announce Partnership – Reciprocal Earning, Status Challenges & More
Hyatt and American Airlines have today announced details of a new partnership that's going to offer reciprocal earning opportunities, status challenges and more. These mutual benefits aren't available yet as they're not going live...
Bonvoy restores joy: Platinum status being reinstated
Yesterday, we published a post about problems with Marriott elite status (See: No joy from Bonvoy: Ritz cardholders downgraded to Gold). Specifically, many people had been downgraded from Marriott Platinum (50-night status) to Marriott...
No joy from Bonvoy: Ritz cardholders downgraded to Gold
Update: 10:31pm Eastern 3/4/19: Good news -- we've received word that this has been fixed. See a full update here: Bonvoy restores joy: Platinum status being reinstated.
Update 7:18pm Eastern 3/4/19: Not much news to report,...
(EXPIRED) Alaska Airlines: Earn MVP/MVP Gold After 2/4 Round Trip Flights
Alaska Airlines is offering a fast-track to MVP or MVP Gold status for Mileage Plan members living in some east and west coast cities when taking 2 or 4 round trip flights from coast...
Last call to book ultra luxe Marriott hotels at 60K per night
When Marriott and SPG merged loyalty programs in August 2018, the award rates at their most expensive properties were temporarily capped at 60,000 points per night. At the time, Marriott announced that category 8...
Bon Voyage, Marriott. Last-minute checklist before Bonvoy
Bon Voyage, Marriott Rewards. Hello, Bonvoy.
Marriott Rewards as we know it will cease to exist on Wednesday, February 13, 2019. In its place, we'll get Marriott Bonvoy, the new loyalty program covering the combined...
Grand Hyatt Kauai: a great guest of honor stay and great redemption
What I love about collecting points is using them to enjoy travel experiences that I wouldn't otherwise have. I recently spent 10 days in Hawaii, which I split over stays at the Grand Hyatt...
Planning for Lifetime Marriott Platinum Elite Status
Marriott's loyalty program, soon to be named Bonvoy, has a lot to like... and a lot to dislike (even beyond it's name). Overall, though, I'm pretty happy with the program... as long as I...
(EXPIRED) Southwest Status Match: Get A-List Status & Extend With Qualifying Activity
Southwest Airlines is offering those with status with a domestic airline a match to A-List status. If you were recently targeted for instant status with American Airlines, this should be a way to parlay...
Marriott Bonvoy: Weird name, confusing tiers, but the same story
Earlier this week, Marriott officially announced the previously-rumored name and elite tiers of the "new" loyalty program. I know that change often meets resistance, and I'm not sure I had a better suggestion if...
(EXPIRED) Match M Life back to Hyatt Explorist ’till Feb 2020
Thanks to World of Hyatt's partnership with the M Life, the loyalty program of MGM resorts & casinos, you can enjoy reciprocal status between the two programs. Hyatt Explorist and above matches to M...
