Secret Marriott cards, and how to get them
Chase advertises two Marriott cards: Marriott Rewards Premier ($85 per year) and Marriott Rewards Premier Business ($99 per year). The cards vary in a few details, but they're very similar. Both offer: An annual...
Marriott pays up when they fail to deliver elite benefits
Marriott has a set of elite benefits which can result in cash in your pocket if those benefits are not honored. Here's everything you need to know about which benefits are guaranteed, and how much compensation you can expect...
Hilton adds elite breakfast at Waldorf-Astoria hotels
Yesterday, Greg published his predictions for 2018 (See: Frequent Miler’s 2018 miles & points predictions). One of his predictions was that Marriott would offer breakfast for Gold & Platinum elites at resorts, which have historically been...
Awesome: Hyatt to count award stays for status
World of Hyatt made a huge announcement today: Beginning in 2018, award stays will count towards elite status. This is a big improvement in the program that will surely sit well with many miles and points aficionados.
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Marriott status buy back really is gone (2nd confirmation)
Initially when Marriott announced the end of their status buy back program, there was a lot of confusion about when it would really end. The answer is now double-confirmed. It ends now.
Bye Bye Marriott Status Buy Back
Yesterday Marriott announced several changes to their rewards program for 2018:
Hertz Status: Platinum members get Hertz Gold Plus Rewards Five Star® Status and Platinum Premier members get Hertz Gold Plus Rewards Presidents Circle®...
10am check-in for IHG Spire Elites
Last week, IHG sent out an email to Spire Elite members advising them of a new benefit of the program: 10am early check-in based on availability. That's a nice benefit to have if it works...
[EXPIRED] Status match to top-tier with National Rental Cars
National Car Rental is offering a nice deal -- they will status match your airline, hotel, or other car rental company status to a comparable tier in the National Emerald Club. Most readers probably have...
Earn Inner Circle Status in the combined IHG Kimpton program
Now that Kimpton Rewards is merging with IHG Rewards, there will be great new options for redeeming IHG points and IHG free night certificates. That's the good news. The bad news is that achieving Kimpton top tier status will be harder. Here's how to do it without...
How much is Delta Silver status worth?
Silver status is Delta's lowest elite tier. To get Silver status, you need to fly 25,000 miles in a calendar year or fly 30 separate segments. More accurately, you need to earn 25,000 MQMs...
United Club Card now comes with 50K points
Chase has increased the offer on the United Airlines MileagePlus Club Card -- while the previous offer only included a statement credit after first purchase, the card now comes with 50,000 United MileagePlus miles after...
Awesome Suite Upgrade award: Park Hyatt Mallorca
A few weeks ago, I made great use of one of my Hyatt Globalist Tier Suite Upgrade awards, bumping my reservation up to a Park Suite King at the Park Hyatt Mallorca in Spain. This suite...
Delta’s $250K MQD waiver rule. What will I do? What should you do?
Yesterday we learned that, as of January 1 2018, Delta has increased it's MQD waiver requirement for Diamond Status to $250,000 in credit card spend. I promised an analysis. Here it is...
MQD Waiver Background
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(EXPIRED) Great new 10K MQM + 40K miles business card offer
The offer on the personal version of the Delta Reserve card recently increased to an all-time high of 10,000 MQMs and 40,000 miles with $3,000 spend (See: Highest-ever bonus: 40K miles & 10K MQM)...
