Guide to Ultra-Premium Credit Card Travel Protections
Ultra-Premium credit cards like the Chase Sapphire Reserve and American Express Platinum have annual fees that commonly exceed $500/year. Despite those hefty costs of ownership, these types of cards can be very popular in...
My World of Hyatt wishlist. Make a good thing even better
World of Hyatt is my favorite hotel loyalty program. Hyatt's program offers published award charts, great value for their points, multiple ways to achieve suite upgrades, best-in-class top-tier elite benefits, and many options for...
IHG Friends & Family Rate sometimes offers good savings
If you're friends or family of an IHG employee, Loyalty Lobby points out that you can sometimes save a nice chunk and/or get a flexible rate that is about the same as the discounted...
Hilton Honors Q4 Promo: 2,500 bonus points on all stays
Hilton Honors has announced its Q4 promotion of 2024, which will run between September 3rd and December 31st, 2024. It's calling it "Power Up" and members who register will earn 2,500 bonus points on...
(EXPIRED) Wyndham offering double miles when transferring to United (but probably not worth it)
Most hotel loyalty programs provide the opportunity to transfer your points to airline partners at below sub-optimal rates. Wyndham Rewards is currently running a promotion that's giving a bonus when transferring your points to...
Official: Hilton gift cards can’t be redeemed at AutoCamp or SLH properties
A couple of weeks ago, Hilton provided more details about how Hilton Aspire, Surpass and Business card quarterly or twice-annual credits would work when booking stays at their new (to them) AutoCamp and Small...
(EXPIRED) JetBlue: Earn 3x points on Vrbo bookings when booking via Paisly
If you need to make a vacation rental booking through Vrbo in the next couple of weeks, you'll have the opportunity to earn 3x JetBlue TrueBlue points when doing that. There are other options...
The earn and burn fallacy. Shall we give hoarding and cherry picking a try...
“Don’t save your money. Spend it as fast as you can.” Can you imagine anyone giving that advice? And, if they did, would you listen to them? No way.
What if the types of things...
Choice Privileges / Bluegreen Vacations Timeshare Offer: 3 nights and 40k points for $199
Choice Privileges and Bluegreen Vacations have released yet another timeshare presentation offer that gets you a three-night stay and 40,000 Choice points for $199. The points alone are worth more than the price, so...
Loyalty programs changing fortunes (August 2024)
To many, it seems like loyalty programs are always devaluing. Point prices go up. The ability to book valuable awards goes down. Sometimes the ability to earn lots of points goes down. But good...
Spirit Ridge Resort in Osoyoos, Canada: Bottom Line Review (Hyatt Unbound Collection)
Before starting the long drive up to Alaska back in May, my wife and I spent nearly a week at Spirit Ridge Resort in Osoyoos, Canada. This property had been on my radar for...
(EXPIRED) Earn 1,000 bonus AAdvantage Miles on IHG stays of 2 or more nights
Earlier this week, American AAdvantage launched another reciprocal elite status match and fast track challenge with Hyatt, an option that could be very exciting for many AAdvantage members. A few days earlier, it also...
(EXPIRED) Choice Hotels: Earn at least 8,000 points after staying twice (extended)
Update 8/7/24: This promo has been extended through September 3rd, 2024.
Choice Hotels is returning with its oft-run promotion awarding a minimum of 8,000 total points when staying twice between June 3rd and August 5th,...
3 nights + 30K points for $199 with Wyndham timeshare offer
Wyndham Vacations is offering point and night packages for those willing to sit through a timeshare "vacation ownership" presentation. The best packages from a value standpoint include 3 hotel nights and 30,000 Wyndham Rewards points...
