When we kicked off the week after the big holiday sales, I wouldn't have predicted the excitement to come. It's been a big week here at Frequent Miler -- from huge news (and a yuge deal)...
Since the August merger of the Marriott Rewards and SPG (Starwood Preferred Guest) programs, Marriott has been working towards integrating the programs onto one technology platform. To-date, the integration hasn't been smooth, but there...
Since the August merger of the Marriott Rewards and SPG (Starwood Preferred Guest) programs, Marriott has been working towards integrating the programs onto one technology platform. To-date, the integration hasn't been smooth, but there...
UPDATE 8/24/18: Marriott has confirmed to View from the Wing that the standard rate for "off the charts" properties should be 60,000 points per night for standard rooms (e.g. garden villas) and that the...
Via Flyertalk, phltraveler posted what appears to be Marriott's new terms & conditions. If these terms are correct (not yet verified), then there's a bit of good news and bad news...
Good News:
Marriott Elite...
This week at Frequent Miler, there was a lot of focus on Marriott. From the death of the Ritz and new restrictions coming next month on all of the cards to our predictions about...
This week around the web, find a nice list of all-inclusives you can book on hotel points and a must-read interview on the future of Aeroplan if you're curious about the vision for the...
It's coming soon... In August, Marriott, SPG, and Ritz will combine their separate rewards programs into a single unified program. We don't yet know when exactly in August this will happen, but if there...
This week at Frequent Miler, we honed in on some big savings: from a way to potentially stack $500 in Hilton resort credits (or $1K as a couple) to an 18-minute turnaround time on...
I've written quite a bit lately about hotel credit cards, specifically noting my intention to migrate away from the many flavors of Marriott. I also recently noted how interesting I find the new World...
Now that the new merged Marriott / SPG / Ritz award pricing has been revealed, I'm working on crunching the numbers. This is a work in-progress. Please re-visit often and ask questions below.
Care to...
The New Marriott chart is out (See: NOW LIVE: New Marriott SPG Award Category Assignments.). Greg is doing his thing and crunching the numbers with a complete analysis to come. In the meantime, here are some...
With Marriott and SPG moving to a new unified award chart in August, we've been eager to find out which categories our favorite hotels will fall into. That time is.... NOW.
New Marriott SPG Award...
When the Hilton Honors program changed in February 2017, one of the most notable changes was that they did away with categories and moved to (somewhat) dynamic pricing.
Prior to that, it had been fairly...