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Don’t forget to register for Hertz’s Spring 2014 Promotion:
The Deal:Earn 3x the Hertz Gold Plus Rewards Points for all minimum 2-day rentals from February 1 – April 15, 2014. Normal rate is 1 point = $1 spend, now $1 spend = 3 points.
How to Get It: Register here: Hertz Trip Points no later than April 15 All rentals starting after Feb 1 and before April 15 will qualify for bonus Extra points are expected to post no later than 10 business days after returnDon’t forget:
As long as you start rental on/before April 15, 2014, you can get bonus points. Base points ($1/point) are tripled. The Hertz [...]Valentine’s Day is on Friday and it’s the season where just about every hotel chain, airline and credit card shopping portal teams up with the various flower companies for some pretty huge points earning potential. Always keep in mind that they can afford to pay out the large bonus miles/points because their markup is usually huge. For example, a dozen roses from one of the following companies will cost you around $39-$49 + tax + delivery fees whereas you can usually get the same dozen roses from a local florist or even just Costco for $10-$20 + tax! But, here are some ideas on how to make sure that you’re earning a ton of points while getting a gift for that [...]
Don’t miss out on Starwood’s Winter 2014 promo “Bring On The Nights“:
The Deal
Basically, you can earn appx 500 bonus points/night on your first 20 Starwood nights from Jan 5 – Apr 30, 2014. Nights 21-25 will earn you appx 1,000 bonus points/night.
How to Get It
Register here: SPG Promos: “Bring on the Nights“ by Feb 28. Book your SPG stays (5 night increments so that you’ll get the bonus points!) After every 5 nights of eligible stays, 2,500 bonus points will post to your account within 2-4 weeks.Don’t forget:
This is only on “eligible nights” i.e. Award nights, Cash + [...]Don’t miss out on Marriott Reward’s Spring 2014 promo “Marriott Rewards MegaBonus Bonus 2014”:
The Deal
You’ll have to login to your Marriott account and head to the MegaBonus page to see your personalized offer. Here are a few of the offers you may get:
For every two stays, you’ll get one free night in a Category 1 – 5 hotel (improvement over normal Category 4 maximum). You can earn a max of 2 free nights, so just 4 hotel stays will get you there. This is now the 3rd or 4th time in a row Marriott has run the same bonus. For every two stays, you’ll get one free night in a Category 1 – 4 hotel. You can [...]Spotted a possible pricing mistake on Starwood:
The Deal
The Westin Washington, D.C. City Center is undercharging for One-Bedroom Suites…rates as low as $299/night for a 902 sq ft suite where Traditional Rooms are $329-$399/night.. I’m finding good availability in June, July, September, October, etc 2014–other months seem to be pricing correctly.
Sample of pricing mistake June 18-19 booking
Normal rates are closer to the $500 mark for the suite:
The normal price: Sample booking for Apr 14-17 comes to $479/night [...]
(A preview of) the Priority Club PointBreaks list has been updated through March 31, 2014! Below is a list of all of the hotels that IGH/PriorityClub Rewards is offering for just 5,000 pts a night. Don’t forget that you can buy 5,000 points for just $35, which basically allows you to book any of the rooms below for just $35/night:
Check our tutorial on how to book rooms for $35 / night
When you’re ready to book (note, booking starts Monday January 27): Click here to go to the PointsBreaks site (the new IHG site)
Good values that I’m seeing:
Intercontinental Phnom Penh is usually $200+/night InterContinental Mendoza averages [...]Don’t miss out on Hilton’s Winter/Spring 2014 promo “Weekend Rewards“:
The Deal
Hilton is offering 1,000 bonus Hilton HHonors points for every night stayed + 5,000 bonus points for every weekend stay of 2 nights or more.
This means a 4-night stay from Thursday-Monday will net 9,000 bonus points: 1k/night + 5k for the weekend. Unfortunately, you can only earn one 5k bonus/weekend so it’s not possible to stay Thurs/Fri at one hotel and then switch for Sat/Sun to net you a 14k bonus points = 1k/night + 5k for the Thurs/Fri stay and another 5k for the Sat/Sun stay.
How to Get It
Register here: Hilton HHonors [...]Don’t miss out on Hyatt’s 2014 Winter promo “Endless Possibilities“:
The Deal
Choose one of two tracks for stays from January 15 – April 30, 2014:
For every 5 nights you stay with Hyatt, you’ll earn 1 free night (for any Cat 1-4 hotel), up to a maximum of 4 nights. MUST BE USED BY JULY 31, 2014! OR Earn bonus points after every 5 nights for a maximum of 50k bonus pointsHow to Get It
Register for the 4 free nights promo here or head here to register for the 50k bonus points promotion no later than March 31, 2014 Book your Hyatt stays between Jan 15 – Apr 30, keeping in [...]Don’t miss out on Flying Blue’s Fall promo where Air France/KLM awards are 50% off in January & February 2014:
The DealAward bookings on Air France/KLM routes have been reduced by 25-50% for travel between Jan 1 – Feb 28.
For those of us sitting in ‘Merica (and Canada), we’ll be most interested in:
REGION USA CITY Atlanta CABIN Business 1-way 46,875 Round-trip 93.750 USA Boston Economy 18,750 37,500 Canada Montreal Business 31,250 62,500 Canada Toronto Business 31,250 62,500 Canada Vancouver Economy 18,750 37,500All destinations below. Note: Everything is to/from Europe.
RegionEurope [...]I just received this in the mail from AMEX:
The Deal:Get an additional 4x the points per dollar spent at all MGM Resort in Las Vegas between Nov 25, 2013 and Feb 27, 2014. Offer valid at the following resorts: Bellagio, Aria Resort & Casino, Vdara, Mandarin Oriental, The Mirage, Luxor, Mandalay Bay, THEhotel at Mandalay Bay, MGM Grand Las Vegas, The Signature at MGM Grand, Monte Carlo Hotel, Excalibur, New York New York, Circus Circus.
How to Get It: Technically the T&Cs state that this is a targeted offer and that you “must be the named recipient of this invitation,” but I suggest that anyone can try to get in on it. To [...]
