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Don’t miss out on Starwood’s “SPG Take Two” promo for the Fall/Winter of 2013:
The Deal
– Earn 2x Starpoints between Sep 1 & Dec 15, 2013. – Effectively get 500 extra Starpoints/night by earning a 2,500 Starpoints bonus on your 5th, 10th, 15th and 20th eligible night.
How to Get It
Register here: “SPG Take Two” by October 31, 2013 For the 2x Starpoints promo, simply stay at SPG Hotels between Sep 1 & Dec 15. For the 500/night, you’ll have to make sure you hit that 5th night. Check your account within 2-4 weeks of completing the stay, your points should be there!Don’t [...]
How about a weekend trip to Anchorage, Alaska in the fall?
You can book the awesome price of just $276 on either American Airlines or United Airlines. There’s still a ton of availability:
Average temperatures during the sale period:
Sept: 41°F – 55°F Oct: 29°F – 41°F Nov: 17°F – 27°F
How to book it:
Check http://matrix.itasoftware.com/ using its calendar of low fares to see all availability. Your best bets will be September, October & November.
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Example dates available for a weekend trip:
Fri., Sep 27 to [...]There’s nothing better than double (or even triple!) dipping when it comes to earning miles and points — and credit card shopping portals can help out a ton when it comes to finding good opportunities.
Now, I’m not sure if this is news or not, but it’s definitely news to me: Hotels.com is now a partner in the Chase Ultimate Rewards Mall at a current rate of 3x! This means that if you have the Chase Sapphire Preferred (like McCown and I), you’re getting the following for every $ of Hotels.com spent through the portal:
2.14x normal (2x on travel + 7% annual dividend standard with Chase Sapphire [...]
Traveling for the long weekend? Why not join your fellow Americans and take a trip away from wherever “here” is for you.
A few cheap last minute ideas:
Freeport, Bahamas-FPO Dates: July 4th to July 8. From Miami-MIA for 9k AMEX Points/Avios per passenger by converting your American Express Membership Rewards Points –> British Airways Avios. More info on how to book: Award Travel Guide: Finding best award seats on American Airlines and Cheap travel to Caribbean/Latin America with British Airways/AMEX points Bermuda-BDA Dates: July 4th to July 8th From Miami-MIA for 15k AMEX Points/Avios per passenger by converting your American Express Membership [...]Hyatt has just announced a promo – not sure if it’s targeted or if everyone can opt in:
The Deal
For every 1 night, you’ll get 2,000 Hyatt points, up to a max of 8,000 (4 nights worth).
How to Get It
The more I research it, it does look like this is a targeted offer since I got an email saying “You are registered to earn 2,000 bonus points for each of your next four eligible stays….” So I would recommend emailing goldpassport@hyatt.com, reference the offer and ask if you can participate. Wait on confirmation (and please report back with your results!) Book at least 1 night at Hyatt hotels between now and September [...]The Priority Club PointBreaks list has been updated through August 31, 2013! 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 just $35 / night
When you’re ready to book: Click here to go to the PointsBreaks site (the new IHG site)
Good values that I’m seeing:
Holiday Inn Resort Vanuatu, usually $300+/night Any of the Intercontinentals on the list (Saigon, Guatemala, San Jose)Don’t miss out on Marriott’s awesome promo “Marriott Rewards Unexpected Bonus 2013”:
The Deal
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.
How to Get It
Register here: Marriott Rewards Promo Center by July 31, 2013 Book at least 2 stays at Marriotts between now and September 2, 2013 A free night certificate will post to your account within 1 – 2 business days of the 2nd stayDon’t forget:
The deal requires 2 paid “stays” for a free [...]American Express Membership Rewards has an ongoing special that will give you a 35% bonus on miles transferred from AMEX into British Airways Avios points.
This has been the first transfer bonus between AMEX and BA in many months, so I’d suggest everyone jumps on it before it ends on June 7th.
The bonus is hardcoded in the transfer rate
As a reminder, British Airways Avios are distance-based award:
And, you can book on member airlines such as American Airlines, Air Berlin, Iberia, Cathay Pacific, LAN…
We’ll have a series of quick posts on [...]
What You Get:
1. Starwood just announced a month-long promotion for April 2013 that allows you to earn a $50 Ticketmaster/Live Nation Concert Cash (gift certificates) for every 3-nights you stay at Starwood properties now through May 5th.
Be aware that generally these Concert Cash vouchers cannot be used at all Ticketmaster venues, only select Live Nation venues. The list of participating venues is here: http://promo.livenation.com/concertcash/venues.html You can earn an UNLIMITED number of these over the promotion period. Although it will be difficult to earn more than 30 nights / 3 nights per voucher = 10 vouchers during the promotion. The nights do not [...]The Priority Club PointBreaks list has finally been updated.
Check our tutorial on how to book rooms for just $35 / night
When you’re ready to book: Click here to go to the PointsBreaks site
Good values that I’m seeing:
Holiday Inn Resort Krabi Ao Nang Beach – Good Thailand beach destination resort, prices usually $150+ InterContinental Hanoi Westlake – Good TripAdvisor ratings, prices usually $180+, pretty unique looking hotelList is as follows:
COUNTRYSTATEPROPERTYSample price CanadaAlbertaHoliday Inn Express Red Deer$123 CanadaBritish Columbia Holiday Inn Osoyoos $111 CanadaBritish [...]
