Hilton Honors is the rewards program of Hilton Worldwide Hotels and with more than 50 million members, it’s one of the largest hotel reward programs in the world. It has frequently been written about on travel blogs, unfortunately often because of their drastic devaluations of points. They made significant changes in 2017, making it easier […]
Hilton Hotels is doing another worldwide sales, offering discounts of up to 35% on hotels around the world. You have to book your stay by March 19th, 2018. Discounts and travel dates vary by region and are off the best flexible price, so not always as high a discount compared to existing advanced, prepaid bookings!
When looking for a good hotel deal, starting with a hotel comparison site is a good idea to get a wide choice of hotels and prices from many different web sites. I have reviewed Trivago, hotelscombined and TripAdvisor to show how they work. For most people booking hotels, the location and price are top considerations,
Phillippine Airlines (PR or PAL) today (finally) introduced the online redemption of reward miles for flights in their loyalty program Mabuhay Miles. Previously, you had to either visit an office or call to make an award redemption. By allowing online redemptions, PAL removes one of the biggest obstacles to Mabuhay Miles members and finally arrives
Radisson Hotel Group has announced that Club Carlson will become Radisson Rewards. In the process, they are making it easier to earn elite levels, harder to earn points and made some slight improvements to the affiliated credit card. Most of the changes are cosmetic, but it’s a start in resurrecting a loyalty program that went
Last week I reported the launch of Air Italy and the planned expansion with flights to the US and Asia. This week, there are fares available for business class flights from Cairo via Milan to New York JFK from $599 round-trip for days in July and August. It’s unclear whether this is a (poorly advertised)
United Airlines has received a lot of press for their rewards program, United MileagePlus, after what turned out as a one-two punch in 2014, with a redemption devaluation in February and the announcement of a revenue based earn structure for 2015. They followed up this year with a devaluation of partner earnings…Is it still worth
Carlson Rezidor Hotels and their Club Carlson Rewards program had a rough few years: After getting a lot of attention for their aggressive changes to the rewards program and a high-value credit card offer, they devalued the program and removed the credit card benefits, turning many fans away. Now, they are back with regular promotions
American Express became the exclusive issuer of Hilton Honors affiliated credit cards in January 2018 and is now offering 4 business and personal cards. The AmEx Hilton Honors card carries no annual fee, eliminates the previous foreign exchange fee and offers the most basic benefits of all their cards. It’s designed for infrequent travel and anybody
If you have been holding on to your topbonus miles from defunct airberlin, your prayers have been heard! You can now redeem topbonus miles – again – for flights on Germania and for discounts towards tickets on Condor! There are some hefty fees associated with those “free” flights, but it’s certainly better than have the
Hilton Worldwide is one of the largest hotel chains with over 4,800 hotels in 93 countries. As of January 2018, American Express is the only card issuer for the Hilton Honors rewards program and the new Hilton Honors Aspire card is the top offering with great benefits, including Diamond status, a weekend night certificate and airline and hotel
The year is young, but the hotel promotions keep coming! Wyndham is launching another chance to earn 15,000 points, enough for a free night, with only two stays. After having similar promotions with Visa Checkout and MasterPass, this time any payment method will do! Given the many cheap Wyndham properties, 15,000 points (valued at $150)