If you are a frequent traveler and read about travel on blogs and message boards, you’ll read quite a few rants of disappointed elite members over the betrayal by their loyalty program of choice. And there are plenty of reasons to be upset about loyalty programs: From massive devaluation of your hard-earned points to the […]
Together with some drastic changes to the Hilton Honors rewards program (reported here), Hilton also introduced two promotions to earn more points. You can earn 2,000 bonus points per night as well as 500 points per stay booked through the Hilton Honors mobile app. That adds up to 2,500 points (or $10) for a one-night
Hilton has announced 45 major changes to its rewards program, starting with a name change from HHonors to Honors, the chance to pool points among family and friends, a flexible “Slider” to use cash and points at all their hotels, the chance to use Honors points at Amazon and the ability to keep your Diamond
Usually, airlines either run a fare sale or they offer some bonus miles to entice customers! Airberlin has been in the press a lot for their reorganization, fleet and route reduction (read the news here and here), but they are fighting back: They are now offering you discount fares starting at EUR39 and bonus miles
Most credit card reviews on travel blogs are about the reward points you can earn or the elite membership benefits you might get. One concern rarely addressed is the safety of your financial information when traveling in countries with lots of credit/ATM card fraud. I have previously recommended the prepaid American Express Bluebird debit card
Intercontinental Hotel Group’s (IHG) is running its quarterly PointBreaks promotion for members of the IHG Rewards Club. More than 100 hotels around the world can be booked from January 30th through the end of April for only 5,000 points – a cash value of $30! This can be a huge discount and is often the
This week’s Deal Dispatch features hot deals across the North Atlantic, both ways, but not on discount carriers, but full-service airlines for the summer season. You can go to Paris or Lisbon for $500 or less and from Germany to California from EUR298! Check out the details and how to book them below!
This week’s Deal Dispatch looks at currently available hotel rewards promotions to make the most out of your hotel points. While winter is often slow for hotels in the Northern hemisphere, there are surprisingly few good hotel rewards promotions to fill those empty rooms. My favorite ones this season are Accelerate from IHG Rewards, Club
While Black Friday, Cyber Monday and Christmas Sales are behind us, the time for good flight deals isn’t over and the bonanza of good fares continues unabated! This week’s Deal Dispatch has great offers with a Global Sale at Emirates and Qatar, ongoing sales at airberlin and a secret business class sale at Thai Airways!
Choice Hotels has been upgrading their Choice Privileges reward program and has partnered with Barclaycards to offer an affiliated Visa Signature rewards card. As part of my “Battle of the Budget Hotels” research, I also looked at their credit card – read on what I found!
Norwegian Air is a European discount carrier how started flying across the North Atlantic, bringing fares as low as $149 one-way and an intense fare war with the legacy carriers on those routes! Flights between the US and Europe have never been this cheap – and they are about to get even cheaper! Norwegian Air
A great way to make travel better and spend less on it is to leverage reward credit cards. I have reviewed a few cards and one big differentiator is the sign-up bonus banks offer to get you on board. Because earning the bonus usually involves a minimum spend during the first 3 months of opening