Choice Privileges is the rewards program of Choice Hotels and has been rated the second best hotel rewards program by US News & World Travel, coming in behind budget competitor Wyndham Rewards, but ahead of Marriott! Similar to Wyndham, this program has been widely ignored by travel bloggers and point enthusiasts, but Choice has made […]
Intercontinental Hotels Group has for years now run reward promotions tailored to the individual member, based on their stay history, credit card ownership and even contract rates. It’s one of the best hotel rewards promotions out there, especially if you don’t stay regularly with IHG – and that’s true again this quarter. Check out what
airberlin has been mostly in the news for their restructuring (I reported here), but they continue their deeply discounted reward “topdeal” sales as part of their topbonus rewards program – or maybe because of the news! You can get free tickets from 1,500 miles and discounts of up to 80% – that’s a great deal. Check
While much of the sales excitement for Black Friday and Cyber Monday has been focused on the US, there are a number of great international flight deals available as well. You can fly from Chicago to Paris, the City of Love, from only $442rt or a little more from Atlanta. You also can find great
Wyndham has aggressively improved their rewards program this year and is offering tremendous value to earn and redeem points at their hotels. They have also introduced a Visa credit card to earn points. And while I don’t have it currently, it’s high on my list of cards to apply for – read my review to
This year, I have received more Black Friday & Cyber Monday hotel sales emails than ever. All the big chains are getting into the shopping frenzy. You will find a round- up of sales from Accor Hotels with discounts up to 50%, NH Hotels up to 40% off, SPG with discount up to 35%, Club
This is the season to be jolly – and the big hotel chains are all trying to help with hotel deals for the winter and next year. With the holiday season now starting in September (at least in the Philippines) and Black Friday Sales in the US expanding to most of November, there quite a
I have previously reviewed Tripadvisor, one of my go-to internet sites to find hotel reviews – and I have pointed out its pros and cons. But Tripadvisor has moved beyond its roots and now also provides a meta-search function to find hotel prices from different booking sites around the web. Most recently, it started to
Do you just need to get away from it all? This week’s Deal Dispatch brings you some bargain fares around the world. Delta and their partners will take you from the US to Italy starting from $457 round-trip. And Eurowings, Lufthansa’s budget subsidiary, will fly you to Thailand from EUR169 or the US from EUR179, each
Singles’ Day, November 11th (11/11) is the biggest online sales day in China and it’s expanding across Asia and anywhere Chinese want to shop. There will be a Singles’ Day online sale in Manila and Accor Hotels is getting into the action with a big worldwide sale. Continue after the break to see if there
One of my favorite hotel rewards promotions is Intercontinental Hotel Group’s (IHG) quarterly PointBreaks promotion: You can book a select number of hotels worldwide for only 5,000 points/night. IHG just released the Winter 2016 promotion and you can book stays until January 2017 – find out where I saved big and great value destinations you could,
Travel rewards programs stopped being about loyalty a long time ago. Today, they are profit centers that manage a currency of points and miles and you can earn them not only at hotels and airlines, but by using a credit card, earning them for shopping or dining – and even buy them. Check out current