Wyndham Rewards has been named the best hotel rewards program by US News & Travel, but has not found the same love from frequent travelers and experts – mostly due to the lack of high-end hotels for redemption of reward points for dream trips. Now, Wyndham is addressing that problem by adding more than 17,000 […]
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
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,
For my stay in Faro on Portugal’s Algarve coast as part of my Iberian Explorer Trip, I selected the Best Western Dom Bernardo hotel. I want to explore Best Western, their rewards program and promotions this year (together with Choice and Wyndham) and this was one of the few options on the Iberian peninsula. Like
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
Doubletree is a full-service brand of Hilton Worldwide, positioned next to the name-giving Hilton Brand, below the luxury Conrad and above limited service brands Hampton or Hilton Garden Inn. It is the conversion brand in the portfolio, allowing hotel operators to join the Hilton group without meeting the tighter brand standards of the Hilton brand.
Airline mileage programs have become so complicated, it’s hard to know how many miles you get. You used to get one mile per mile flown and more when you flew business or first class. But nowadays, you might get less or no miles for deeply discounted economy class tickets. The big US carriers have all
I have reported a few times on deals of Accor Hotels – they run frequent promotions that offer great deals, both to accumulate points or take advantage of big discounts. Today, you can take advantage of either, so check out the details for the current promotions to either collect points and earn Accor Leclub status
Wyndham Rewards has been rated the best hotel rewards program, yet it has been widely ignored by travel bloggers and points enthusiasts! What is the reason for the wildly different opinions – is it really the best or is it forgettable? Wyndham has completely revamped the program over the last two years, making it a lot
The rumors had been thick about a coming restructuring of Air Berlin and now it’s official. Air Berlin has made a press release that significantly shrinks the airline and refocuses it. The airline will give up its tourist business, focus on its hubs in Berlin and Duesseldorf and wet lease a number of its planes
Marriott has finally received the approval from Chinese regulators for their proposed acquisition of Starwood, making the largest hotel company by rooms managed (Wyndham Worldwide is larger by the number of hotels), surpassing both Hilton and Intercontinental by a good margin. Marriott now has 30 brands with more than 5,700 hotels and 1.1 Million rooms
Air Berlin regularly runs topdeal promotions for their award program topbonus, offering award flights at a discount! The latest promotion is under way, offering one-way award tickets from as little as 1,500 miles. Discounts are available for domestic flights in Germany, European and global destinations and are as high as 75% of the regular price!