As the season turns towards fall and winter and hotel occupation goes down, there are more and better promotion from hotels trying to fill their rooms. Accor has one of the best promotions, offering up to 10,000 points (worth $220) after four stays, Hilton HHonors offers Double Points and Marriott offers up to 50,000 points […]
Despite Manila’s rapid growth over the last few years and a population of over 12 Million people, you don’t find as many hotels as in other Asian cities and prices are higher than in Bangkok or Kuala Lumpur for similar accommodation. And if you are looking for American chains to earn or redeem reward points,
Hilton HHonors is a popular rewards program and they frequently advertise that you can get a free night for only 5,000 points – yet those category 1 hotels are the unicorns of the reward world – very rare, only 1% of all Hilton Group hotels. So, when I saw that a new Hilton Garden Inn
US News & World Travel Report rated the US airline rewards programs and picked Alaska Airline’s Mileage Plan as the top rewards program. Runner up is Jet Blue’s Tru Blue program, followed by Southwest Airline’s Rapid Rewards program. Different people look for different things in an airline award program, so take a look at my
You would never stay at a Wyndham, Ramada or Days Inn hotel? I never did until I noticed that they started to move their hotels upscale, overhauled their rewards program and launched aggressive promotions. Their sale of up to 30,000 points during the Daily Getaway event sealed it for me – I could stay at
Are you tired of reward programs where you never seem to earn enough points for a free flight or hotel stay? Don’t stay with any hotel chain that much? Help is on the way: IHG Rewards is running a new promotion to make it easier to earn free points for a free night at one
When travel bloggers talk about their favorite hotel rewards program, you hear a lot about the Starwood Preferred Guest or Marriott Rewards programs, but when US News & World Report Travel tallied up their scores, Wyndham Rewards won the number 1 spot! After causing a stir last year when they through out complicated award tables and
Do you want to see more of the world and spend less? You like a stylish suite, but are ok with a clean bed for the night and a strong shower to wake you up? Then maybe you should take another look at the budget hotel chains! The three big US chains Wyndham, Choice and
One of my first rewards credit cards was the SPG American Express credit card. I stayed at Starwood hotels quite a bit, it offered tremendous value at the time and was very well recommended. Since then, a lot has changed in the world of travel rewards credit cards and the competition is tough. Read my
Lufthansa is the largest airline in Germany and one of the largest in Europe. Their rewards program, miles & more has been around for decades and grown to one of the broadest programs in the industry. It was one of the first airline programs I joined when I started to fly on business, I was
This week’s Deal Dispatch focuses on current deals to save on your next reward flight through mileage promotions. AirBerlin is offering another Topdeal promotion, making reward tickets available at steep discounts of up to 75% off! United Airlines is
In the last few weeks, I kept you posted on the annual Daily Getaway promotion, offering hotel, car rental and amusement park promotions. This week’s Deal Dispatch documents what promotions I was able to buy and what I want to get out of them, as well as which ones I missed and why! See, how