MSC Cruises Will No Longer Be an Ocean Travel Benefit
Currently, if you have earned or matched to Ocean Prime and earn at least 250 Tier Credits after matching you are eligible for Travel Benefits.
These currently include 2 nights at Wynn Las Vegas...
Roundup: Southwest Point Value + Delta Courts Elites, Aeroplan Devaluation, Hyatt Casino Bonus
Southwest Completes Transformation to "Any Airline" + Rapid Rewards Point Value Decreases
I never had a chance to fully share my thoughts on what's been going on with Southwest. I don't fly Southwest, being NYC...
[LAST DAY to BOOK OLD RATES] Hyatt’s Annual Category Change is March 25th: What...
Let's give Hyatt some credit - they still have an award chart and they still give us advance notice when hotels change category. Sure, there have been blips like when Category 8 was intended...
It’s Not You. It’s the Marriott Bonvoy Refer-a-Friend Program
Ostensibly, Marriott has a program for you to refer people to Bonvoy.You are supposed to start on this page and enter your friend's email.
And this is how it should work:
When a MilesTalk Facebook group...
The Status Match Merry Go Round® Explained (Using Both Hotel and Casino Status Match...
This page will be updated sometime in March, 2025 reflecting the loss of Caesars on the Merry Go Round and with advice on where to go with what you have.
With Ocean and now Hard...
MGM Brings Back Status Match – March through July 31, 2025
MGM Rewards has brought back the same Status Challenge as last year, from now through July 31, 2025 (unless extended).
Like last time, you'll get your Gold status for 3 months unless you earn a...
Hilton Adds 29 More SLH Properties into the Hilton Honors Fold
The news came out last week but I waited until I could produce a list of exactly which hotels were added, which Hilton has kindly provided for me today.
29 New Hilton Honors Participating Hotels
The...
Marriott’s Bonvoy Devaluation is Pretty Bad….
A few days ago, we started hearing about how many (most?) Marriott properties suddenly were requiring anywhere from about 10% more points than the day before to in some cases around ~80% more (!).
Now...
Lightning Review: The Shay, Culver City, CA (Hyatt) + Cole’s French Dip and Sheng...
Updated January 29, 2025 to reflect some changes since this initial review in March of 2023. Ironically, in this last stay, I was in the *exact same room* as the one here during my...
Marriott’s New Promo is Out: Double Elite Nights + 1,000 Points Per Night
It's been widely expected for a week or two now and registration is now open.
Hopefully you have some (paid) Marriott travel coming up during the promotion period, as award nights won't count the way...
