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Choose Your Marriott Choice Benefit Before Friday January 7th, 2022

What is the Marriott Elite Choice Benefit? If you have reached either 50 night or 75 nights with Marriott Bonvoy in 2021, you have earned a bonus gift from Marriott for the achievement. This includes...
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5 of the Most Expensive Hotels You Can Book With Points

Word came out a few weeks ago that Necker Island, Richard Branson's private island, won't be bookable with points in 2021 or 2022. With a cash cost of about $36,000 for two people for...

Marriott Homes: Spend Counts for Ambassador; Use Cash & Points

Marriott announced two changes to their Marriott Homes and Villas platform (similar to Airbnb or VRBO) today. Spend now counts towards your Ambassador Qualification. Many earn Ambassador level (the highest published Bonvoy tier) by...
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SLS Beverly Hills: Lightning Review

Just before COVID, I did a run of West LA Marriott Bonvoy properties to see which offered the best Titanium treatment. On that trip, I visited: Le Meridien Delfina – Santa Monica Ritz Carlton –...
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With the Marriott Bonvoy Devaluation Looming, Book These Hotels

The Marriott Bonvoy Devaluation to End Them All A couple of weeks ago, we learned that Marriott plans to massively devalue the Bonvoy loyalty program by removing award charts. This move has rippled through airline...

Those Great Marriott Bonvoy Credit Card Offers Expire Nov 3rd

There are three great offers going on for Marriott Bonvoy credit cards right now that all expire on Wednesday, Nov 3rd. I wrote about them at the time, so if you want all the details,...
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Three Transfer Bonuses: Air France, Marriott, Cathay Pacific

It's worth knowing about three transfer bonuses available in November. Air France Flying Blue The first is the Air France Flying Blue program (part of SkyTeam and capable of booking both Delta and Virgin Atlantic flights,...
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Marriott Extends Status; Extends Free Night and SNA Expirations

Today is Marriott news day (even though we are still anticipating a MASSIVE American Airlines AAdvantage devaluation to be announced today). First, we had the awful, awful news: Marriott Removes Award Charts. Then we had some...
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Marriott Will Now Let You “Top Off” Free Night Certificates

I'm breaking up today's Marriott news into 3 bits. The first post was the bad news: Marriott Removes Award Charts There's no way to sugar coat that news. It's awful. But Marriott also released two bits of good...
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Marriott Devalues Bonvoy; Removes Award Charts

Today is a dark, dark day in Marriott-land. Marriott Devalues Bonvoy; Removes Award Charts as of March 2022 In my own personal opinion, loyalty programs are built on trust and the promise of your loyalty reaping...