Ventana Big Sur an Alila Resort

Alila Hotels Now Bookable with Hyatt Points

Alila Hotels Joins Hyatt For me, World of Hyatt redemptions remain my number one use of Chase Ultimate Rewards points. I consistently get 2 cents per point ++ for them. For example, I just redeemed...
JW Marriott Maldives

JW Marriott Maldives Now Accepting Points Bookings!

The Maldives Until Now It's been an amazing time in miles and points for redemptions in the Maldives. I had an amazing time reviewing the W Maldives in March (we paid 240,000 Marriott Bonvoy points...
Marriott summer promo

Marriott Summer Points Promo is Live

We've been waiting for the next non-targeted Marriott promotion - designed to get you to choose Marriott over competing brands when you have a choice in your travels and open to all who register. And...

Marriott Bonvoy Award Redemption Fee?

At the moment, you can file this under "anomaly" that requires more attention - and I'm hoping this post will get to the bottom of this - as I'm pretty sure it's a simple case...
ihg status match

IHG Status Match – up to Spire Elite!

IHG hasn't had a public status match offer in a while, but I'm guessing they see some opportunity to win elites over from a certain currently overwhelmed hotel loyalty program.... I found this in my...
World of Hyatt Credit Card

Hyatt Credit Cardholders Get a 10% rebate on Redemptions This Summer

While you can transfer Chase Ultimate Rewards points into World of Hyatt points 1:1, what you don't get is access to the World of Hyatt credit card cardmember benefits. Hyatt 10% rebate on redemptions with...
Waldorf Astoria Maldives

Why Marriott Points Still Beat Hilton Points by a Landslide – and the State...

There's been a lot of discussion lately in miles and points land about the Marriott Bonvoy program ever since it launched last August. The integration with SPG hasn't gone well by anyone's imagination (except for...
chase-bonvoy-bold

Chase launches the Marriott Bonvoy Bold credit card – Is it worth a look?

I'm not going to beat around the bush here. No. For almost anybody. I just entered all of the details for the Marriott Bonvoy Bold credit card at Your Best Credit Cards and spent some trying trying to determine...

Lots of Amex Transfer Bonuses (Some Targeted) + AF Flying Blue Transfers Offline

American Express sure seems to be ramping up temptations to transfer points outside of the Amex Memerbership Rewards program and into your linked airline or hotel loyalty program. There's a 30% transfer bonus on now...
Lufthansa First Class 747-800

All Point Transfers to Lufthansa Disabled

Very long story short, there is something called the German Payment Services Supervision Act (ZAG).  Why does this mean we can't transfer points to Lufthansa? I'll get to that. First, what is the ZAG? It states: ...An institution wishing...