The new lineup of Hilton co-branded American Express credit cards (Ascend / Aspire)
On Tuesday, American Express made a long-awaited announcement about the refresh of it's Hilton cards, following the acquisition of an exclusive to the loyalty program. Previously, both Amex and Citi were issuing cards. These...
Uber / SPG partnership ending
Easy come, easy go, right? The Uber partnership, which gave you free SPG points for each ride as long as you had an SPG stay within the year, will be no more as of...
Loyalty program lover like me? Watch key Skift Forum sessions for free (9/26-27)
The Skift Global Forum is going on today and tomorrow in NYC and includes interviews with many of the industries biggest CEOs.
The conference is EXPENSIVE and I didn't even consider going despite living here...
Now earn and redeem points between Wyndham and Total Rewards
Total Rewards (the program for Caesar's Entertainment casinos) used to be tied up with Starwood Preferred Guest. But that partnership ended in Q2 of this year and this new one was born. I don't...
Do you prefer 2 free Hyatt nights or 40,000 Hyatt points?
Making the blogger rounds is the news that the Chase Hyatt credit card will be changing the sign up bonus from two free nights after $2,000 in spend to 40,000 World of Hyatt points.
For...
Hilton Honors points can now be pooled with anyone
Finally - an enhancement that isn't an "enhancement."
Hilton's newly renamed Hilton Honors (no more HHonors) program has launched a feature where you can pool your points with up to 10 other people free of...
This weekend at SXSW in Austin
Tonight, I'm flying to Austin, Texas for 5 days at SXSW. Flights were insane, of course, but I still made the trip free - using ~16,000 Chase UR points to fly Southwest outbound and...
How I got $3,300 worth of 5* hotel nights for $803 during a peak...
If you read my post about how my AirBnB host cancelled a reservation I'd made for Dusseldorf (6 months in advance, mind you) for a big trade show less than a week before travel,...
Another lousy PreCheck redemption option
Lately many of the frequent flyer programs have been offering points redemption for PreCheck. Not a bad idea in general, except all the redemption rates have been horrendous. I already warned about this with...
Hotel Review: Westin Palace, Madrid, Spain
It’s been a week of fantastic hotel stays. The start of the week was at the Intercontinental Le Grand in Bordeaux, France which lived up to all expectations of grandeur. After stops in San...
