(Extended to May 19th!) 40,000 Point Bonus on Marriott Homes & Villas
Sharing an abridged version of a Marriott press release below - keep in mind that these are often the very same homes you'd find at VRBO or Airbnb. Sometimes they are more expensive on...
Tier Matching to Palms in Las Vegas
NOTE: Per reader Khoa in the comments, this appears to have died March 31, 2023. If anyone find they have opened it up again, please comment.
Tier Matching to Palms in Las Vegas
Reader Peter B....
When Should Bloggers NOT Share a Deal?
There's a fun (fun? maybe not fun?) debate going on right now on the Twitter between bloggers debating if Thrifty Traveler should have shared a specific deal that highlights the fact that you can...
New Hilton Card Offers Include Free Night Awards – Even on No Fee Card!!!!
This. This is the time to grab a Hilton Honors Surpass® Credit Card or the The Hilton Honors American Express Business Card.
Why?
Because the Welcome Bonus offers that started today include the coveted Free Night Awards....
Chase Launches First Sapphire Lounge at Boston Logan Int’l Airport
Updated with pictures below!!
Chase Launches First Sapphire Lounge by The Club at Boston Logan International Airport (BOS)
On May 16, Chase Sapphire will officially open the doors of the first domestic location of a Chase...
HotelSlash is Live – Use This Code for a Lifetime Discount
I'd previously mentioned on the MilesTalk Facebook group that it would be a wise idea to signup for HotelSlash while it was in beta since that meant a free lifetime membership.
HotelSlash is Live and...
Today’s a Great Day for Amex Platinum and Business Platinum Cardholders
If you have The Platinum Card® from American Express or The Business Platinum Card® from American Express, then you have some credits to use, and you'll earn an extra 15% today to do so.
With...
3 (Big!) Reasons I Don’t Use Travel Portals – With a Few Exceptions
Ah, the "portal" discussion. It's actually two fold. We are talking about all "OTAs," shorthand for Online Travel Agency (sidebar: if you ever booked through an OTA called HotelMagician.com in the late 2000's, that...
Flight Review: EVA Business Class JFK-TPE (Plus Taipei Night Market Food + Beitou Tips)
In a lot of ways, it felt very similar to other business class flights I've taken. It was a great (and LONG at 15:50 hrs) flight, yet not much stood out as a must fly...
Philly Casino Matches are Mostly Dead
A lot of MilesTalkers riding the Status Match Merry Go Round™ got in on some recent status matching in Philadelphia, namely to Live! and then Rivers, both uncovered by enterprising readers. Hard Rock Rock...
