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3 Free Nights At The JW Marriott Las Vegas Resort & Spa And A Savings of $600

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Posted 11/14/2015

We are headed to Vegas for February break for five nights. I do not have enough points to stay on the strip for the entire time, so we are staying 3 nights, about 20 minutes away from the strip, at the JW Marriott Las Vegas Resort & Spa. I think too many days on the strip is overwhelming anyway and we will take the opportunity while at the Marriott to visit such attractions as the Hoover Dam and Red Rock Canyon.

We booked this three night stay using Marriott Rewards points. This Marriott is a Category 6 Marriott so the rooms were 30,000 points per night. The room would have cost about $200 per night (technically not worth it but I cannot spend anymore on this trip after paying for 3 flights), we saved $600 using points. Don’t forget, I had a lot of Marriott points because I recently got an 80,00o sign-up bonus for getting the Chase Marriott Rewards Premier card (for the second time!).

Las Vegas With A Savings Of $2,200

Two JetBlue Flights On TrueBlue Points To Vegas And A Savings Of $1,200

3 Free Nights At The JW Marriott Las Vegas Resort & Spa And A Savings of $600

2 Free Nights At The Palazzo Hotel In Vegas Using IHG Rewards Points-We Saved $360

Here is an account of our amazing trip

Our Time In Vegas

TSA Pre√ Experiences-Las Vegas

A Complimentary Lounge In Each Airport

Two JetBlue Flights On TrueBlue Points To Vegas And A Savings Of $1,200

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I was very late to the game in planning a trip for our February break. I think the fact that we are taking a March ski trip this year (to Whistler) instead of a February ski trip threw me off a bit and I procrastinated in making a move. And I paid!

I started researching destinations about a month ago and had a few ideas. We are going to Hawaii in December so I did not want to do another beach trip. Also since we are skiing in March, a ski trip was out as well. So with beach and ski destinations out, I considered the following options.

I looked into Paris-flights were about $1700 each-no way! I thought about LA-but I decided I wanted to wait till my kids are a bit older and would maybe like to combine LA with a 2 week trip of the California coast. I considered San Antonio, but decided I would rather go when the weather is a bit warmer. I constantly kept coming back in my head to Vegas despite the hefty price (at least for me) of the flights. But I had points for the hotels in Vegas and I knew we would have enough to do for 5-6 days. Although I did not have nearly enough points ANYWHERE for five flights to Vegas, I did have enough for 2 out of 5 flights on JetBlue. I paid for the other 3 flights. AHHHHH!!!!

And I paid a lot. The flights were about $580 each. So with the 2 that I booked on JetBlue TrueBlue points, I saved about $1,200. For the $1,700+ that I spent for the flights (I hope Rob does not read this post ), I used my Chase Sapphire Preferred card as we get 2x Ultimate Rewards points on these flights.

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Note that I had enough JetBlue TrueBlue points for these 2 flights because I was able to transfer American Express Membership Rewards to our JetBlue TrueBlue family pool. We usually have a lot of American Express Membership Rewards points because Rob’s firm does a lot of advertising. To pay for this advertising, he uses his American Express Business Gold Rewards card and earns 3x American Express Membership Rewards points on these advertising charges.

I was able to transfer these Amex points to JetBlue because JetBlue TrueBlue is an American Express Membership Rewards transfer partner. However, unfortunately, the transfer ratio is not 1:1. At the time of this post, 250 American Express Membership Rewards points equal 200 TrueBlue points.

I transferred 112,500 American Express Memberbship Rewards points (at a fee of $67.50) to JetBlue to yield 90,000 JetBlue TrueBlue points. I then booked 2 of the biggest JetBlue point redemptions that I ever have. Each ticket was 44,600 TrueBlue points. Note that less convenient flight times were less points, but I have 3 kids. I sometimes need to go for what it easy.

Take A Cruise And Earn Up To 100,000 Hilton HHonors Points

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Through March 31, you can earn double HHonors Bonus Points with CruisesOnly.
You can book online or call 888-850-8313 to book the cruise. Points automatically deposit to your HHonors account 6-8 weeks after you travel. The longer you sail, the more points you earn…

Cruise Length: HHonors Bonus Points:
1-5 Nights 12,000 -usually 6,000
6-8 Nights 24,000-usually 12,000
9-12 Nights 48,000-usually 24,000
13+ Nights 100,000-usually 50,000

Note, Hilton HHonors Points can only be earned by current HHonors members on new individual cruises booked with CruisesOnly.