Because we had early morning flights home, we stayed the night prior to our flights in Denver at the Grand Hyatt Denver. For this stay, I used one of Rob’s 2 free bonus nights that he got with the Chase Hyatt Visa. Remember, I had trouble using this free night, so resigned myself to using […]
Category: Mom’s Trips
Our Stay At The Broadmoor
We stayed 3 nights at the Broadmoor in Colorado Springs. The actual hotel I thought was a little dated, but the grounds and tennis courts, golf courses and spa were gorgeous!!! The setting looked like a scene out of a fairy tale. I have to admit, Rob and I did a lot of nothing […]
Starwood Preferred Guest Points Got Us A Free Stay In Boston For The Yankee/Red Sox Game and $320 Saved!
Sometimes Rob makes some of our travel plans when he takes advantage of auction items at charity events. Last year, he bid on and won a night at the Palace hotel. This year, he bid $600 and won 4 tickets to the Yankee Red Sox game in a suite at Fenway. The package had a […]
Chase Sapphire Preferred Card Used For Our Stay At The Palace Hotel
Sometimes Rob makes some of our travel plans when he takes advantage of auction items at charity events. Last year, he bid on and won a night at the Palace hotel. He did this with my daughter Jessie in mind, as she is a huge Gossip Girl fan. The Palace is the hotel in which […]
Free Inter-Island Flights Using Barclaycard Arrival Miles And A Savings of $1690
I paid $338 per ticket for our Hawaiian Airline inter-island flights from Oahu to Kauai, Kauai to Hawaii and Hawaii back to Oahu. We are all going to earn Hawaiian Airlines miles on the flight. I used Barclaycard Arrival Miles to offset the $1,690 charge. You see, with the Barclaycard Arrival Plus World Elite MasterCard, […]
We Used Marriott Rewards Points To Book 5 Free Nights on Hawaii And Saved $1,800
On Hawaii, I booked the Waikoloa Beach Marriott Resort & Spa. I booked 5 nights here as well for a total of 140,000 Marriott Rewards points. The hotel is a Category 7 hotel and the room was 35,000 Marriott Rewards points per night. When you book using points, […]
We Used Starpoints To Book 4 Free Nights On Kauai And Saved $2,100
When Rob and I went to Hawaii on our honeymoon back in 1998, we stayed at the Grand Hyatt Kauai Resort & Spa on Poipu Beach. It was on the “sunny side” of Kauai and was really nice as I remember. During that visit, we took a trip up to Princeville, the “rainy side ” […]
We Used Starpoints To Book 3 Nights On Oahu And Saved $1,050
On Oahu, I booked the Moana Surfrider, A Westin Resort & Spa, Waikiki Beach, an SPG Category 6 hotel. I booked the hotel using 75,000 Starpoints for 3 nights. The hotel room was 25,000 points per night. The hotel room would have cost about $350 per night. I saved $1050 using Starpoints! […]
We Used Chase Ultimate Rewards Points To Book 5 Free Flights to Hawaii And Saved $4,400
We used Chase Ultimate Rewards points for our flights to Hawaii. Before I booked, I watched the point requirement change every day for a month. In general, I watched the point requirement go up! I should have booked the flights early on. But, I did get what I believe to be a decent redemption rate […]
A 3 Night Stay At THE FOUR SEASONS! In Vancouver For 2/3 Free And A savings of $1,200
Since I recently used most of my Starpoints for Hawaii for this coming December, and now Whistler, I did not have enough to book a Starwood hotel in Vancouver. Could I have raised the Starwood points? Yes, I could have transferred American Express Membership Rewards points into my Starwood account. (Starwood is a transfer partner […]