My daughter’s swim meet, which was her final one of her swimming “career” was moved this past spring from St. Pete to Tampa due to covid. In prior years, I stayed on points or Free Nights at various Hiltons, Hyatts and Marriotts in St. Petersburg. However, this year, with the meet being right on the […]
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I Was A Miami Spring Breaker-Not!
I went to Miami on Spring Break with 20 teenagers! Well, not really. They stayed at the Fontainebleau Miami Beach and had a great time. How could they not! And what they saw and did during their time in Miami will not be covered in this post. 🙂 I, on the other hand, had a gorgeous […]
Booked A Swim Meet Hotel In St. Pete And Saved A Grand
I am heading back to St. Petersburg, Florida once again for a spring swim meet for my daughter. You can read here about how we saved $900 on the flights. As for the hotel, we are staying at the Hyatt Place, the same hotel we have stayed in previously and where much of the team stays. […]
Free Delta Flights For Jessie’s 2019 Swim Meet And A Savings Of $900
I just booked Jessie and my flights to St. Petersburg for her annual swim meet. We are flying in and out of Tampa and I used 36,500 Delta SkyMiles per roundtrip flight. When I went to book the tickets, I needed 73,000 miles but only had 70,000 miles. (Recall I got a big influx of […]
Another Year, Another Meet, And Another $1500 Saved For St. Pete 2019!
I have a bunch of World Of Hyatt points sitting in my account from recently getting the Chase Hyatt Visa card with its 40,000 point bonus. Like this past year, I am using these points for our stay at the Hyatt Place in St. Petersburg, FL for Jessie’s 2019 swim meet. I used 5,000 points per night for […]
Savings Of $700 For Our Swim Meet Stay In St. Pete At Hyatt
I have had about 12,000 World Of Hyatt points sitting in my account for a long time. I usually don’t gravitate towards Hyatt when I am booking hotels and looking for reward stays. However, that will likely change as I just got the Chase Hyatt Visa card! Regardless, I used 10,000 of these 12,000 points […]
Another Year, Another Florida Swim Meet, And Another Free Flight-$880 Saved!
Jessie and I once again are heading to St. Petersburg, FL in 2018. We used Chase Ultimate Rewards points for our flights but I used them out of 2 accounts. I have been using lots of Chase Ultimate Rewards points lately like for Amsterdam coming up this December and for our stay in the Canyons for next […]
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Starwood Preferred Guest Points Got Us Free Disney Hotels! Disney-A Free Stay And 1st In The Park! […]
Paying For Our St. Pete Hilton Stay But Getting 8,000 Extra Hilton Honors Points
Jessie and I are off to St. Petersburg next month for her annual swim meet. Recall that we are flying for free using JetBlue TrueBlue points. The swim team gets a group rate at the Hilton St. Petersburg Bayfront of $189 per night and I decided to pay for our stay at this reasonable rate. […]
Off To St. Petersburg Once Again For Jessie’s Annual Swim Meet And Once Again For Free JetBlue Flights
Once again we are traveling to St. Petersburg, Florida next month for Jessie’s swim meet. Once again, I booked flights on JetBlue using TrueBlue points. The flights I booked were 30,200 TrueBlue points per ticket. And once again, you may be wondering how I always have so many TrueBlue points to book all of these […]