It’s official! Marriott International and Starwood Hotels and Resorts merged into one company. Now members of SPG, Marriott Rewards and The Ritz Carlton Rewards are able to link their accounts at members.marriott.com. Despite the union, Marriott doesn’t expect to have a fully combined loyalty program until 2018, so the loyalty programs are still separate […]
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Achieve Marriott Rewards Elite Status And Earn More On Stays
The Marriott Rewards Program has been combined with the SPG Program to become one program. You can get all the details of the combined Marriott/SPG Program here. Achieve Marriott Rewards Elite Status-If you are a Marriott Rewards Elite Status Member, you earn more Marriott Rewards points on your stays. You earn bonus points on […]
5 Nights In Quebec And A Savings Of $1,150
We have a funny summer when the kids come home from camp this year. Daniel is starting high school and wants to be around to begin cross country. Mason has to be in Cooperstown at the end of the summer for a baseball tournament. We have […]
Marriott Rewards Wins 2016 Freddie Award For Best Hotel Program Plus 2 More Awards
The Freddie awards have been around since 1988 and were started by InsideFlyer magazine’s Randy Petersen. The awards are named in honor of Sir Freddie Laker in honor of his accomplishments in marketing travel during the 1970s. The Freddie awards have become the most prestigious member-generated awards in the travel loyalty industry. This […]
Perfect Combo Of Desert And Strip In Vegas
We flew to Vegas on a Sunday night on our free flights that we got with a combination of TrueBlue points and Barclaycard Arrival miles. We spent our first 3 nights in Vegas, a short distance from the main strip, at the JW Marriott Las Vegas Resort & Spa on Marriott Rewards points. We started […]
Earn 90,000 Marriott Rewards Bonus Points-Enough For A Free Stay!
This is a great time to apply for the Chase Marriott Rewards Premier credit card. Currently the card has a bonus offer in which you can earn 80,000 MARRIOTT REWARDS BONUS POINTS if you spend $3,000 in the first three months of having your account. Keep in mind, the bonus alone is enough points for a free […]
Chase Adds Additional Cardmember Bonus To Some Of Its Products
Chase recently added extra bonus incentives when you apply for various products. These extra bonus rewards come when you add your first additional user. Now, you can get an additional sign-up bonus if you add an authorized user to your new account and, you, make a purchase with your card within the first 3 months […]
April 9th Email From Marriott About The Merger
Shareholder approval for the merger happened yesterday. Today, Marriott sent the below email about the upcoming merger… “We’re excited to announce that we’ve secured shareholder approval for Marriott International to join together with Starwood Hotels & Resorts—a significant milestone towards creating the world’s largest lodging company and strongest loyalty program in the industry. Since we […]
Marriott And Starwood Shareholders Approve The Merger
Yesterday, shareholders of Marriott International and Starwood Hotels and Resorts voted to approve the merger between the two companies that will create the largest hotel chain in the world. Recall Marriott recently won the bidding war to acquire Starwood and this approval was the next step in the merger process. Onward they go… […]
Anbang Is Abandoning It’s $14 Billion Bid
The saga continues and it looks like its over. Anbang is abandoning its $14 billion bid for Starwood “due to various market conditions.” It looks like Marriott will once again come in, and this time at the higher $13.6 billion offer that it had to come up with when Anbang started the bidding war. The […]