This is not a typo! I am saving $26,000 on our stay in Aspen next winter. I have been searching and scrounging and transferring since the beginning of the year. I have depleted my Chase Ultimate Rewards balance, my Marriott Rewards balance and my SPG balance. I have converted all of the options from my Starwood […]
Category: Marriott Rewards-Using Points
Marriott Rewards Has Announced Their 2018 Category Changes-Will This Affect You?
On March 6, 2018, the Marriott Rewards annual category changes will take effect. According to Marriott, 74% will stay the same, 21% will move up and 5% will move down. Will this affect that redemption that you have had your eye on? If it will affect you negatively, you should act before March 6 and […]
$3,000 Saved On Our Weekend Trip To Park City
Blue Skies And Easy Flights Made For One Great MLK Weekend In Park City I Am Tagging Along On The MLK Boys Ski Weekend And Saved $720 MLK Boys Ski Weekend To Park City And A Savings Of $2,300 […]
A Trip To Vegas And A Savings Of $4,000!
How We Did It Five JetBlue Flights To Vegas On TrueBlue Points And Barclaycard Miles And A Savings Of $3,000 2 Free Nights At The Palazzo Hotel In Vegas Using IHG Rewards Points-We Saved $360 3 Free Nights At The JW Marriott Las Vegas Resort & Spa And A Savings of […]
We Are Saving $9,700 When We Head To Amsterdam And Paris This Christmas
And here are the details as to how it’s being done… We Are Headed To Amsterdam And Paris And We Saved $2,700 On Flights Using Avios Points Christmas In Amsterdam-3 Nights, 2 Rooms, $2,500 Saved With Chase Ultimate Rewards I Have 9 Months To Accumulate 360,000 Marriott Rewards Points To Save $4,500 […]
I Have 9 Months To Accumulate 360,000 Marriott Rewards Points To Save $4,500 In Paris
Heading to Paris after Amsterdam. Shhh, remember I told you that you can book Marriott hotel reservations on points even if, at the time of booking, you do not have the required number of points to fulfill the reservation. You only need to have the points in your account with enough time to order an […]
Blue Skies And Easy Flights Made For One Great MLK Weekend In Park City
For the past few years, Rob has taken our boys on ski trips out west over MLK weekend. In 2015, they flew United into Eagle, CO using miles and in 2014, they flew American into Eagle using miles. They frequently traveled to Colorado because we own a timeshare at the Westin Riverfront in Beaver Creek, […]
MLK Boys Ski Weekend To Park City And A Savings Of $2,300
For the last few years, Rob has taken my boys skiing our West over MLK weekend. In 2015, they had free flights on American and stayed at the Westin Riverfront in Beaver Creek on SPG points. In 2016, they skied at Vail and had free United flights. […]
Marriott Has Added Points Bidding For Experiences
Now you can redeem your Marriott Rewards points for things like cruises and concerts. You can do this at the Marriott Rewards Experiences Marketplace. Here, you can set your own price, by bidding auction-style on certain experiences. Here’s how: Find an experience, from sports events to culinary adventures. Bid points to try and […]
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 […]