Are you are planning a trip in which you will be using hotel points and changing hotels during your trip? If any of the hotels that you are planning to book are a Starwood, Marriott, Ritz or Hilton hotel, try to stay at one (all?) for at least 5 nights. Reason being, the loyalty programs, […]
Category: Reward Program Updates
Hilton HHonors Gave Me 1,000 Points Because e-Rewards May Not
Remember, I took advantage of an offer to receive 1,000 Hilton HHonors Bonus Points for completing two e-Rewards surveys within 90 days. Well, I easily completed two short surveys within the time period. One survey was ironically on credit cards and the other on jewelry. Today I got an email stating… “Hi, cindy We are […]
About American Express Delta SkyMiles Platinum Card
Card Highlights American Express Delta SkyMiles Platinum is a Credit Card With a credit card, you can carry a balance and accrue interest if necessary. Note this is not advised by me. The points game does not work well, if you are carrying a balance and accruing interest. See #4 in Let’s Get Started To […]
Join LifeLock And Earn Extra Hilton Honors Points
A LifeLock membership provides identity theft protection. I actually have had it for about 1.5 years and am happy with it. It is probably a good idea to have some sort of identity theft protection, as you acquire more credit cards. I get emails from LifeLock each time there is a credit inquiry into myself and […]
Earn Extra Starwood Points When You Spend $ With Uber
You can earn 1 Starpoint for every dollar you spend with Uber and you can even earn more Starpoints if you use Uber during your Starwood stay. The chart below shows that during your Starwood stay, Preferred members earn 2 Starpoints per $ spent on Uber, and Gold/Platinum members […]
Marriott Rewards Program Changes As of February 1, 2016
Starting February 1, 2016, Marriott Rewards members who do not have qualifying activity in the prior 24 months will forfeit all accumulated points. So if you have not engaged in qualifying activity since January 31, 2014 you have until January 31, 2016 to do so before the policy […]
Earn Airline Miles Instead Of Wyndham Rewards Points At Wyndham Resorts
As a members of the Wyndham Rewards Program, we know you can earn Wyndham Rewards points when staying at a Wyndham hotel. In fact, Wyndham Rewards members earn ten points for every eligible dollar spent. But what if you are in the market for airline miles instead? Although the earning capacity for miles […]
I Just Redeemed My Barclaycard Points For My One Night Deposit At The Broadmoor This Summer
Recall that I booked three nights at the Broadmoor in Colorado Springs for Rob and I for this summer. As I told you in that post, I plan on redeeming Barclaycard miles to pay for these 3 nights. When I booked last month, I had to leave a one night deposit. With the tax, […]
Chase Sapphire Preferred Used To Pay For Our Stay At The Peaks Hotel In Telluride
We just returned from Telluride. It was an amazing trip even if we needed more snow. (It snowed about 27 inches the day after we left and stranded us at the airport an extra day—really? ) Even though we flew for free to Telluride/Montrose, we needed to pay for the hotel, as Telluride is a […]
About Chase United MileagePlus Explorer Business Card
This Card is No Longer Available To New Applicants. The latest version is the United Business Card Card Highlights Chase United MileagePlus Explorer Business Card is a Credit Card With a credit card, you can carry a balance and accrue interest if necessary. Note this is not advised by me. The […]