Hilton Honors is in a class all by itself in that it does NOT cap your property level as to where you can use your free night certificate. 👏 So with no cap, why not go as big as possible! ⼤ And I did! 👍 Both Rob and I have our own respective Amex Hilton […]
Tag: Boston
Cornell Graduation Stay 2024-How I Avoided Being Taken Advantage Of Using Points Instead Of Cash!
I am in the frenzy of booking hotels for Cornell graduation next year in a non-city (Ithaca), so hotels are not so abundant. Not only that, the few hotels that there are, budget properties like Hampton Inns and Fairfield Marriotts, completely play the capitalism game (as they should) and raise their rates to about 600-800 […]
New Adventures In Boston
Having won Boston Red Sox tickets at a charity event earlier in the year, we found ourselves heading to Boston for an end of summer weekend. Recall, our stay was to be for free in the city at the Intercontinental in Boston Harbor. This is the second time we have stayed at this property, and […]
Free Weekend In Boston and $720 Saved-Thanks IHG Rewards And Chase
We can’t really plan a big trip this summer as we will have 3 kids in high school (huh?) that have various commitments. Instead, I am planning some smaller getaways. We are heading to Chicago for a few nights and, recently, I booked a weekend in Boston. Of course our stay is free. We will […]
Using My Complimentary IHG Anniversary Night In Boston For The Fenway Spartan Race And Saving $440
My 14 year old son along with some of his friends, have discovered Spartan races. A Spartan race is a series of obstacle races of varying distance and difficulty ranging from 3 miles to marathon distances. The series include the Spartan Sprint, the Super Spartan, the Spartan Beast, and the Ultra Beast. Daniel and his […]
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 […]
Starwood Preferred Guest Points Got Us A Free Stay In Boston and $600 Saved!
I have been playing this point game for a very long time. Back in 2007, we spent a long free November weekend in Boston. (Boy, do I long for the days before the kids had tons of weekend activities and we were free to travel.) It was the only time we were in Boston as […]