Posted 8/24/2015 I love earning extra miles/points on purchases. However, when I am making a purchase that does not fit into a category in which I will earn extra points, I need to decide which card to use. Up until recently, I had been breaking out my Barclaycard Arrival Plus […]
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A Last Free Night In Vancouver And A Savings Of About $250
As a trade off for our really low redemptions for our Air Canada flights, I booked us a 6:40 am flight home. We will need to be at the airport at about 4:30 am. Ugh! Because our flights are so early and we will not be able to […]
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 […]
We Used Starpoints To Book 4 Free Nights On Kauai And Saved $2,100
When Rob and I went to Hawaii on our honeymoon back in 1998, we stayed at the Grand Hyatt Kauai Resort & Spa on Poipu Beach. It was on the “sunny side” of Kauai and was really nice as I remember. During that visit, we took a trip up to Princeville, the “rainy side ” […]
We Used Starpoints To Book 3 Nights On Oahu And Saved $1,050
On Oahu, I booked the Moana Surfrider, A Westin Resort & Spa, Waikiki Beach, an SPG Category 6 hotel. I booked the hotel using 75,000 Starpoints for 3 nights. The hotel room was 25,000 points per night. The hotel room would have cost about $350 per night. I saved $1050 using Starpoints! […]
5 Free Nights In Whistler And A Savings of $900
In Whister, we are staying in a studio suite with a full kitchen! at The Westin Resort and Spa, Whistler. This hotel is an SPG Category 5 hotel, and I booked the suite for 5 nights using 48,000 Starwood points. The hotel suite was 12,000 points per night and when […]
A 12 Night Trip To Hawaii Booked And A Savings of $11,040
Christmas break, 2015, we have 2 weeks off from school again. This is our third year in a row with a 2 week break, and I have tried to take advantage of the time. In 2013, we headed to Costa Rica and this past December, we traveled to Israel. For 2015, I just booked Hawaii!!! […]
Three Free Nights At the Sheraton Tel Aviv, A Savings of $1,500
We just returned from the most amazing trip to Israel. For the first time, I let go of the reins and had another person plan our itinerary. I had some safety concerns so I did not feel comfortable making our family plans alone. We used Susan Loves Israel. You […]
Earning and Accumulating Starpoints
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. As an SPG member, here are some ways on how to earn and accumulate Starwood Points… 1. Visit a Starwood […]
Starwood Preferred Guest Points Got Us Many Free Stays in New York City With Savings over $500 Each Time!
When the kids were younger, we often took them to the city for long weekends. We usually went in November, after our fall activities ended, and our weekends were a little more flexible. It was so much fun being a tourist in our own backyard. Every time we went, […]