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Amassing free hotel nights

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Skyrocketing hotel prices have made hotel points and free night certificates more valuable than ever before.  These days it's not at all unusual to be able to use a free night from a $95...
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Hyatt’s Miraval Berkshires Wellness Resort: Bottom Line Review

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Recently, I spent 3 nights with my wife, mom, and uncle at the almost all-inclusive, Miraval Berkshires Wellness Resort in 3 separate rooms.  While my uncle used his own points, I used my Hyatt...
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How to select seats on partner bookings

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It's common to book a trip through one airline that includes segments flown by other airlines.  For example, a trip booked through American Airlines might include segments flown by Alaska Airlines, British Airways, Qatar,...
Singapore Airlines Krisflyer Spontaneous Escapes

(EXPIRED) Singapore Spontaneous Escapes: premium economy to Europe and Singapore on sale from the...

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Singapore Airlines is out with its latest "Spontaneous Escapes" discounts, with this month's deals available to book until 8/31/22 for travel between 9/1/22 to 9/30/22 (though note that the US to Frankfurt route is...
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Want to see Hyatt’s full footprint? There’s a map.

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I learned something new today thanks to a prolific poster in our Frequent Miler Insiders group named Brant. I have long known that Hyatt has a page that lists its properties by category and...
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(EXPIRED) Virgin Red: Caribbean or Mediterranean cruise for 2 people for 110k-120K pts

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Virgin Red is the points program that combines all of the different spheres of Virgin's travel companies. Using Virgin Red, you can earn and spend Virgin points when staying at Virgin Hotels, flying with...
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The road not taken: Greg’s abandoned plans for 3 Cards 3, Continents

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Here's a piece of hard-earned advice: If an ANA rep tells you that they don't need your credit card security code to finalize an award, the wrong response is "Oh, OK."  On August 3rd,...
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Award spotlight: Rancho Santana, Nicaragua

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Rancho Santana is a member of Preferred Hotels & Resorts and is bookable with Choice Privileges points.  I stumbled upon this place when researching options for my 3 Cards 3 Continents trip, and even...
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(EXPIRED) Business class Delta One space for 4+ from New York to Berlin in...

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If you've been looking for flat bed business class across the pond for a family of four in summer 2023, you may be in luck. A couple of days ago, a member of our...
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“Special Offers” can make IHG worth another look

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Between now and Sunday, I will be buying IHG points; the only question is how many will I buy? In my case, I am buying IHG One Rewards points in part because of our...
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Rolling the dice on Round the World award space

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In order to improve my Round the World award plans, I took a chance... I cancelled an award with the hopes that available award seats would re-appear on certain segments.  I lost that bet,...
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(EXPIRED) 20% Transfer Bonus from Capital One to British Airways Avios

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In addition to the Flying Blue transfer bonus that we wrote about earlier, Capital One is also offering a 20% bonus when transferring Capital One Miles to British Airways Avios (and thus potentially to...
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Roomers Frankfurt, Marriott Design Hotel. Bottom Line Review.

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My wife and I just concluded a trip to Germany.  On the final two nights of our trip, we stayed at Roomers Frankfurt -- for free.  A few years ago, we had two rooms...
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Aeroplan increases redemption rates for many awards

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Just in time to make one of my 3 Cards 3 Continents awards out of date before we set off on our trip (grrr), Air Canada Aeroplan has announced some award chart changes that...

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