According to this thread on Flyertalk and this thread and others at Biddingfortravel.com, La Quinta Resort & Club is coming up on Priceline for $40 when bidding for a resort in the “Rancho Mirage-Indian Wells-Palm Desert” zone… and $25 when bidding for a three-star hotel in this same zone. Priceline has been known to set minimums for successful bids at a particular quality level. It looks like there’s a rate of as low as $25, but when bidding for a resort Priceline rejects bids under $40. There aren’t any three star properties willing to accept anything even close to $25, so Priceline ‘upgrades’ you to a resort when bidding on a three star property. My hunch is that La Quinta loaded a Priceline rate of $250, err they meant to load a $250 rate, and…
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$25 room nights at the La Quinta Resort & Club
According to this thread on Flyertalk and this thread and others at Biddingfortravel.com, La Quinta Resort & Club is coming up on Priceline for $40 when bidding for a resort in the “Rancho Mirage-Indian Wells-Palm Desert” zone… and $25 when bidding for a three-star hotel in this same zone. Priceline has been known to set minimums for successful bids at a particular quality level. It looks like there’s a rate of as low as $25, but when bidding for a resort Priceline rejects bids under $40. There aren’t any three star properties willing to accept anything even close to $25, so Priceline ‘upgrades’ you to a resort when bidding on a three star property. My hunch is that La Quinta loaded a Priceline rate of $250, err they meant to load a $250 rate, and…
$25 room nights at the La Quinta Resort & Club
According to this thread on Flyertalk and this thread and others at Biddingfortravel.com, La Quinta Resort & Club is coming up on Priceline for $40 when bidding for a resort in the “Rancho Mirage-Indian Wells-Palm Desert” zone… and $25 when bidding for a three-star hotel in this same zone. Priceline has been known to set minimums for successful bids at a particular quality level. It looks like there’s a rate of as low as $25, but when bidding for a resort Priceline rejects bids under $40. There aren’t any three star properties willing to accept anything even close to $25, so Priceline ‘upgrades’ you to a resort when bidding on a three star property. My hunch is that La Quinta loaded a Priceline rate of $250, err they meant to load a $250 rate, and…
USAirways Discount
Jul
17
2006
The Upgrade Travel blog shares USAirways discount codes good for travel through November 15. If flying US Airways, and booking on usairways.com, try entering the promotional code RR506FS to receive a 10% discount on purchased first class tickets, or promotional code RR506CU for 5% off economy class tickets. On the flight booking page, enter these codes in the “e-certificate” box located below the “return date” field.
Northwest Shopping Bonus
Jul
12
2006
Northwest is offering 500 bonus miles for shopping online through their Worldperks Mall and spending $150 or more between July 1 and September 15. Registration is required. See the details on the offer, because some of their participating merchants (eg hotel, car, flowers) are excluded from earning the bonus. All your online purchases should — of course — receive some kind of reward, whether it’s Northwest miles or something else. The best one-stop sources for learning about the best bonuses are the extensive RewardsDB charts and the Webflyer tool. It’s always worth checking out these resources before making an online purchase of any kind. (And it’s not just miles – you can earn cash rebates, too.)
Up to 5000 Bonus Miles for Transferring Hotel Points to United
Jul
11
2006
Got this last night by email: Convert your hotel points into Mileage Plus miles now through September 30, 2006 and earn up to 5,000 bonus miles that you can redeem toward travel, dining certificates, auction items, and more. Check out Mileage Plus Awards to view all of your redemption options.Here’s how to transfer hotel points and earn bonus miles: 1) Select a hotel points program that you belong to from the list below2) Transfer the amount of hotel points equivalent to 10,000–19,999 miles(exchange rates vary by hotel program), and you’ll earn 2,500 bonus miles 3) Convert the amount of hotel points equivalent to 20,000 miles or more(exchange rates vary by hotel program), and you’ll earn 5,000 bonus miles Select your hotel program: Marriott Rewards®, visit Marriott online or call 1-800-450-4442. Priority Club® Rewards, visit InterContinental®…
20% off on hotel rooms I wouldn’t stay in
SmarterTravel is featuring 20% off at Choice hotels (Quality Inn, Comfort Inn, Clarion Inn..). At least you earn points.
GroceryMiles 10 Million Mile Giveaway
Jul
02
2006
United’s GroceryMiles has a sweepstakes to give away miles:First prize: 340 people will win 25,000 miles Grand prize: 10 people will win 150,000 miles Register by July 31.
Amazon Groceries Discount
I realize I’ve been well outside the real of frequent flying with the last few posts, but for folks who travel so much it seems like there’s never any time to go to the grocery store I just thought I’d note that Amazon.com now sells groceries, and through August 31 is offering $10 off a $49 order with coupon code GROCERY2 in addition to free super saver shipping on orders of $25 or more. Details here. Update: If you’re hitting $25 for free shipping anyway, why not add a 79 cent PDA case?
Free $5 Starbucks Gift Card
Jul
02
2006
A builder is offering $5 Starbucks gift cards for filling out a survey. As with most promises of Starbucks gift cards, it’s an open question whether it’ll come to fruition.
