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Get a Free Hilton Category 1 Hotel Night or 5000 Points Back on an Award Stay
With the 5000 point Visa bonus stackable with triple points on stays booked through the app it’s a pretty lucrative time to stay with Hilton.
Now here’s something interesting,: the 5000 point Visa bonus works on reward stays. Hilton confirms this.
Buy Up to 160,000 Hilton Points For Just Half a Cent Each Through December 5
Hilton usually charges a penny apiece for points, so with this bonus is selling points for half a cent each. Their recent promotional pricing is tied for the cheapest I’ve ever seen (in June 2015 they offered a 100% bonus on purchased points also, and a few months back they ran 50% off). They’re selling points for just about what they’re worth.
Are Most Airport Noise Complaints Bogus?
When people buy homes, they generally know they are doing so near an airport and planes are noisy. Although the FAA does change approach paths — indeed, they’ve been working towards more direct and fuel efficient landing routes which are better for airline economics and ticket prices, and better for the environment, but potentially generating more complaints from residents surrounding airports.
Planes are far quieter than they were decades ago, but there are more noise complaints also.
United Airlines Doesn’t Like Ted Cruz, Either. And Minimum Spend for Elite Status is Spreading.
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Review: Etihad Business Class, Abu Dhabi to the Maldives
After a night at the St. Regis Abu Dhabi — a gorgeous hotel on the beach, a lovely suite, and great service for a short stay — I headed back to the Abu Dhabi airport for the relatively short flight to the Maldives.
The Unique Benefit Starwood and Marriott Platinums Have to Keep Airline Miles from Expiring
Starwood Platinum members have a unique way to keep airline miles from expiring.
Starwood has a wide array of mileage transfer partners. Starwood Platinums have no minimum number of points they can transfer — they can literally transfer just a single point! That’s like free airline miles expiration extension.
Citi ThankYou Transfer Bonus to Hilton is a Very. Bad. Deal.
Citi ThankYou Rewards is offering a one-third bonus on transfers to Hilton HHonors through February 8.
Hilton points are generally worth half a cent apiece. I value Citi points at 1.6 cents each. Getting two Hilton points per ThankYou point means transferring points at a value of a penny. Not. A. Good. Deal. In many cases you’re much better off just using Citi points to straight up buy travel. But even that’s not the best use of points.
Several Restaurant Spots are Empty in Atlanta’s Airport After 2 Years Because of Political Cronyism
There are empty restaurant spots in Concourses A, B, and C of Atlanta’s airport, as politics plays games with the ability of passengers to get food quickly during layovers.
Most airport restaurants are bad. It’s really hard to do food well given the security, traffic, space and contracting constraints airport restaurants face. But especially at hub airports it’s important for customers to be able to have access to food before and between flights.
Delta’s Secret Award Chart Made Public and a Program We Can Expect to Renege on Its Terms and Conditions
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