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Free Alerts for Hotel Award Space and Confirmed Suites

by Gary Leff on August 12, 2018

Aug 12 2018

Say that you wanted to stay at the Park Hyatt Vendome in Paris over Christmas. The hotel has rooms for sale, but there are no award rooms available for December 22-26.

You can set an alert for a Park Queen or for the Twin which are bookable with points. Or perhaps you already have a room booked at the hotel and what you are looking to do is use points or a confirmed suite upgrade for a suite — but the standard suite isn’t available. Set an alert for the Park Suite King.

70% Off Luxury Travel Bargains and How Airline Seat Designs Make Your Back Feel

by Gary Leff on July 20, 2018

Jul 20 2018

A roundup of the most important stories of the day. I keep you up to date on the most interesting writings I find on other sites – the latest news and tips.

Starwood Is Losing a Third of Its Dubai Portfolio in One Shot, Which Chain Will Get These Great Hotels?

by Gary Leff on July 10, 2018

Jul 10 2018

Marriott is losing the St. Regis, W, and Westin in Dubai all at once. That’s a one-third hit to the number of legacy Starwood rooms in Dubai, including the same owner pulling the St Regis Habtoor Polo Resort and Spa in recent days.

Dubai was one of Starwood’s most important markets, they had a legacy Emirates partnership similar to their Delta partnership in the US and a UAE co-brand credit card.

Kimpton ‘Likes’ How IHG is Killing Them and British Airways Admits Planes are Dirty

by Gary Leff on May 10, 2018

May 10 2018

A roundup of the most important stories of the day. I keep you up to date on the most interesting writings I find on other sites – the latest news and tips.

Hurry: “Faster Free Nights” Stay 2 Kimpton Nights Get a Free IHG Night Anywhere in the World

by Gary Leff on May 8, 2018

May 08 2018

You’ll pay a bit more over the course of the 2 nights for your stay, and get a free night that should be worth several hundred dollars. It doesn’t make sense to go out and book 2 Kimpton nights you don’t need for this promo, but it does make sense to book Kimpton over another chain if you can take advantage of the promo.

IHG’s New Gamified ‘Accelerate’ Promotion About to Come Out

by Gary Leff on April 12, 2018

Apr 12 2018

The next IHG Rewards Club promotion is up and available for registration.

They’re coming out with ‘Accelerate’ again for stays between May 1 and July 31 you earn even more points. And in some ways it’s my favorite hotel promotion.

IHG Devalues Credit Card Anniversary Free Night

by Gary Leff on April 2, 2018

Apr 02 2018

This $49 card has come with an anniversary free night every year that’s good at any IHG hotel. For new certificates issued May 1 onward these certificates will only be good for hotels that normally cost 40,000 points per night or less.

IHG Rewards Club 15% Off Cash and Points Redemptions

by Gary Leff on March 22, 2018

Mar 22 2018

There’s no limit on the number of cash and points redemptions that you can use this with, and if you’re an IHG cardholder you’ll still also receive the 10% rebate on the points portion of the reservation up to your annual maximum.

100% Bonus Flash Sale: Buy IHG Hotel Points As Little As $0.005 Each?

by Gary Leff on March 19, 2018

Mar 19 2018

There’s a flash sale just through March 22 offering a 100% bonus on IHG Rewards Club points. That should mean $0.00575 per point, which is a lower price than what I value the points at.

Strangely I’m actually seeing the price come up even lower than that.

NEW: Earn and Spend United Miles for Gas

by Gary Leff on March 7, 2018

Mar 07 2018

Back in the day frequent flyers and road warriors used to drive past half a dozen gas stations and ten extra miles to the Shell that accepted Diners Club even though the “low fuel” light had been on all day. We do crazy things for points.

A signup bonus and up to 3 miles per dollar is great. And both earning and burning points are a decent way to keep miles from expiring, buy gas at BP once every 18 months. At the margin it makes BP competitive with Shell (although neither gas is usually cheapest).

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