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Get A 30% Bonus When You Transfer Hotel Points Into Air Canada Aeroplan Miles
Get A 30% Bonus When You Transfer Hotel Points To Air Canada Aeroplan
If you transfer hotel points to Air Canada's Aeroplan mileage program between...
#Bonvoyed: Goodbye To Using Marriott Points For MLB Moments And Thanks For The Amazing Memories!
I've used 8 figures of miles earned from credit cards to fly myself and my family around the world in first class cabins and...
Marriott’s CEO Thinks Hotel Resort Fees Are Like Airline Baggage Fees
Washington DC's attorney general is suing Marriott for charging resort fees and failing to properly disclose them.
Marriott CEO Arne Sorenson thinks these are like...
JW Marriott Maldives Offering Overwater Pool Villas For Just 68K-85K Points Per Night!
I’ve been to the Maldives twice and it’s truly Heaven on Earth. The overwater villas there are the stuff that dreams are made of....
Ends Today! Targeted: Earn 7.5K Bonus Marriott Points Per Month For Spending $5K On The Marriott Bonvoy Business AMEX
Update: DEAD! Don’t miss it if this becomes alive again. Sign up for deal notification alerts here!
Final Day To Register Your Marriott Bonvoy/Former Starwood Consumer AMEX To Earn Up To 3 Points Per Dollar Once Again, But Should You?
Update: Today is the final day to register for this promotion. If this link doesn't work you can also try looking in your AMEX...
Now Live: American And Hyatt Reciprocal Benefits
Update: You can now link your AA and Hyatt accounts for reciprocal benefits here.
Originally posted on 3/5:
Back in the SPG days, Delta Crossover allowed...
Final Hours To Lock In Hotel Bargains Before Marriott 2019 Category Changes: Category 8 Pricing, 346 Hotels Getting More Expensive, 37 Getting Less Expensive
Update: Today is the final day to lock in your hotel reservations now before they get more expensive!
Bonvoyed: Here’s What I Did With My Tier 4-5 Travel Package Certificate
Marriott pulled a fast one on loyalty members last August. Their social media representatives made posts implying that Marriott would treat members who purchased...
Marriott Rewards Will Be Renamed Marriott Bonvoy As They Are Big Enough To Call Themselves Just About Anything
On February 13th, Marriott will discontinue the Marriott Rewards, Starwood Preferred Guest, and Ritz Carlton Rewards names.
Replacing those names will be the new unified...
Marriott Forces Al Maha Dubai To Restore Full Board And Activities On Award Stays
The Al Maha Luxury Collection Resort & Spa in Dubai was one of the very few bright spots of the SPG-Marriott merger. It went...
Marriott’s Latest Fiasco: A Massive Data Breach
As I wrote previously, the Marriott-Starwood merger has been one fiasco after another. The company that claims to live by the Golden Rule has failed...
Goodbye To The S. Regis Princeville Resort In Kauai
The S. Regis Princeville Resort in Kauai has left the Marriott program.
It's not the first former SPG hotel to leave Marriott. The S. Regis,...
Bid Marriott Points Now On Once-In-A-Lifetime World Series Experiences; My History Using Miles For Baseball Memories
I've used 8 figures of miles earned from credit cards to fly myself and my family around the world in first class cabins and...
Match Hotel Status To Wyndham And Caesars Total Rewards For Free Stays!
Wyndham is offering status matches from other hotel chains to Gold, Platinum, and Diamond.
You can get top-tier Wyndham diamond status with Marriott Gold or...
Marriott’s Latest Fiasco: Clawing Back Lifetime Nights
On Sunday I wrote about the plethora of fiascos, unforced errors, and downright sleaziness that have summed up the past few weeks since Marriott...
The Marriott-Starwood Merger Has Been One Fiasco After Another
Mergers are never good for consumers and there are always pain points, but the Marriott-Starwood merger has crossed over into the absurd.
We knew that...
I Just Booked 3 Ridiculously Amazing Overwater Villa Point Bargains In The Maldives!
I've been to the Maldives twice and it's truly Heaven on Earth. The overwater bungalows there are the stuff that dreams are made of....
Marriott Partially Relents On Travel Package Usage And Downgrades; A Good Start But It’s Not Enough
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There’s Only One Explanation For Marriott Concealing The Travel Package Conversion Chart: They Wanted To Fleece Their Loyalty Members
Marriott Takes The...
There’s Only One Explanation For Marriott Concealing The Travel Package Conversion Chart: They Wanted To Fleece Their Loyalty Members
Update: Marriott has just addressed some of the issues mentioned below, but not all of them. Read more here.
Related post (Read this first!): Marriott Takes...
Marriott Takes The Low Road, Chooses Worst Case Scenario For Unattached Travel Certificates
Marriott has published the following travel package conversion chart and the following statement,
For members with existing Travel Packages (booked prior to today and not yet attached...
It’s The Last Day Of Starwood Preferred Guest! Did You Remember To…
Today is the final day of one of the best loyalty program ever created, Starwood Preferred Guest, or SPG.
Marriott takes over the program tomorrow...
Marriott Answers Several Travel Package Questions, But Refuses To Answer The Biggest Question
In my last post on the fascinating ongoing travel package saga I said that there were many unknowns.
Starwood's official representative to Flyertalk, Starwood Lurker, has...
Last Chance! Book Hotel Awards Now Before The Starwood-Marriott Merger!
Update: Marriott's systems will be intermittently down starting tomorrow and will be down on 8/18 for the merger of the Marriott and SPG programs....
Marriott’s Remaining Travel Package Options: Will They Go With Points Or Category Based Certificates And What You Should Do Now
2 weeks ago I wrote a comprehensive guide to Marriott's travel packages explaining why they are so lucrative and what Marriott's options are. They...
Combine Your Household’s Starwood Points Now!
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The Starwood AMEX Turns Into A Pumpkin At Midnight; Goodbye And Thanks For The Memories!
I've had a Starwood AMEX card ever since I turned 18 a decade and a half ago. Over the years the card has gone...
Reader Questions: What Makes The Marriott Travel Packages So Lucrative And Which Category Should I Buy? A Comprehensive Guide.
Related Marriott Travel Packages posts:
All About Marriott’s Lucrative Miles+Nights Travel Packages; The Best Way To Spend Your Starpoints.
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A Timeline Of Upcoming Critical Dates For The Starwood AMEX Bloodbath And The Starwood-Marriott Merger!
Update: Marriott has confirmed that they will stop selling their lucrative travel packages on 8/17/18
Roundup Of Upcoming Cross-Bank Restrictions On All Marriott/Starwood Cards
Earlier I wrote about new restrictions on Marriott/Starwood bonuses.
Marriott will be keeping track of bonuses and enforcing cross-bank restrictions on all of their cards.
At...
Marriott Announces The Launch Date For Marriott-Starwood Program Merger!
Marriott has updated their website and it now says that the merged Marriott-Starwood program will launch on August 18th. Previously it had only said "Coming...
Hunting Down The Marriott Hotels Getting More Expensive To Potentially Maximize Travel Certificates
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All About Marriott’s Lucrative Miles+Nights Travel Packages; The Best Way To Spend Your Starpoints.
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Exploring The Options For A Partial Points Refund Of The Marriott Travel Packages, Which Package Should You Buy Now?
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Ends Today! Final Chance For 35% Off Purchasing Starwood Starpoints; Buy Points You Need To Take Advantage Of These 7 Awesome Redemptions!
Update: This offer ends today! All Starpoints will be tripled in August when the program mergers with Marriott.
Marriott Has No Plans On Letting Us Know What They Plan On Doing With Current Travel Packages, But Don’t Let That Stop You From...
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All About Marriott’s Lucrative Miles+Nights Travel Packages; The Best Way To Spend Your Starpoints.
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Another Guess At What Will Happen With Marriott’s Miles+Nights Travel Packages And Which You Should Buy Now Before It’s Too Late!
“All about” posts take an in-depth look into various topics. See all of them here. Have a topic you want to read more about? Sound off in...
Marriott Will Massively Devalue New Miles+Nights Travel Packages In August; Comparing The Value Of The Current Packages To The New Packages
Related Marriott Travel Packages posts:
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