Marriott’s Summer MegaBonus promotion just started yesterday and will run from May 15 through September 2, 2013. While Marriott is calling this promotion the “Unexpected Bonus,” it is really the same exact promotion that they run about 3 times a year for the past many many many years. With all MegaBonus promotions, each individual is targeted… Read full article

I wanted to give you a two days heads up that tomorrow (Wednesday May 15, 2013)  is the last day to book Marriott hotels before there are some massive category changes. While the number of points to redeem for each category level is the same, MANY hotels are moving up a category. There is a… Read full article

Marriott is changing their lifetime status requirements January 1, 2013 for the better. In the past, it used to be based on three things: 1) Number of years in the Marriott Rewards program, 2) Total number of accumulated points, and 3) Total number of accumulated nights. Moving forward they got rid of requirement 1 (which… Read full article

Through December 15, Marriott is offering some special hotel deals in Florida. This is for travel through January 31, 2013. With this promotion, you’ll get a specific resort credit amount as well (which varies by hotel). I looked up a few of the resorts over Christmas time and the special rate was available, however, keep… Read full article

With all the hotel promotions, which one should you stay at, and which one will give you the biggest bonus? Here is a compiled list of the various promotions: Starwood: Dates: October 1 through December 20 Promotion: Receive double points on all stays of 1-2 nights  and triple points on all stays of 3+ nights…. Read full article

Another Marriott Megabonus promotions has been announced! This time period will run September 15, 2012 through January 15, 2013. While I am typically not a huge fan of the Megabonus promotions I do love how it is only the summer and I already know the Marriott promotion through the beginning of next year. And the… Read full article

Welcome to Round 5 of the credit card showdown. This series is due to a session that was presented at the Frequent Traveler University conference a month or so ago. The previous debates with the pros/cons of each card include: Debate 1: United Explorer vs. British Airways Visa (currently the United Explorer card is winning… Read full article

Yesterday I wrote about a promotion where you can get bonus Delta Skymiles for Marriott gift card purchases. While this promotion seemed decent to begin with, FrequentMiler reminded me that if you have the Chase Ink Bold credit card there is a MUCH better way to go about this. I looked into this and some… Read full article

Yesterday I posted about Marriott’s Summer Megabonus Promotion that starts tomorrow (June 1st) and runs through August 31. I received a comment from another blogger (thanks Miles From Blightly!) informing me that the MegaMiles promotion was just announced. This allows you to receive bonus miles instead of the bonus points. Between July 1st through October… Read full article

With a month break in Marriott’s Megabonus promotion a new one is launched is scheduled to start June 1, 2012. Unlike the typical Fall Megabnus promotions, this one does not require a certain credit card to be used, which is great! The promotion will run from June 1 – August 31, 2012. There are many… Read full article