Tomorrow marks day 8 of the Daily Getaways Travel promotion and with that you can purchase Marriott gift cards for about a 20% discount! While most of the other promotions thus far have been of little interest to me, this is actually a great deal in my opinion. If you know of an upcoming Marriott… Read full article

This is just a friendly reminder that over 600 Marriott hotels are changing their categories, which goes into affect TOMORROW (March 15th). Only 100 hotels are going down a category, while 500 hotels are going up! This means more points needed to redeem for a free stay. You have the rest of the evening to… Read full article

Between now and March 31, 2012 you can get a 50% bonus when you transfer your hotel points to US Airways. There is no registration needed – bonus points will automatically post to your account. Hotel transfer opportunities with the 50% bonus included: Best Western: 5,000 points = 1,500 US Airways miles Choice Privileges: 5,000… Read full article

Just as we saw with Starwood, Marriott has also gone through their yearly review and has updated their category chart for 626 hotels! Unfortunately, this time around many many many more hotels are going up a category than down, which is disappointing. You can find a PDF of the new categories in this FlyerTalk thread… Read full article

A few days ago I posted on how to keep your airline miles from expiring. Although airlines have much more strict policies than hotels, I still wanted to outline each hotel’s policy. Typically with hotels, a quick call to customer service can get your points reinstated – hotel programs are pretty lenient with this. Hotel… Read full article

This is post #4 of a series regarding the Chase Ultimate Rewards program. Related Posts: Post #1: Introduction to Chase Ultimate Rewards Program Post #2: Maximizing Chase Ultimate Rewards with Chase Freedom Post #3: Downgrading your Chase Ultimate Rewards Card to Avoid the Annual Fee Post #4: Best Redemption for Chase Ultimate Reward Points –… Read full article

Usually my mail consists of credit card bills and junk – that could be because I sign up for everything under the sun. However, today I received a nice note from Marriott giving me the opportunity to earn a FREE night by just using my Marriott Rewards credit card. My assumption is that this is… Read full article

Every Monday, Marriott sends out their last minute discounted rates for the upcoming weekend. Since these are last minute rates they can be great for a spur of the moment weekend getaway or to snag an even cheaper rate if you happen to be staying at a participating Marriott already. While I always look through… Read full article

With so many hotel promotions going on, I wanted to detail them all out for you in one compiled post. I also have my strategy set, so hopefully this will help you decide where to stay based on a promotion. Unfortunately, there are no promotions that I am super excited about, but hey, something is… Read full article

Although the current MegaBonus promotion is still going on, Marriott has already released their next MegaBonus promotion! This time, however, with no credit card restrictions, which is great for all the business travelers who are required to use their company corporate card. The promotion will run from February 1 – April 30, 2012. There are… Read full article