Hotel Value for Frequent Guests
Many people prefer airline miles over hotel points. I understand the value equation when your air miles are used for Business and First Class travel, but I have a hard time seeing the value in exchanging 20,000 Starpoints for 25,000 miles to redeem a domestic economy class airline ticket.
When grandma wants to see her [...]
Here are comparative tables for points-to-miles conversions for Hilton HHonors, Hyatt Gold Passport, IHG Priority Club, Marriott Rewards, and Starwood Preferred Guest with major US and international airline frequent flyer programs. Part 1 is domestic airlines. Part 2 – 14 major international airline conversion tables. Part 2 offers more detailed discussion of the limitations of a comparative [...]
Marriott offers a good Marriott Rewards points-to-airline miles transfer option if you have a boatload of points and want to take to the air in conjunction with a 7-night hotel reward stay. The hotel nights and air miles come together in one award, yet the miles portion is deposited into your frequent flyer account for [...]
The George Clooney movie “Up in the Air” about a frequent business traveler feeling the love from American Airlines and Hilton HHonors will be released December 2009. Hilton HHonors has launched a dedicated sweepstakes website to accompany the movie release with a chance for HHonors members to win a grand prize of one million HHonors [...]
Starwood points may be purchased for $14.00 per 500 points ($28/1,000 points) up to the 20,000 points calendar year limit from November 10 to December 31, 2009. This is a 20% discount on the regular purchase price for Starpoints at $35 per 1,000 points. The sale price is not yet posted on the SPG website. [...]
Update 10-7-09:
I initially wrote this blog post yesterday stating the Dusseldorf Special offer was good for travel from USA to Germany. I realized shortly after posting that I had been looking at the Germany and Austria Miles&More website promotions and subsequently edited this post to state “Germany to USA”.
Further research today and I found these [...]
The best redemption value for Hilton HHonors points is generally a high category hotel on a HHonors VIP Reward of six or more nights.
Hilton Auckland, New Zealand
What do you do when after a year of traveling you have 100,000 points and you want a vacation in three months at a Category 6 hotel or [...]
Hotel Points Exchange Analysis – Starwood Preferred Guest
One of the benefits of SPG membership is the ability to transfer SPG hotel points, Starpoints, into a variety of airline frequent flier miles. The ability to transfer Starpoints into airline miles and the multitude of partner awards available through airlines offers lots of little known value [...]
Hotel Points to Airline Miles Exchange – Wyndham Rewards vs. Starwood
Starwood Hotels scores well in most major surveys in the upscale hotel sector for frequent guests. Wyndham Rewards is the economy hotel traveler’s domain with brands like Ramada, Days Inn, Travelodge, Howard Johnson, and Super 8.
Wyndham Rewards, like Starwood Preferred Guest (SPG), offers a [...]
Ric and tour guide, Cuzco, Peru, May 2000
Presidents Week Vacation – February 2000
I was anxious and suffering a vacation hangover upon my return from Holland at the end of my two week trip for flying on five member airlines of the Oneworld Alliance for a 100,000 frequent flyer miles bonus. Travel euphoria withdrawal was a [...]
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