Comments for Loyalty Traveler

Comment on Best Western Low Rate Guaranteed or $100 Travel Card by Mac

Mac — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:42:18 +0000

Excellent point about the Hyatt BRG being more valuable than other chains that force prepayment.

I recently booked a stay at the Hyatt Regency Palm Springs where Hyatt.com wanted $250/night. Kayak showed me that getaroom.com had rooms for $169. I quick call to Hyatt and I was booked in a fully-refundable room for $135/night.

I since always double check room rates using Kayak before ever making a booking.

Comment on Hotel Loyalty Program Airline Partners: 10 programs compared on one spreadsheet by Jenny

Jenny — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:34:05 +0000

Awesome, thanks!

Comment on Best Western Low Rate Guaranteed or $100 Travel Card by Andy

Andy — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:06:19 +0000

“I still object to the fact that no hotel chains follow the terms of Starwood Hotels and Hyatt Hotels who allow guests to file a Low Rate Guarantee claim before making a reservation on any site” Not true with Hyatt. You can call Hyatt without a reservation to get price match

Comment on Best Western Low Rate Guaranteed or $100 Travel Card by alexander O

alexander O — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:25:31 +0000

while kayak changed their “sort by loyalty program” field, it’s still there – just start typing “star…”, “hil..” or “marr…” and choose “all starwood brands” etc.
Mission accomplished.

Comment on Best Western Managers Special Rate by Afrina

Afrina — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 04:12:11 +0000

There is not one good site on which to find the seilvr bullet of low fares. Any savvy traveler will tell you that you will have to comb through several sites in order to find the lowest fare. And what you find today nay get beat tomorrow; that’s just the way the game is played. Just remember the following when booking a flight to find a lower fare:1) Travel at the off-peak hours – business travelers will always travel first thing in the morning and the early afternoon. Those flights are always going to be more expensive.2) Try to fly Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Saturdays – again, business flyers will tend to book on the other days meaning higher ticket prices.3) Research your destination and find the off season when less travel to that area occurs and ticket prices drop.

Comment on Best Western Low Rate Guaranteed or $100 Travel Card by Joel

Joel — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 03:21:45 +0000

Thanks for the post. Kayak does allow filtering by loyalty program; the site did briefly lose that capacity but now has it again.

Comment on Why change hotel points into miles? by travel light

travel light — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:46:49 +0000

I *bought* 5000 Marriott points, for $62.50, to make up the 30K I needed to convert to 10K Southwest points.

This qualified me for a companion pass valid on all Southwest travel from now through the end of 2013.

Comment on American Airlines Points-to-Miles Exchange Rates Compared for 9 Hotel Programs by Mint Cilantro

Mint Cilantro — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:57:05 +0000

I am going to make the same request that Jim L did. I have 20k AA miles in my parents’ account that they are not going to use since they don’t fly often. It would be awesome to get them redeemed through a hotel stay (even if it’s a low end hotel)

Comment on Why change hotel points into miles? by Larry

Larry — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:34:16 +0000

I just started seriously collecting points and miles last fall and by far the biggest blunder I’ve made is forgetting to check the Club Carlson earning preference before the 50K bonus posted. Within minutes of hitting my account they were gone and I had 6000+ Delta miles (I don’t even remember setting it to Delta so it must have been years ago). Live and learn!

Comment on Why change hotel points into miles? by Vinay

Vinay — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:46:33 +0000

Yes…during US Air grandslam last year!!