Articles in the Hotel Credit Cards Category
Elite Status, Hotel Credit Cards, Hotel Points »
I am one of the few people who values hotel points more than airline miles. For airlines I care more about status and the perks I get – like upgrades and lounge access, but for hotels it’s about the free stays. While airline miles can add up real fast and get free flights all over the world, the flights are never ever actually free. There are taxes, fuel surcharges, sometime booking fees and whatnot. Hotel awards are really free! I just stayed at a Marriott recently and there was NO …
Hotel Credit Cards, Hotel Points »
In continuation to my ever popular post on 10 Reasons why Starwood is the Best Loyalty Program, here are 10 more reasons:
Ability to book Airline Award tickets even when award inventory is not available. Airlines treat tickets booked via Starwood as revenue tickets and not award tickets.
Earn airline miles on award tickets booked via Starwood. As I mentioned above, airlines treat these as regular revenue tickets.
Ability to book one-way airline award tickets.
They did not raise their redemption rates like Hilton did in 2010!
Award hotel stays are actually free! There are …
Hotel Credit Cards, Hotel Points »
Starwood Preferred Guest or SPG for short is the Loyalty Program offered by the Starwood group of hotels. It is consistently voted as the Best Loyalty program in the market by business travelers.
It is also my personal favorite. Here are 10 reasons why:
Starwood hotels have a very extensive network of hotels all over the world. More importantly, they have hotels in a broad spectrum of price points. Their hotels include well known names like – Sheraton, Westin, W (no connection to a well known ex-president) and the hip aloft.
Very aggressive …
Airline Credit Cards, Airline Miles, Credit Cards, Hotel Credit Cards »
In Part 1 of this article I went over the different types of Credit Cards available that earn Airline Miles.
In this post I will provide you with 10 simple questions you need to ask your self that will help you pick the right credit card for you and maximize your airline miles rewards.
The most important question you want to ask your self is what is your goal for getting the card – is it just to get the maximum airline miles for every dollar spent or do you have a …
Airline Credit Cards, Airline Miles, Credit Cards, Hotel Credit Cards »
This article (in two parts) is going to help you travel thru the maze of choices of Airline Miles Credit Cards and help you pick the right card for you. Part one here is a survey of the landscape of the cards available. Part two will contain a series of questions and a flowchart to help you pick the right card.
Search on Airline Miles Credit Cards on Google and you will get pages and pages of all kinds of cards out there. Some of the offers seem absolutely unbelievable – …
Airline Credit Cards, Airline Miles, Credit Cards, Hotel Credit Cards »
I have a simple rule with credit cards – I want something in return from the card vendor, every time I use the card (other than the credit, that is). As an Un-RoadWarrior, my 1st choice is always Airline Miles. My all time favorite cards for earning miles are the American Express cards. Here I will review three programs available with American Express cards that I have used to earn Airline miles. They are:
American Express Membership Rewards
Starwood Preferred Guest American Express Card
HiltonHonors American Express Cards
The main advantage of earning miles …
