Yeah, I know there are websites that will track it for me all in one place – I have accounts with points.com and gomilies.com , but they just don’t seem to be right or enough. … Staying at a hotel (duh, again, but this can become complex if one earns hotel points, airline miles or hotel points AND airline miles) Credit cards eMiles.com eRewards.com MyPoints.com TopGuest Car rentals (for rental rewards or airline miles) Other sundry events, like filling out a survey, earning miles as compensation for a customer service event, etc.

As I have stated time and again, Priority Club Pointsbreak is probably the best hotel promotion out there. The list of hotels has been updated again for stays until November 30. To see the whole list, go to thisLINK and log in.
There are a few bargains on the list: just 5000 points for an Intercontinental (IC) that normally costs atleast 30K points!
US
INTERCONTINENTAL DALLAS
Middle East
INTERCONTINENTAL BAHRAIN
Asia
INTERCONTINENTAL CHONGQING, China
Dominican Republic
INTERCONTINENTAL V CENTENARIO SANTO DOMINGO
Malta
INTERCONTINENTAL MALTA
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The Hyatt Concierge announced on Milepoint their new promotion that would run from Sep 15 to Nov 15. The promotion allows you to earn 5000 Hyatt points for every 3 nights up to a maximum of 30000 points. You can register for the promotion at http://www.goldpassport.com/possibilities
- starting Sept 15.

Hyatt currently has a promotion until Spet 30 for 2500 Aeroplan miles per stay. It would be great if these could be double dipped.

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Also, I would like to break the news about the new fitness and recreational amenities for our guests: We are offering a P90X class every Wednesday at 6:00pm. … In addition, we have partnered with The Lakes at El Segundo , a local golf course close to the hotel, that will offer a complimentary medium bucket of balls for the driving range to our guests.

Most of you would probably remember Sheraton Madison’s Facebook promotion: 3000 SPG points just by ‘liking’ them on Facebook. As with most of the social media promotions, the points did not post. However, they were extremely fast in responding when I contacted them on Facebook. And the points appeared in my account in 3 days.
In case, you too had ‘liked’ them within their contest period, it may be worth checking if you have received the points. If not, just put in a note on their Facebook Wall. 3000 SPG points …

I posted yesterday on how one can earn ‘Drive-by’ points and miles with TopGuest. My post was supposed to be a ‘tongue-in-cheek’ attempt to make fun of how this great program could be mis-used. Apparently that did not come thru as I had hoped. I have added a section to the post to point out the terms and conditions and encourage people to adhere to them.
TopGuest, as it’s website explains, rewards us for sharing our visit to a hotel with our social networks by awarding us points from the participating …

Author’s note: TopGuest has brought to my attention that ‘drive-by’ check-ins to their program can result in people being barred from TopGuest. My intention was never to promote anything that would be against their Terms and Conditions. This was supposed to poke fun at people who ‘drive-by’ for points. I encourage everyone to read my clarification post.
Who would not like to get Hotel Points for just driving by a hotel? No need to check-in. Heck, don’t even bother to park. Just drive by… and wear your seatbelt and obey the …

SC Flier reported on milepoint that the Bentley Hotel in London is showing up as a Category 8 hotel. Hilton is infamous for inflating award charts and adding new categories every year or so. Currently the highest hotel category is Category 7 which can be redeemed for 50K in low season. Redemption at the Bentley requires 60K HHonors in low season and 80K in high season.
While this may be a mistake, I think this is just a harbinger for more bad news. I would definitely consider ditching Hilton if there …

A reader of our blog, Andy, asked me what I thought about the CapitalOne Venture Card. It is well advertised on TV that it earn two points per dollar charged. My co-blogger, the Nomad rated it as one of the Best ‘other’ rewards Card. Good deal or not? As I started typing my response to Andy’s email, I realized that I was really giving him a comparison between the Venture card and a typical Airline Miles or Hotel Points card. I decided to give Andy my response as a blog …

Takes less than a minute. Enter for the one million bonus point sweepstakes. LINK. Well, Hilton advertizes a lot of benefits but to me, the million points are more important.
The prize also includes

A trip for two to Beverly Hills, California
Four-day, three-night stay at the Beverly Hilton
First-class round-trip airfare
Tickets for two to the Universal Studios HollywoodSM VIP Experience
Tickets for two to an upcoming red carpet premiere of a Universal Pictures movie, including limo service to and from the event

You can get one entry by clicking on “Enter Now” and one entry …