[UPDATE: promo has been extended to November 10, 2020] Marriott Bonvoy recently announced its latest global promotion. Registered members receive 2500 bonus points per qualifying stay and an additional one-time bonus of 5000 points after the 3rd stay. This is not a huge sum, but if your chosen hotel offers a good bonus points package rate and/or you’ve received a great targeted promo, you can accumulate even more Marriott points. [Read more…]
Searching For New Hotels In Various Loyalty Programs
A recent post on this blog was about a new hotel in Venice with potential for a high value redemption of Choice Privileges points. Consequently, I thought it might be useful to go over a few resources for finding new properties in various hotel chain loyalty programs. Whether it’s a recent construction or a rebranding of an existing hotel, it’s nice to discover new options for redeeming your points. [Read more…]
Marriott Bonvoy Category Changes 2020 (Budget Travel Prospects)
Whenever a hotel loyalty program releases its reward rate changes, it’s almost always bad news. This recent Marriott list is no exception. As of March 4, 2020, far more hotels are going up a category than down. Unless a hotel that you happened to have your eye on is moving to a lower category, the only positive is that you now have some relative certainty around which you can plan travel in the near future. I looked through the list to find some good prospects for a budget traveller. [Read more…]
PointBreak Heartbreak – Plan B For Stretching Hotel Points
The IHG PointBreaks list was not updated as expected on Monday. Points and miles bloggers have since speculated about its termination. In light of this unfortunate development, I thought I’d explore some of the remaining ways to get as many stays as possible out of points in the various hotel loyalty programs. [Read more…]