Jeez, first Hurricane Sandy leaves me in the dark for a week (poor Mom and Dad are STILL without power; fortunately, mine was restored over the weekend), and yesterday my precious MacBook Air was stolen. Hopefully the rest of the week runs smoothly, and that I can safely be on my way to LAX without … [Read More…]
500 Free Accor Points – Week 3 Cheat Sheet
With Accor’s new Discovery Tour Facebook game, you could earn 500 points for correctly pairing their hotels with their respective place on the interactive world map each week. Week 3’s map is now up and running (a big thanks to reader Mike for letting me know!). As always, the geography was tough, and I had to … [Read More…]
500 Le Club Accor Points – This Week’s Cheat Sheet
Last week, I wrote about Accor Hotel’s new Discovery Tour Facebook game whereby you could earn 500 points for correctly pairing their hotels with their respective place on the interactive world map. This week’s map is now up and running, but for some reason I can only get it to load in French. Nevertheless, it … [Read More…]
2000 Free Accor Points to Convert to 1000 Free Airline Miles
A fun post appeared in my Facebook newsfeed this morning from Accor Hotels. Accor hotels is running a promotion/Facebook game called the Discovery Tour whereby participants can play to win free points (who doesn’t love that?). Just for playing, you get 50 points per correct answer for 10 questions bringing you to a total of … [Read More…]
I Just Booked 2 Free Nights in Malaysia
A few hours ago, I posted about Accor/ibis hotel’s new 888 free rooms promotion. Well the good news is, it works! It’s currently 10 am there, and the free rooms have been released for select dates during the promotional period. I was able to book one night for myself and one night using Kevin’s account. … [Read More…]
888 Free Rooms: ibis Styles Kuala Lumpur Opening Special
Accor hotels and the ibis brand are currently running an interesting promotion to celebrate the grand opening of two new properties in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The promotional page itself is quite confusing to follow, but from what I think I understand, they are giving away a total 888 free rooms spread out daily throughout the … [Read More…]
Quickies: Sync Up AMEX With Twitter & Accor Hotels 3 Nights for the Price of 2 Sale
Sync Up American Express with Twitter: Here’s a fun promotion – sync your Twitter account with your American Express card to receive coupon-less savings (in the form of statement credits) with participating merchants. Only one AMEX card per Twitter account is permitted, but I had success syncing two of my cards by adding one AMEX … [Read More…]
Quickies: Orbitz 50 Faves Facebook Contest & Free Platinum Status With Accor
Orbitz 50 Faves Facebook Game: Orbitz has a unique game that allows you to win one of 50 of their favorite vacation packages. I “played”, not really knowing what I was doing, by placing my 5 bids on 5 of my favorite trips (Bermuda, Dubai, Kauai, Cancun, and Paris). It looks like the more friends … [Read More…]
Accor A|Club Free Platinum Status is Back Again
About a month ago, I took advantage of the free platinum status offer with Accor Hotels. Although I have yet to stay at an Accor property, this free status has been helpful in providing me quite a few status matches (including Diamond Status with Best Western’s Gold Crown Club). It looks like the free platinum … [Read More…]
Hotel Status Matching
Yesterday I obtained Platinum Status with Accor Hotels (A|Club) for both Kevin and I. Accor has several partner hotels around the world (several which I am considering for stays in Singapore, Macau, & Hong Kong when we travel there at the end of March/early April). Sure, Platinum status is great with the A|Club, but what’s even … [Read More…]
