UPDATE: Deal looks like it is already dead. Many thanks to my good friend Elena (Giddy For Points) for texting me this morning to let me know of an awesome Marriott hotel deal in the Seattle/Kent area that’s valid every Friday through Sunday between April-September 2014. Here’s the Deal: $10 nightly rates at the TownPlace … [Read More…]
Deal Alert: $50 Marriott Gift Card for $40
Today’s eBay daily deal features a $50 Marriott gift card for $40 with free shipping. This is a great way to save 20% off of future Marriott stays. You can make this especially lucrative if you consider tying this offer with these ideas: Call Marriott’s Customer Support Center to request a free Platinum Elite challenge. Platinum perks … [Read More…]
It’s MegaDo Time + A Round Up of Points and Miles Deals
In a few hours I’ll be joining 100+ travel junkies on in flight to Frankfurt, Germany & Zurich, Switzerland. Being that this is my first MegaDo, I am filled with excitement. Given that we will be in flight for 14 hours or so, here’s what’s happening this week in points and miles world: 5% off … [Read More…]
A Week’s Worth of Miles and Points + Contest Reminder
Here’s what’s going on in pointsland this week: Travel By Points highlights an awesome way to leverage 5 current Marriott deals in order get the most out of buying Marriott gift cards. I’ll say – this has me veryyy tempted (too bad I already knocked out $1100/$1500 of my 5x Q4 spend on the Chase … [Read More…]
Quickies: Hotel Promotions: Marriott, Club Carlson, Four Points by Sheraton
Don’t forget to make sure you subscribe to the blog using the form on the right to receive an email when a new post is up. Tonight kicks off FTU weekend & the first event is the 2012 Freddie Awards! Make sure to follow me on Twitter for real-time updates as the winners are announced tonight. We can also … [Read More…]
NCAA March Madness in Portland: Hotel Edition
Hello from Portland, Oregon! So far Dad and I are having a blast exploring all of the uniqueness (and rain) Portland has to offer during our mileage-run mini vacation. I’ll keep this post short and sweet because we only have a few more hours left before heading home tomorrow, but I wanted to share a … [Read More…]
Quickies: 2,500 Free Citi Thank You Points, 2,500 UA Miles For RT Flight, Marriott MegaMiles Promo
Citi Thank You Points: Unfortunately I do not have a Citi Thank You credit card, but I do know that many of my fellow points fanatics have one, so I’m delighted to share an easy way for you to earn free and easy Citi Thank You Points. You can earn 2,500 free Thank You points … [Read More…]
Hotel Status Match Success From Free Status Upgrades
I promised I’d post an update on my progress of hotel status matching using my newly-aquired free Platinum Accor Status and free Gold Marriott Status. Last week, I sent emails to Club Carlson, Omni, Best Western, & Priority Club asking if they could match status to my Accor A|Club Platinum status. Here’s a summary of … [Read More…]
Marriott Rewards Facebook Sweepstakes: Win 1,000,000 Points
Update: 12/7: I was one of the daily instant winners of 1,000 Marriott Rewards points today! :) Marriott has an exciting Facebook contest going on where you can enter daily for a chance to win 1,000 Marriott Rewards points with a grand prize of 1,000,000 points. Ric from Loyalty Traveler does a great job explaining … [Read More…]
Marriott Rewards “90 Day Gold Challenge”: Free Status Upgrade
Today Kevin and I took advantage of a free gold status upgrade promotion offered by Marriott Rewards. It was as simple as calling Marriott at 1 (888) 236-2427 and asking for the gold upgrade and providing your membership number to the agent. This is exciting for us because normally to obtain gold status with Marriott, … [Read More…]
