Hilton Chinese App Now Supports Award Redemptions + WeChat Membership Card Launched
Hilton has had a Chinese app available for quite a while, but it previously only supported cash bookings. Last year, there was also a long-running promotion in the Chinese app that...
We're All in This Together, InterContinental-Style: IHG Launches a Member Relief Policy for Greater China [2020.4 Update: Global Elite Status Has Been Extended]
IHG officially announced a global status extension yesterday: elite status will now be extended through January 2022, and account updates will be processed over the next few weeks....
Wyndham Suspends Status Match for Non-Caesars Properties
Maybe because of the pandemic, Wyndham has finally suspended its very generous Status Match recently. See below: Wyndham and Caesars status matching [Apr 2020 update: Wyndham has s...
Wyndham Follows with Member Relief Policy: Coverage Expanded Worldwide
[Updated 2020.4] The relief coverage has now been expanded to members worldwide; see here. In addition, Wyndham has suspended hotel status matches (except for Caesars status); see...
Hyatt Announces Member Relief Plan for the Coronavirus Outbreak [2020.4 Update: Policy Expanded to Global Members]
After Hilton expanded its relief policy to global members, see here. Hyatt has now followed with the same move. Points will not expire through the end of 2020. Free night awards, s...
Marriott Co-Branded Cards Can Now Get You 30 Elite Night Credits Total — Time to Go for Higher Status!
Marriott has changed the terms for earning Elite Night Credits from its credit cards. Now the 15 Elite Night Credits from Marriott personal cards and business cards can stack. In o...
Hotels.com Free Night Credit Can Be Extended by One Year, but You Need to Ask
Hotels.com has long had its own Rewards program: stay 10 hotel nights and get one reward night credit equal to the average pre-tax price of your previous 10 nights. Stays paid with...
Hilton Expands Its Greater China Member Relief Policy "March 2020 Update: Now Extended to Members Worldwide!"
As the COVID-19 outbreak continues to spread globally, Hilton emailed all members today to officially expand its relief policy worldwide: 2019 status is extended by one year, membe...
Marriott Membership Downgrades Have Started: Titanium to Platinum! Even Gold! Even White ...
I woke up this morning, accidentally opened the Marriott app, and what?! Titanium turned into Platinum… By the way, I checked KUKU’s, too—what?! Grand Platinum became Gold? Some re...
BEST WESTERN to Extend Elite Status for All Members Globally by One Year
As the COVID-19 outbreak caused by the novel coronavirus SARS-COV-2 becomes increasingly “globalized,” it appears to have spread across the United States as well; see here. Earlier...
Marriott | Targeted Stay Promotion (22,500)
Marriott has always liked sending targeted promotions to accounts that have gone a long time without a stay, and the offer varies from person to person. The last time, KUKU’s secon...