Quick Guide: Enjoy Fine Hotels & Resorts-Style Hotel Benefits Without an AMEX Platinum Card
Do you remember the Fine Hotels & Resorts benefits that come with every AMEX Platinum card? We’ll remind you again: no matter which AMEX Platinum card you have, you can book luxury...
Barclays Quietly Changed the Wyndham Co-branded Card Benefits
Barclays changes Wyndham Visa card rewards...
SPG + Marriott loyalty integration details officially announced: 3:1 point transfers in either direction, and elite status is already matchable
The Starwood and Marriott merger is now a done deal (China’s Ministry of Commerce approved Marriott’s acquisition of Starwood), and today Marriott has launched a page explaining ho...
Hotel Hustle: A One-Stop Hotel Search for Point and Cash Bookings
Want to book a hotel, but one destination has so many hotel chains, and most chains also let you redeem points for free rooms? Not sure where to start? Hotel HustleToday we’re intr...
Get Elite Status for Free: Hyatt and Hilton Status Match Offers
Last week, right after we covered the Marriott and Starwood merger, Hyatt—long known for not even offering status challenges—rarely went public with a status match program, grantin...
Hyatt Gold Passport Elite Status: How to Maximize the Benefits
【2016/1】Hyatt has announced that Diamond Suite Upgrades (DSUs) can only be used for hotel stays completed before their expiration date, effective starting in 2017. Since last week,...
Marriott to Buy Starwood for $12.2B
For the past year, Starwood (喜达屋) has been the subject of acquisition rumors involving a number of hotel groups. Reported suitors have included Hyatt（凯悦）、IHG（洲际酒店）、Jinjiang Group、H...
IHG PointBreaks: 5,000-Point Award Sale for Winter 2015
IHG’s signature quarterly PointBreaks promotion is back. Redeem just 5,000 points per night at any participating hotel, including some very high-end InterContinental properties. If...
Useful Extension: Reveal Priceline Express Deals Hotels
Priceline Express Deals can be a great tool for booking hotels, but when you place an order through Express Deals, you can only see the general area and star rating of the hotel. Y...
My Orlando Disney Guide — Hotels: Booking an SPG Hotel
After booking the flights, the next question was where to stay. The goal for this trip was simple: spend as little cash as possible, ideally none at all, by booking award nights wi...
IHG PointBreaks: 5,000-Point Award Promotion, Fall 2015
IHG’s signature quarterly PointBreaks promotion is back. You can book any participating hotel for just 5,000 points per night, including even luxury InterContinental properties. If...