Author Archives for "Craig Sowerby".
Starwood Preferred Guest has released the list of hotels that will be changing award category in 2018. These changes will be implemented on 6 March, 2018. If you are interested in a specific hotel that… Continue Reading
Every three months, it seems that I get to cut-and-paste from a prior post. Between now and 15 March, 2018, conversions of Tesco Clubcard vouchers into Virgin Atlantic miles will receive a 20% bonus… Continue Reading
Hilton Honors has returned with another opportunity to buy Hilton Honors Points with a substantial bonus attached, in this case 80% if you buy at least 5,000 Points. The promotion will run from now until… Continue Reading
If you are planning to stay up really late tonight to watch the Super Bowl, don’t forget to keep an eye on your Twitter feed. Marriott Rewards tweeted this earlier today… This looks like it… Continue Reading
Back in January, I wrote about the upcoming demise of the “Double Dip” option offered by Hilton Honors. Starting in April, you will no longer be able to earn Honors points and airline miles… Continue Reading
A month or two into every new year, the major hotels chains tend to move some hotels from one award category to another. Ideally, this happens with enough advance warning that members can preemptively… Continue Reading
Earlier this month, I wrote about Frequent Traveler University coming to London in May 2018. Yours truly will be speaking, along with several other “miles and points experts” from the United… Continue Reading
For the last few years, I have barely paid attention to the release of a new PointBreaks list. The quality and breadth of the list was usually poor, so instead of being aspirational and/or providing short-term… Continue Reading
As we’ve recently written, the PointBreaks promotion from IHG Rewards Club has made some changes. Hotels on the list can now cost 5,000, 10,000 or 15,000 points per night. This change was supposedly… Continue Reading
IHG Rewards Club has announced in a press release that it is “enhancing” its PointBreaks promotion because… IHG® Rewards Club members love the PointBreaks promotion, and they’ve asked… Continue Reading
