How were those non-loyalty European hotels booked through the Chase Expedia portal? April 23, 2019 A few months ago I wrote about booking all of the hotels for a week-long trip to London, Venice and Rome through the Chase…
Bizarro Bonvoyed: How Marriott Award Availability Works In Practice March 8, 2019 There’s been a lot of chatter about Marriott’s Bonvoy program lately. Specifically about whether they play games with award availability and what their “no…
Bonvoyed: Extra Person Fee March 4, 2019 As we were discussing on Episode 17 of the Podcast – we had one last chance to book Marriott properties for 60,000 points/nt before…
Booking Hotel Timeshares with Bank Points February 17, 2019 We’re headed out to California for vacation this week, splitting time between our beloved Four Seasons Residence Club Aviara and Disney’s Grand Californian. Here…
[Now 75,000] Amex Marriott Bonvoy Brilliant 100,000 + Up To 20,000 for Referral Now Available February 15, 2019 The Amex Marriott Bonvoy Brilliant card with a 100,000 point signup bonus is now available for referrals. The $450 annual fee is not waived…
This Week in Bank Points: Hotels in London, Venice and Rome January 11, 2019 With flights secured to Italy in April, I set out to find some family friendly hotels in Europe bookable with points. Our inbound flight…
Sweet Spots: The Most Seasonally Miscategorized Hyatt Hotels November 3, 2018 Hyatt’s loyalty scheme is intriguing to me for the following reasons: Their award chart, on average, has very favorable value per point Hyatt is…
[Dead] Mistake? Cash out Hilton points for Amazon GCs at 0.5 cents per point October 31, 2018 Update: Looks like they’ve stopped allowing Hilton accounts to be linked and the option to pay with Hilton points is currently unavailable. Most likely…
Leading Hotels of the World (LHW) vs Small Luxury Hotels (SLH) vs Two Roads Hospitality (Hyatt acquisition) October 31, 2018 After recording the most recent Milenomics² Podcast I realized that I conflated the Hyatt SLH partnership with LHW into something that doesn’t exist, calling…
Terrace Suite Upgrade at the Park Hyatt New York October 27, 2018 I was saying on last week’s Milenomics² Podcast how I’ve never gotten a “gonzo” complimentary suite upgrade at any hotel. See: Podcast: Liquidating Air…
