I am finally able to breathe a sigh of relief after I was able to piece together our Italy trip that looked dire heading into last weekend. My wife Ashlee‘s lack of work vacation days put us in a pinch to find award availability within a tight window. With the knowledge I’ve gained from Richard […]
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World of Hyatt, loyalty program of Hyatt Hotels, is a program that allows members to book Hyatt hotels among other redemptions. The award program is considered to be one of the best, if not the best, hotel loyalty programs for elite members. Above all, Hyatt requires fewer points for premium hotels and elite members receive
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Ritz-Carlton Ritz-Carlton Rewards, loyalty program of Ritz-Carlton, is a program that allows you to book Ritz-Carlton hotels, Marriott hotels, and Starwood hotels, among other redemptions. The Ritz-Carlton brand is under Marriott International but the award program is separate. You can be a member in either Marriott Rewards or Ritz-Carlton rewards, but not both programs. With
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Marriott International Marriott Rewards, loyalty program of Marriott International, is a program that allows you to book Marriott hotels, Ritz-Carlton hotels, Starwood hotels hotels, transfer points to/from Starwood Preferred Guest and earn airline miles. It is also the first hotel program I earned elite status in which I used to earn the Southwest Companion Pass. Earning Points Marriott points
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IHG Rewards Club, loyalty program of InterContinental Hotels Group, is a program that allows you to book IHG hotels from one of the thirteen brands. Kimpton Hotels can be booked with points contrary to the current IHG Terms and Conditions. Earning Points IHG points can be earned from hotel stays, promotions, partners, airlines, and the program’s credit
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Flights This past weekend Ashlee, myself and two friends of ours skied Park City. The weather, food, city and mountain were exactly what we were looking for in our Park City Ski Trip. As Ashlee mentioned in her Park City blog post, we used the Southwest Companion Pass to fly from Baltimore (BWI) to Salt
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Virgin Atlantic Flying Club, loyalty program of Virgin Atlantic, is a program that allows you to book Virgin Atlantic and partner flights (Flying Club miles used to book an ANA flight). Similar to Flying Blue, Korean Air, Singapore Airlines, and United Airlines, Virgin Atlantic has a number of redemptions to consider. One, Central & Eastern
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United Airlines MileagePlus, loyalty program of United Airlines, is a program that allows you to book United Airlines flights, Star Alliance flights and codeshare agreement (MileagePlus miles used to fly on an Aer Lingus flight) partner flights. The number of redemptions with United Airlines is voluminous so here are 6 to consider for your next trip. One,
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Ski Trip Later this week, Ashlee and I will have our bags packed and will join a couple of friends to ski Park City Mountain just outside of Salt Lake City, UT. We skied the east coast the past few years at Snowshoe Mountain and are excited to be heading out west again. I’ve found that I’m
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Southwest Airlines Rapid Rewards, loyalty program of Southwest Airlines, is a program that allows you to book Southwest Airlines flights. The airline was founded by Herb Kelleher and if you’re interested in more background about the airline, I really enjoyed Herb Kelleher’s interview on NPR’s How I Built This Podcast. Southwest Airlines does not have
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