A bit of hotel loyalty program schadenfreude
The past few weeks have seen two hotel loyalty programs shake up their award charts in a big way. For members of the Marriott Rewards...
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Some more numbers on the Hilton HHonors devaluation, and why Marriott might be worse
Like most people who saw the news late yesterday that the Hilton HHonors award chart was changing I was quick to note how bad the changes...
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Hilton’s new HHonors redemption rates: Excessively complex and expensive
For anyone with a stash of Hilton HHonors points tucked away the news out today is likely to drive you just a wee bit crazy....
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Marriott rate changes announced for 2013: OUCH!
As if we need another reminder that hoarding points en masse is a bad idea, Marriott announced changes to their redemption charts this week. Perhaps...
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Crossover Rewards and the evolution of loyalty programs
This past week saw perhaps one of the most significant announcements in the evolution of loyalty programs in recent years: Crossover Rewards from Delta and...
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Escaping a NYC blizzard and finding my way to Istanbul
I’m sitting in the Club Lounge at the Intercontinental Hotel just off of Istanbul‘s Taksim Square right now, sipping an Efes Dark and picking at...
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Earn SPG Starpoints for flights on Delta
Partnerships between hotel and airline loyalty programs are not particularly rare, but they are mostly focused on earning airline points for stays at hotels, and...
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Hilton’s Q1 promo open for registration
The Q1 promo for Hilton is open for registration, as reported over at PointsHoarder. The promo – double points or double miles for all nights...
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Last week on PointsHoarder
Did you catch the latest episode of the PointsHoarder podcast? If not you missed Stephan, Fozz and me talking about a bunch of changes to...
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Hotel break-ins blamed on room key card security flaw
A couple months back there was some discussion stemming from a presentation at the Black Hat conference whereby someone detailed how it was possibly to...