Updates to the Starwood 2012 award categories announced
Like they do every year, Starwood has assessed the award category rating of their hotels and made changes to a number of the properties. A...
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Hilton “upgrades” their HHonors prorgam
Hilton announced some changes to the HHonors program this afternoon, adding a number of new award types to the portfolio. These changes will allow the booking...
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Bonus from Membership Rewards to hotels; not quite as bad a deal
I’ve never been a particularly big fan of using American Express Membership Rewards points for hotel stay transfers. The rates are generally pretty awful and there...
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Enjoying the US Open, courtesy of Starwood
Box seats for opening night at the US Open tennis tournament in Flushing, New York. Not a bad deal if you can swing it. And...
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Chatting with the crew at Upgrd.com
A couple weeks ago I recorded my first ever podcast. I’m rarely convinced that anyone wants to listen to me ramble about travel so I’m...
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Comparing Southwest’s Rapid Rewards 2 and JetBlue’s TrueBlue programs
Since the announcement last week of Southwest Airlines’ new Rapid Rewards 2 program there have been a number of comparisons drawn to the other frequent...
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Starwood cracking down on point transfers
Lots of folks love the Starwood Preferred Guest program, even if they never set foot in one of the associated hotels. The points are quite...
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A room with a view
Most folks want oceans, mountains, lakes or other beautiful nature when looking out of their hotel rooms. I like that stuff, too, but if I’m...
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Mileage run plane spotting in Milwaukee
In addition to a phenomenal grilled cheese sandwich at the little kiosk at the T of the Midwest terminal in Milwaukee, there are some great...
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Starwood to give free Internet to Platinum Elites
Starwood has announced this morning that they are making a significant improvement in the benefits for their top-tier elites: free in-room internet access worldwide at...