I haven’t written about this yet, but a few months ago I decided to buy a new car. When moving to New York from Chicago the last thing I ever expected to do was to buy a car. After all, I didn’t have a car in Chicago so why would I need one in New…
Every year hotel chains offer some pretty fantastic promotions to earn points more quickly. Obviously I’m never going to turn down free points, but I often find hotels points become much less valuable over time. Because of this, the only way to get truly great hotel redemptions is to take advantage of promotions and earn…
It seems with each month or year credit card bonuses get larger and larger. A few years ago a 60,000 point signup bonus seemed incredible, but now people really only get excited for 100,000+ bonuses! This is especially true for credit cards that earn redeemable points. Likewise, hotel credit cards, such as the Marriott Bonvoy…
Yesterday I discussed a unique opportunity to earn AAdvantage miles and Hilton Honors points with qualifying hotels stays in Canada. While signing up for that promotion I discovered a tab on the Hilton webpage that I need to visit more often. After logging into my Hilton Honors account I noticed the “View Promotions” tab at…
A few days ago I received an interesting offer from American Airlines. American isn’t great at partnering with hotels normally. In the past American rarely offered cross promotions with brands like SPG, Marriott, or Hyatt. It seems those days are over. In fact, a few weeks prior I received another offer from American to earn…
If you haven’t heard already, the new and improved metal American Express Platinum card is absolutely incredible. American Express increased the annual fee to $550 a year, but after Uber credits and airline of choice credits ($200 each) the effective annual fee is just $150. That’s the same effective annual fee as the Chase Sapphire…
No the title is not a typo, Hilton is dropping an “H” from the Hilton Honors program. According to multiple reports Hilton will officially change the name of the Honors loyalty program tomorrow. In addition, Hilton is making some fairly significant changes to the Hilton Honors program. Unlike many of the recent changes or “enhancements”…
Located inside of a National Landmark the St. Louis Union Station Hotel is unlike any hotel I have stayed at previously. In 1985, with the first major renovation of Union Station, the “headhouse” was converted into a 539-room hotel which at the time was operated by Omni Hotels. Over the years, the hotel has transitioned…
