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United’s Search Results Are Lying 27 Aug 2013 | 03:26 pm
There are so many things I love about United but like all of the airline and hotel sites it seems, there are quirks. The quirks of United are sometimes annoying and sometimes quite prohibiting. Learni...
Best Use Of Your Marriott Category 5 Certificates 26 Aug 2013 | 03:36 pm
This post is probably now more relevant than ever. Why? Well, two main reasons. First, Marriott has moved from giving category 4 certificates in their MegaBonus promotions to category 5 certificates, ...
Why the current IHG promotion is better than buying points. 25 Aug 2013 | 03:42 pm
IHG has come out with the most interesting promotion for this last quarter, Sept 1 – December 31. It’s called “The Big Win” and each person has a different promotion with tasks, if you will. If you co...
Another PointBreaks and Points Sale! 24 Aug 2013 | 02:37 am
The PointBreaks list is now shown but not really open. It will open for booking August 26th. The reason I’m posting a pending list is because there is currently a sale on IHG Rewards points that ends ...
The Pacific Hopper with US Airways Miles 21 Aug 2013 | 04:50 pm
The US Airways/American Airline merger might be up in the air so it’s anyone’s guess as to how this unfolds. So I figured I’d talk about the Pacific Hopper using US Airways miles while it for sure sti...
Trouble with Hilton = Free night? 19 Aug 2013 | 01:54 pm
Yesterdays [currently bi-weekly] Newsletter talked about how to earn points from free nights, along with other things. And kind of along those lines I had an interesting experience at check-out just o...
Blocking the AA/USA Merger is Downright Communist! 19 Aug 2013 | 12:59 am
The other title I came up with got nixed because it was too long: “The DOJ tries to block the AA/USA Merger. The logic is so dumb, only our Government could come up with such a thing.” Regardless of t...
How destinations and stopovers are determined 17 Aug 2013 | 06:08 pm
When using United miles, which stop is the stopover and which stop is the destination? And how do you know if the stopover is allowed? This is combining two concepts from two advanced posts: The Secr...
Why I spend $500 on a 471 mile flight 15 Aug 2013 | 12:40 am
This is really part two of yesterdays’ post, Warning: The Ultimate Rewards travel booking is never a good deal! Yesterday I posted about how you should not use the Chase Ultimate Rewards travel porta...
Warning: The Ultimate Rewards travel booking is never a good deal! 13 Aug 2013 | 04:26 pm
People. Please. Do not use your Ultimate Rewards points on the travel search engine. Don’t let your loved ones waste their points. It can not be a good deal. (At best, it could be less of a bad deal, ...
