Sharing the tricks and tools of better travel
Recent changes to enable PINs with prepaid gift cards have made manufactured spend more viable with a greater range of credit cards. At the same time, changes by American Express are about to eliminate the drugstore category bonus on its Hilton and Hilton Surpass credit cards coming May 1. Altogether this makes me think the Citi Hilton HHonors … [Read more...]
Two easy status opportunities recently caught my attention and could be useful to readers, even if you aren't planning to change your allegiance to a preferred carrier. Read on at the bottom for more tips on how to find status matches and use them to your advantage. Free Hilton HHonors Gold The first is complimentary Gold status with Hilton … [Read more...]
A two week honeymoon in southeast Asia for $1,500? That's impossible with traditional travel and one reason I enjoy collecting miles and points. What frustrates me is that it's still about $500 more than I wanted to pay. I gave some earlier introduction to how I planned our flights, but this is a more technical and thorough post since several … [Read more...]
I complained earlier that I don't think the two free weekend nights you get with a Hilton Reserve credit card are any more valuable after the recent devaluation of the Hilton HHonors award chart. This card offers two free weekend nights after you spend $2,500 and pay an annual fee of $95, plus you get free Hilton Gold status for as long as you hold … [Read more...]
Update: I originally started this post by claiming there was disagreement between me and the claims at Mommy Points and View from the Wing. I wish to retract that. I dislike their use of the words "free night" and "worth more" in a sentence together, even if they remain correct when they go on to say that a free night is worth more relative to … [Read more...]
