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Marriott had a shopping portal arrangement of sort before, but they recently changed to a different set-up and are calling it Marriott Rewards MORE. This is important for me because as you know, Marriott International , now owns SPG (Starwood Preferred Guest) . This is relevant because you can transfer […]
As many of you know, I am a die-hard , loyal SPG (Starwood Preferred Guest) fan! And I, and many other bloggers value SPG Starpoints higher than any other travel currency. With that said, I try to obtain and hoard starpoints any way I can! How else could I afford […]
Hotel and airline loyalty programs were designed to promote loyalty to the particular brand. Unfortunately it seems more and more, most programs do not actually promote loyalty and actually even punish it. Most hotel and airline loyalty programs now have switched over to revenue based. This means points and perks […]
Right now is a great time to earn multiple hotel and airline status’s. Because of the merger with SPG (Starwood) and Marriott International, there are unique ways to leverage and gain multiple status’s by earning just one. In this post, I will show you how to get status with at […]
This time of year , we do a lot of online shopping and it just so happens, online shopping portals are offering a lot of promotions. The portals do this in order to get you to use their portal over the others. I spoke about online shopping portals in some […]
Anyone that knows me, or follows me , knows that I am a die-hard SPG Fan. SPG stands for Starwood Preferred Guest. SPG is the loyalty program for Starwood Hotels. Starwood was recently purchased in a merger by Marriott International, but for the next year will probably remain separate, and for […]
Getting the Best Price on Travel In my previous posts I said that even though I am very big on points / miles, most of my travel, be it flights or hotels, is paid travel. With that said, I always get the best deal unless it’s just an emergency or […]
Earning Points and Miles, Starting out. As I mentioned in my last post, there are many ways to earn airline miles and hotel points. The most obvious is by flying or staying in hotels. Then to me the next is getting certain credit card (s) for the particular airline or hotel, […]
I travel a lot more than most people in my rural area of Oklahoma, and even my other home of Acapulco, Mexico, so I get asked alot by some of my friends and acquaintances how I travel so much. For a while I found it an invasive and a somewhat tacky question […]
(I actually had 2 stays, weeks apart so this will touch on both stays) I was so excited to stay at my first Tribute property, as a SPG Loyalist I get excited about small things such as this! And although the hotel itself did not disappoint so to speak, the […]