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Part 8: My Curated List of the Best Cheap Marriott Rewards/Protea Hotels in South Africa

Posted on December 18, 2018 by Andy Shuman • 3 Comments

PART 1: Marriott Category 1 and 2 Hotels in the U.S. PART 2: Marriott Category 3 Hotels in the U.S PART 3: Marriott Low Category Hotels in Canada PART 4: Marriott Cheap Category Hotels in Mexico, Costa Rica, Puerto Rico, Jamaica, and the Dominican Republic PART 5: Marriott Cheap Category Hotels in South America Part 6: Marriott… Continue Reading

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Part 7: My Curated List of the Best Cheap Marriott Rewards Hotels in Europe (Except Spain)

Posted on December 16, 2018 by Andy Shuman • 1 Comment

PART 1: Marriott Category 1 and 2 Hotels in the U.S. PART 2: Marriott Category 3 Hotels in the U.S PART 3: Marriott Low Category Hotels in Canada PART 4: Marriott Cheap Category Hotels in Mexico, Costa Rica, Puerto Rico, Jamaica, and the Dominican Republic PART 5: Marriott Cheap Category Hotels in South America Part 6:… Continue Reading

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New and Record-High US Bank Radisson Rewards 100,000 Points Bonus and How Much Hotel It Buys You

Posted on December 4, 2018 by Andy Shuman • 2 Comments

Per View From the Wing, there is a new and improved US Bank Radisson 100,000 points sign up bonus. The previous bonus ws 85,000 points. The US Bank Radisson Rewards 100,000 Points Bonus Premier Visa Signature Card This is not a huge increase over the regular (and still available) Radisson Rewards 85,000 points offer.… Continue Reading

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Citi 25% Bonus for Transferring to Avianca LifeMiles Part 4 and Final: More Avianca Sweet Spots — Fly to Japan for 50,000 Miles in First Class

Posted on December 3, 2018 by Andy Shuman • 4 Comments

Citi 25% Bonus for Transferring to Avianca LifeMiles Offers Fantastic Values (That Many People Miss) Part 1 Citi 25% Bonus for Transferring to Avianca LifeMiles Part 2: Combine It With the Latest Avianca Award Sale for Unicorn-Grade Values If you’re sick and tired of reading about LifeMiles, rejoice – this is really going to… Continue Reading

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Citi 25% Bonus for Transferring to Avianca LifeMiles Part 3: The Nitti-Gritti and Booking a LifeMiles Award

Posted on November 30, 2018 by Andy Shuman • 3 Comments

Citi 25% Bonus for Transferring to Avianca LifeMiles Offers Fantastic Values (That Many People Miss) Part 1 Citi 25% Bonus for Transferring to Avianca LifeMiles Part 2: Combine It With the Latest Avianca Award Sale for Unicorn-Grade Values The Avianca LifeMiles program is not extremely generous on its own. Sure, it doesn’t add any… Continue Reading

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My Review of the Latest IHG PointBreaks List (Valid Until 02.28.19)

Posted on November 26, 2018 by Andy Shuman • 0 Comments

Here is the latest IHG PointBreaks hotels list that’s valid until Feb 28, and it’s relatively decent. It also continues the common trend that’s been familiar to us since IHG introduced its new, 3-tier PointBreaks format. 5,000 points – nothing good 10,000 points – some are so-so, some are OK, 1-2 Great Finds 15,000 points… Continue Reading

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My Atlantic City Status Match Adventure — Part 4: Hard Rock Casino Wild Card Benefits and Summing Up

Posted on November 25, 2018 by Andy Shuman • 2 Comments

My Atlantic City Status Match Adventure — Part 1: What’s Still Working and What Is Not My Atlantic City Status Match Adventure — Part 2: Total Rewards Diamond Benefits IN DEPTH! My Atlantic City Status Match Adventure — Part 3: MGM M life Gold Benefits IN DEPTH! My next and last status match adventure… Continue Reading

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Citi 25% Bonus for Transferring to Avianca LifeMiles Part 2: Combine It With the Latest Avianca Award Sale for Unicorn-Grade Values

Posted on November 23, 2018 by Andy Shuman • 0 Comments

Citi 25% Bonus for Transferring to Avianca LifeMiles Offers Fantastic Values (That Many People Miss) Part 1 While I was working on the second part of my Avianca series, I’ve learned about an Avianca award sale on its Asian Star Alliance partners. Avianca does it from time to time, so there is nothing unusual… Continue Reading

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My Atlantic City Status Match Adventure — Part 3: MGM M life Gold Benefits IN DEPTH!

Posted on November 19, 2018 by Andy Shuman • 4 Comments

My Atlantic City Status Match Adventure — Part 1: What’s Still Working and What Is Not My Atlantic City Status Match Adventure — Part 2: Total Rewards Diamond Benefits IN DEPTH! Armed with my Total Rewards Diamond status, I matched my status to M life Gold at Borgata. As I mentioned in my first installment,… Continue Reading

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Citi 25% Bonus for Transferring to Avianca LifeMiles Offers Fantastic Values (That Many People Miss)

Posted on November 18, 2018 by Andy Shuman • 5 Comments

Citi ThankYou has a 25% bonus for transferring to Avianca LifeMiles until December 12, 2018. The news has come and gone without making too much of a splash, which is unfortunate because this is a fantastic deal hiding in plain sight. Normally, the Avianca chart is just OK – it’s not too generous – but… Continue Reading

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