We have started an interview series here on mightytravels.com to bring you the best voices of the travel blogosphere. We kick it off with Jeff Sauer who runs the Jeffsetter Travel Blog. How, why and when did you get started to blog your thoughts on travel? I have been blogging since the year 2000 on […]
Picture of the Intercontinental Paris courtesy of cntraveler.com IHG has a great sale for European hotel for stays between 16 December 2013 to 26 January 2014. Participating hotels have capped rates as follows: Christmas offer prices at all participating hotels: Holiday Inn Express® £25 per room or €25 in Europe Holiday Inn® £35 per room […]
Picture courtesy of vacationsintahiti.blogspot.com There is an interesting option to get from the US West Coast (East Coast works as well for more mileage) to get to Tahiti for just 37,000 AMEX Rewards Points. This number includes making use of the transfer bonuses that American Express runs. Travel will be made out of 2 awards […]
This little gem of a promotion has been overlooked so far. Starwood Gold is a good status if you ever make it out to Starwood hotels: -Upgrades to an enhanced room at check-in – 4 p.m. late checkout – The ability to earn three Starpoints® for every eligible dollar spent, which is a 50% bonus […]
50,000 Ultimate Rewards offer direct link This Flyertalk thread alerted me of the new 50,000 sign-up offer for the Chase Sapphire card. It's not clear if this is a officially sanctioned offer by Chase yet. The fee has increased to $125 but it's still waived for the 1st year. I had both version of this […]
IHG is putting up another flash sale on November 18th. We're hosting another Flash Sale here in the community starting Monday, November 18th at 10am EST. Unlike previous Flash Sales, this sale will last TWO DAYS! So you'll have until 10am EST November 20th to book the hotels below, which are all offering Rewards Nights […]
After a gut-wrenching devaluation of the United award chart last week, Hyatt and Delta just recently weighed in with their own "enhancements" to their rewards programs in the past few days. It seems like 2013 has been rife with devaluations starting with Hilton's absolute gutting of their program. I think this was the program that […]
Slickdeals is reporting the return of the 70,000 Marriott Rewards Chase credit card. Evil minds may say that Marriott rewards points have been devalued so much that this was just a thing of time. Soon we'll see the 200,0000 sign up card if hotel programs keep devaluing so much. 1 free night stay after account […]
You may have noticed United's recent devaluation in many categories, increasing miles needed for some redemption by as much as 60-70% for premium travel. This is a huge hit for those who often enjoy the first class or business class life while flying transatlantic or transpacific. However, if you're well-stocked in either British Airways Avios […]
If you keep up to date with miles and points, you've almost certainly heard of the fact that last week United changed their awards program significantly. Depending on the carrier and the cabin that you fly (I prefer first and business on partner Star Alliance airlines) flights booked with United miles after 2/1/14 will suddenly […]