I have been moving most of my hotel spend to OTA’s (i.e. Expedia/ Orbitz etc) for a variety of reasons: 1) I find it much harder to achieve and retain status with most major chains with my travel patterns through actual stays and nights 2) I find it much easier to get a status match […]
What’s the deal with Mr Rebates? HustlerMoneyBlog readers can earn a $10 sign-up bonus when you join Mr. Rebates, the online shopping cashback site. You can also currently earn 6% cashback on your IHG stays when navigating to the site via Mr. Rebates, as well as cashback for various other travel buys. Tell me a […]
– United Mileage Plus has added changes to their booking engine that break one award into several awards (that all price out individually) UNLESS the booking engine finds that route United Mileage Plus has received a lot of scorn since it confirmed that as a feature (not a bug). I had wondered about something similar […]
My Favorite 9 Things to do Samarkand – Understand Samarkand is one of the richest cities of the ‘Silk Road’. This pre-medieval trading route between Europe and Asia was so profitable for everyone along the way (trade always makes all participants better off despite what politicians make of it) that the rulers were able to build mind-boggling places. […]
What’s the deal with Travelocity hotels? For a limited time only, you can get 16% off participating hotels on the booking site Travelocity with their latest flash sale. You need to spend a minimum of $300 for the promotional code to work. How do I get the Travelocity hotels deal? Book your stay on Travelocity by […]
##Update Many sites just fixed the prices in the last 10 minutes 🙁 However, I can still get to the booking screen on CheapOair, OneTravel, Travelocity and Expedia. Also, this fare is fully refundable, so if you’re thinking of booking, do it now and don’t waste time like I did… British Airways has apparently loaded fares […]
New owner Expedia is pushing up the cashback payouts at Travelocity. Any hotel booking at Travelocity now returns 7% to you if you go through the TopCashback portal. In comparison, Expedia just provides 1% and Cheapoair just 2% of cashback for hotel bookings. If you like this post – subscribe via email or follow us on […]
The Euro is tumbling, just again hitting 1.11 earlier this week. However, airlines try to keep prices in Euros the same for European customers. So we are seeing much cheaper airfares from Europe to the US than the other way around (with the odd exception).
What's the deal? Travelocity currently has a two day sale which ends at 11.59pm Pacific today.
Russian Airlines and especially Transaero are flooding the market with ultra-cheap airfares right now in order to stimulate the sinking domestic demand. Here are some fares we found today.