Getting married is a lot of fun but changing your last name certainly is not. First you have to update your name with social security and then you can update your license, bank accounts, and passport. Updating your name with all of the points and miles rewards accounts comes next and has proven to be…
My husband and I are planning a trip to France in the fall and I have my eye on the Park Hyatt Paris for part of our stay. We both opened the Hyatt credit card in the past year, but I plan on closing mine before the annual fee is due so it made more…
I’m traveling to Peru next month and I’m really excited to stay at the JW Marriott Cusco. At 35,000 Marriott points per night, it’s a decent value for what looks like a gorgeous hotel. I already booked this hotel on points, but the account anniversary just came up for my husband’s Marriott card from Chase.…
I’ve been lucky that almost all of my points and miles redemptions have gone off without complication. It seems that the only time I have any trouble is when it comes to redeeming Hilton Free Weekend Night certificates. I wrote about one bad experience here where Hilton charged my credit card $920 to buy points…
Al Maha is one of those aspirational churning properties that people love talking about. Bedouin Suites are priced between ~$700-$2,000 per night depending on the season and feature a swimming pool, free meals, and two desert activities per day. Better yet, until March when the new Category 8 is rolled out, it can be booked…
Earlier this year, I applied for the Marriott Business Premier and the SPG Luxury card before the sign-up bonus rules changed on August 26th. In a prior post, I explained that it took me a while to get the Marriott card approved and when I finally did, they sent me the new version of the…
Chase and Amex implemented a new set of rules for the Marriott and SPG credit cards on August 26th. Prior to this rule going into effect, I decided to apply for both the Amex SPG Luxury card and Chase Marriott Business Premier on August 23rd when I was still eligible for both. I was automatically approved…
The Marriott-SPG merger has been a hot topic the past few weeks. I was so caught up trying to book a room at the St. Regis Maldives for only 60,000 points per night that I completely overlooked a points saving opportunity for an existing reservation of mine. Earlier in the year, I booked three nights…
The new SPG Luxury credit card from American Express launched two days ago. I think it’s safe to say that the sign-up offer of 100,000 points after spending $5,000 in the first 3 months is a little underwhelming. Despite my disappointment with the offer and the $450 annual fee, I am now a proud(?) SPG…
As you probably know, you can move points between your Starwood Preferred Guest and Marriott Rewards accounts freely with each Starpoint equaling 3 Marriott points. Until recently, all of my transfers from SPG to Marriott appeared instantly. Today I transferred 40,000 Starpoints to Marriott. However, when I went to the Marriott website to complete my…
