You may recall from our popular post “7 months in and The American Express Cobalt Card is still going strong – we’ve earned a LOT of points and huge value organically” that I mentioned I would be converting the Membership Rewards Select Tier points over to Starwood Preferred Guest. I went ahead and conducted that […]
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Starwood Preferred Guest: Save 35% when you buy or gift Starpoints (until July 20, 2018)
In what will most likely be the last time ever, you can once again buy or gift Starpoints with a 35% discount. Why is it the last time, well in August SPG will be combined with Marriott Rewards and Marriott isn’t known for selling points with a discount or bonus. Will they have sales in […]
Hotel Review: The Westin Nanea Ocean Villas (Maui)
The Rewards Canada family has been hitting up Maui for the past 10 years and each time we’ve gone we have always stayed at the same resort – The Westin Ka’anapali Ocean Resort Villas (read our reviews of that resort here and here) however in April of 2017 Westin opened up a sister resort just […]
Summary of global hotel systemwide bonus points promotions – June Edition
One of the easiest ways to rack up lots of hotel points is to take advantage of the systemwide bonuses that come from many of the big chain programs and also from the lesser known programs. In fact, right now it should be rare for you NOT to earn a bonus. Unless you are staying […]
May 14 Update: Some lifetime SPG Platinums will receive new Platinum Premier status, Top 5 Credit Card sign up offers & more
Good news for some lifetime SPG members (Mark L., I think you may qualify) – As you know the new combined Marriott Rewards-Starwood Preferred Guest program will have a lifetime Platinum Premier level that was only going to be awarded to the top of top Marriott Rewards lifetime members with no option for lifetime SPG […]
250 Bonus Starpoints when you use SPG Mobile Check-In for your Starwood stays
Have any Starwood stays coming up in the next month and a half? If so this promotion is an easy way to score an additional 250 Starpoints (750 Marriott Rewards points) on those stays! Simply utilize mobile check-in for those stays and the points will be yours as long as the hotel participates in mobile […]
On this week’s Podcast – The Marriott Rewards – Starwood Preferred Guest Unification Episode! Includes comments from Marriott Canada’s Director of Loyalty Marketing
April 24, 2018 – Episode 43 – The Marriott Rewards – Starwood Preferred Guest Unification Episode! Includes comments from Marriott Canada’s Director of Loyalty Marketing Over the past 8 days all the buzz in the loyalty world has been around the announcement from Marriott International about the unification of their three separate loyalty programs, Marriott […]