This year we’ve already seen hotel category changes from the likes of IHG, Carlson Hotels and Hyatt and now its Starwood and Marriott’s turn. In this post we’ll cover the changes from Starwood Preferred Guest and follow up with another post covering Marriott Rewards. Starwood’s changes aren’t too bad this year with 276 hotels in […]
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February 2 Update: Swoop, WestJet’s ULCC routes announced and tickets for sale, buy Starpoints discount & more
Swoop, the Ultra Low Cost Carrier from WestJet announced their first routes yesterday and also put them on sale for as little as $15 round trip ($0+taxes/fees) but those fares are gone already! Initial service sees flights to/from 5 Canadian cities that are already popular with Canada’s other ULCC Flair Airlines (nee newleaf) except for […]
Starwood Preferred Guest: Save 35% when you buy or gift Starpoints (until Mar 16, 18)
Starwood is once again offering of a 35% discount when you buy Starpoints. This is always an ideal buy points offer as you can pull way more value out of the points when redeeming for expensive hotels or converting to airline miles for under US 2 cents apiece. Your yearly limit remains at 30,000 Starpoints […]
January 25 Update: SPG offer for Marriott Visa cardholders now live, WestJet moves Whitehorse service to YYC and get your Brazil Visa online
As we mentioned this past Saturday, a new offer was coming for the Starwood Preferred Guest Credit Card from American Express that is exclusive to those who have the Chase Marriott Premier Visa card. That offer is live now and offers a 25,000 Starpoints bonus and a lower interest rate balance transfer offer. If you […]
Summary of global hotel systemwide bonus points promotions – January 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 […]
[EXPIRED] Chase Marriott Premier Cardholders receive exclusive offer for the Starwood Preferred Guest Credit Card from American Express
THIS OFFER HAS NOW EXPIRED The news that broke earlier this week wasn’t good. Chase Bank is deciding to leave to Canadian market which means their two credit cards that cardholders could still use, the Marriott and Amazon Visas are being discontinued. The good news for those who hold the Chase Marriott Premier Visa […]
Chase Marriott and Amazon Visas come to a complete close on March 15
Nearly a year ago Chase stopped accepting new applications for the Amazon.ca Visa and then late in summer 2017 they also stopped accepting applications for the Marriott Premier Visa card. Now we have received the news that both cards will come to a close on March 15 for existing cardholders. This will officially mark the […]