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Did you know Amtrak points are worth six cents each when redeeming for children?

Recent events have shown that American Express hates the laughter of children even more than the Grinch Who Stole Christmas. But you know who doesn’t hate children? Amtrak, that’..

There are some good hotel pooling opportunities out there

A lot of people will tell you not to hoard points and miles, and there are some good points to be made in favor of that argument, but at the

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Annual Starwood category changes aren’t as bad as I would have expected

Given the large amounts of points and miles introduced into the system over the last several years, devaluations are simply a fact of life. It was thus a surprise to

I’m Shuffling My Top Five Hotel Points Rankings. Are You?

One of the many hidden alcove pools at the Ritz-Carlton Tenerife, now bookable via both Starwood and Marriott points.The only constant in travel hacking is change. In the hotel p..

Complete Map of Starwood (SPG) Hotels

Updated: Oct 10, 2016
Here is the Complete Map of Starwood Preferred Guest (SPG) Hotels. Check the other Complete Maps Here, which we’ve been updating.

(Click in the top right c..

Some charts and tables for Starwood and Marriott points

Plenty of folks have already written about the opportunities opened up by the merging of the Starwood and Marriott programs. I’m not looking to restate what they said, so go

Will the Starwood merger allow you to assemble a Marriott card portfolio, and would you even want to do that?

As you know, Marriott is buying Starwood, which is a bummer, so I’m trying to figure out a silver lining. Presumably Starwood credit cards will become Marriott credit cards at some

Saverocity Observation Deck 2015 Award Nominees – Part 2

Last week, Joe from As the Joe Flies, Joe Cortez, and I convened to award the Saverocity Observation Deck 2015 End of Year Awards. Of course, this was a light

Marriott announces deal to buy Starwood Hotels and Resorts

Early this morning, Marriott announced that it would buy Starwood Hotels and Resorts. The deal, which has Marriott paying $12.2B in cash and stock, will create the largest hotel..

Hotel categories: international version

This is a follow-up to a post from a few weeks ago breaking out hotel redemptions by category. That post looked at the number of redemptions by category for domestic

The most popular hotel credit cards, as given by Google Trends

I was curious about the relative popularity of various credit cards, but since banks don’t like to give out details on the performance of individual products, it’s not easy to tell

Hyatt, Hilton, Marriott, and Starwood by the numbers (aka why I love Hyatt)

Bloggers have spilled large quantities of digital ink arguing over which hotel loyalty program is better, whose points are worth what, and so forth. As with many aspects of the

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