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Marriott Rewards Members: A Birthday Surprise awaits

Mark this under Speculative, but Marriott is sending out e-mails to Marriott Rewards enticing Marriott Rewards Members to add their birthdays. This is a quick way to possible increase your points balance, or otherwise see what Marriott’s proposed birthday surprise is.  Add your Birthday to your Marriott Rewards AccountAdding your birthday to your Marriott Rewards…

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My crazy 2018 loyalty goal

I’ve learned over the years that goals are integral for me. They help me to push myself to always improve. I set some to challenge my abilities, and some are just fun. My crazy 2018 loyalty goal is one that covers the latter two categories. It will take ingenuity, but its a fun one to…

PointsHound and United

Earn 10,000 United Miles per night with PointsHound

In what is perhaps a blast from the past, I received an e-mail earlier today with an offer from PointsHound – Earn up to 10,000 United Miles per night. PointsHound back working with United?The last I could find of United and PointsHound working together was back in 2013, when they announced that they were no…

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Popular Marriott Flight and Hotel Packages

There is a lot of interest in Marriott Flight and Hotel Packages of late. It could be because Southwest chose to go the corporately responsible path, it could be the amazing deals out there due to the new Marriott-SPG Merger, or some fun third option. I first wrote about the Marriott Flight and Hotel Packages…

Amazing SPG Transfer Opportunity, or is it?

There has been much ink spilled on the amazing SPG Transfer opportunity to Virgin America, and onward to Alaska to get a whopping 1:1.652 transfer ratio by the end.   Well, on Wednesday, the option to transfer to Virgin America at a 1:1 rate seemed to have gone down. The Twittersphere went crazy. Bloggers had…

eBay 5x via Aeroplan eStore and Targeted eBay Bucks 5x!

Update: It’s not clear whether routing through Ebay.ca will earn 5x eBay Bucks. (see David’s comment) Earlier, Robert Dwyer, tweeted that eBay was 5x on Aeroplan’s Shopping Portal. 5X at eBay through the Aeroplan eStore. Doubled if you have Distinction status. pic.twitter.com/tSnoA4TeEd— Robert Dwyer (@RobertDwyer) October 21, 2015 I’ve written many times about the Power…