Why we went for Marriott Gold status
I am nuts. A few months ago, my husband’s Marriott account was targeted for their “Taste of Gold” challenge. If he completed 6 stays in a little more than 3 months, he’d have Marriott Gold status...
View ArticleCurrent cards and current points balances
Oh, this points hobby is just too much fun! Traveling more often and in better accommodations? Yes, please! I thought I’d record our points balances as of now, tentative plans for using them, which...
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Trip report: Orlando and Cape Canaveral on some points
This blog uses affiliate links and maintains financial relationships with various partners. Tree of Life at Disney’s Animal Kingdom Our family took a vacation to Florida during the last week of...
View ArticleUsing my IHG points for 3 nights, $390 value
Last August, I signed up for the Chase IHG Mastercard. IHG is the hotel group which owns Intercontinental, Holiday Inn, Crown Plaza, Staybridge Suites, etc. The sign-up offer was a decent one: 80,000...
View ArticleAm I deluding myself with the value of credit card points?
It can be easy to get caught up in some bad math and logic when playing the credit card rewards game. When I book a hotel stay on points, I look at what the cash rate would have been if I booked the...
View ArticleWhy I like using points for travel
My kids are 9, 7, and 4, and are at a great age for travel. It’s the little things like: no one naps, we’re out of the diaper stage, they can sleep wherever, their stamina is improving. And it’s the...
View ArticleAdding another card to my lineup: AmEx Delta Platinum
To recap, here are the cards currently in my wallet. My family’s preferred airline is Southwest — we get a lot of value out of Southwest points and to this point, they’ve gone where we’ve been wanting...
View ArticleComparing a Chase portal booking with Orbitz
A post at the fantastic Milenomics site had me questioning my own hotel booking for an upcoming stay in Death Valley: Are Chase points the better value, or should we book elsewhere? In Brandon’s...
View ArticleRedeeming my first IHG and Hyatt annual night certificates
When looking at where we want to go in 2019 (Arizona, maybe Michigan, Wyoming) together, it helped me to make the best choices for my hotel night certificates. I could see which hotel chains exist in...
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Trip report: Death Valley and Disneyland
Flying over the Rocky Mountains. You can see the orange leaves a bit! In September, we went on a trip that has been a few years in the making: Disneyland for my youngest child’s 5th birthday. We had a...
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