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Earn Hilton Gold Status After Only 3 Stays

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Hilton HHonors is running a fast track promotion where you can earn Hilton Gold status after just three stays within 90 days for SAA Voyager members, (or only who is able to register for the offer). You can view the full benefits of Hilton Gold here. Promotion Details: Join Hilton HHonors, the guest loyalty programme of Hilton’s 12 distinct brands, and be…

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Save With This Week’s SPG Hot Escapes: New York, DC, Chicago, Boston

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It’s Wednesday meaning Starwood just released this week’s SPG Hot Escapes, where you can save a bunch on upcoming hotel stays. Every week, they offer savings at select properties which are bookable now through Saturday. Offer Details: Weekly savings start at 20% off SPG members save more and earn Starpoints Stay over the next 6 weeks at…

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Hilton Launches New 1st Quarter Hilton HHonors Promotion – EXPIRED

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Earn Double Points or Double Miles with any of our 60+ airline partners when you sign up and stay at ANY hotel in the Hilton Portfolio from January 1 through April 30, 2016.+,* You can register for the promotion here. This promotion is EXPIRED. Choose wisely because your selection cannot be changed! Pick Double Points or…

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Starwood’s New 2016 1st Quarter Promo: Take Two

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Starwood announced its new 1st quarter promotion for 2016, which will run from January 11, 2016 through  April 10, 2016, and will allow SPG members to earn double Starpoints on all stays, with an option of an additional 250 bonus points per night at select hotels in popular cities. Promotion Details: Register now through April 10, 2016, to earn double…

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SPG Adds Aegean As Transfer Partner

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You can now transfer your SPG Starpoints to Aegean, a member of the Star Alliance, as announced via BusinessWire. SPG Adds Aegean As Transfer Partner SPG members can now convert their Starpoints into Aegean Miles+Bonus award miles. In addition, SPG members will be given an extra 5,000 miles for every 20,000 Starpoints converted to Aegean Miles+Bonus…

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Accor Hotels To Buy Fairmont

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Yesterday another hotel group, consisting of probably best known of the group Fairmont, along with Raffles and Swissôtel are to be swallowed up by AccorHotels. In a press release announcement, Accor announced, “A strategic deal to create a worldwide leader in the luxury segment.” Accor Hotels To Buy Fairmont  FRHI includes three of the most prestigious global…

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Success With Hilton Status Match

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Around Thanksgiving, we posted about the opportunity to request status match from Hilton. I submitted my request right away showing both my Hyatt Diamond (earned the hard way) and SPG Platinum status as well as my stay pattern. It took a while (nearly a week) but, Hilton has confirmed me to Hilton Diamond Status! Success With Hilton Status Match…

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IHG Partners With Uber

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According to a press release from InterContinental Hotels Group, you can earn 2,000 IHG® Rewards Club points1 and $20 off their first ride with Uber. This deal between IHG and Uber is reminiscent of the SPG/Uber partnership, however this deal doesn’t look as good to me. IHG Partners With Uber  InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG), one of…

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How I Won a 1,000 Free Starpoints from SPG

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As we’ve written about earlier this month, Starwood Preferred Guest has launched a new contest called SPG and Design Hotels, where you can enter to win a bunch of prizes including Free Night Awards and Bonus Starpoints now through December 18, 2015.  I’ve been playing every day and yesterday I finally won 1,000 free Starpoints, which will be deposited into my account. How…

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