While there are four promising SPG properties in Santiago de Chile, I couldn’t pass on the opportunity to see how South America does the W, at the W Santiago. Trip Report Trip Motivation and Planning LAN Flight Experience Tambo Del Inka Resort Machu Picchu and the Sacred Valley JW Marriott Lima Exploring Lima Exploring Easter…
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SPG VIP Event – PGA Championship Happy Hour
We bring you this happy hour from the SPG VIP Skybox on the 17th green of the Kiawah Ocean course. The SPG VIP event at the PGA Championship was a moment to remember and only cost us 20,000 Starwood points for two tickets to the event in style. And what better way to start off…
SPG Experience At PGA Championship – Kiawah, SC
A few months ago we redeemed 20,000 Starwood Preferred Guest points for a chance to visit the PGA Championship at Kiawah Island, South Carolina. Starwood came through with the benefits and handled the process well. SPG Sky Box At Kiawah The Sky Box is located on the 17th green with an excellent view of the…
The St. Regis Washington DC Hotel Review
The St. Regis Washington DC is one of my favorite DC hotels. I have stayed here several times and love to share this hotel with friends and family. The lobby is stunning and the hotel just oozes with history. Walking out of the front of the hotel located on 16th and K and looking left…
Starwood wants to know what I look like!
As a 52 week-a-year business traveler, I generally stay at Starwood properties between 100-200 paid nights per year. When SPG introduced the Ambassador program this year I was initially very excited though it has yet to amount to anything tangible for me personally. I am sure I could take more advantage of my ‘status’ but…
Booking Travel With iPhone + Free Gogo Wifi Giveaway
I love booking travel from my iPhone. There is just something cool about being in a remote location with absolutely no sight of civilization and being able to book award travel. For example, a year ago we stayed at the Westin St John and weren’t exactly happy with the room at that time. So one…
PMM’s Monster Day Of Hotel Booking
Alex shared our monster day of airline award bookings earlier this week. We couldn’t have done it without this crazy points and miles hobby of ours. But as you know, flights are only half of an award trip. So we spent the next few days plotting out our hotel stays and booked over 25 award…
Starwood Celebrates 75 Year In San Francisco With Promotion
Starwood is celebrating 75 years of the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco. They are promoting an offer to explore more and spend less with their properties in San Francisco. This is one city we love to visit. We’ve stayed in several of their properties including the Palace Hotel, the W San Francisco, and the…
Delta Secrets – 20k SPG Point Business Class One-Way Award
The Delta SkyMiles program benefits provide real value for members. I’ve found value with award tickets to the Seychelles and Mauritius, Bora Bora, Italy, and a number of other places. But their benefits are not as great as other programs that have benefits such as confirmed upgrades (that you can actually use on an affordable…
What do you seek from an SPG Suite Night Award?
I have been dabbling with the idea of creating an award trip to Australia in the next couple months. My lovely friend would like to go Scuba Diving and I would like to go Park Hyatt’ing so Australia is the perfect intersection of the two! After investigating places to stay near the Great Barrier Reef,…
Another Free Stay At W Hotel Atlanta And VIP WETBAR Access
We shared how you can support a good cause and win a free night at the W Atlanta Downtown yesterday. It’s great to see they are moving up in votes for their bracket, but they are still behind. They moved up from 205 votes yesterday to 344 votes today. If you like the W Hotel,…
Conquer SPG’s Nice Choice With 9 or 10 Starpoints Per Dollar
I plan to conquer Starwood’s Nice Choice promotion with 10 Starpoints per dollar. The SPG Nice Choice promotion is great because it has something for everyone, even road warriors like Alex and I. We shared how I planned to max out the Hyatt promotion and how Alex ran the table on the Hyatt promotion. In this…
Free Night At W Atlanta Downtown With Social Madness
The W Atlanta Downtown is giving away a free night at their hotel in support of the Social Madness campaign to support MusicCares. I’d like to ask each of you to show support for the W Atlanta Downtown, and you can win a free night by a few simple clicks of the mouse. They are…
Elite award for reaching SPG Platinum
On Saturday I received an email from SPG alerting me I had eclipsed the 50 night mark this calendar year and have thus earned SPG Platinum status through 2013. Consequently, this marks my 5th year in a row as a Platinum member so therefore received my ‘golden guarantee’ of lifetime SPG gold. Today, I received…
Journey to Easter Island -Tambo Del Inka
Our first stop in South America was the Sacred Valley of the Incas in Peru. We flew straight from Miami to Lima to Cuzco on LAN. From the Cuzco airport we arranged car service through the Tambo Del Inka to take us to the resort. We paid about double the cost of just getting a…
PMM Six Hour Siesta At W Times Square
Business travel moves fast and sometimes all you can afford is a 6 hour siesta at a hotel. We usually get to a hotel late at night and leave before most of the staff is up in the morning. This trip our six hour siesta was at the W Times Square in New York City.…
Journey to Easter Island – Trip Motivation and Planning
I often use metrics like ‘Cents Per Mile’ to try to evaluate my decisions for using points and miles. While there is utility in doing such, the truth is that points and miles are really just a silly game to me. My goal in collecting and redeeming points is not to save money I would…
Free Offer – Cirque du Soleil Tickets With SPG American Express
I received an awesome deal because I have a Starwood American Express card. We received an email today for two complimentary tickets to the TOTEM Cirque du Soleil event on July 11, 2012. This offer is complimentary to those that have a Starwood American Express. Simply call to reserve your free tickets, then show up…
Konnichiwa Japan – Final Thoughts
In this Final Thoughts post I’d like to recap five simple awards tactics used to make this trip special. Trip Report Introduction and Trip Planning Japan Airlines Economy From ORD to NRT Westin Miyako Kyoto Exploring Kyoto Day trips from Kyoto Park Hyatt Tokyo – Part I Park Hyatt Tokyo – Part II Exploring Tokyo…
Get 35% Off W Hotel Store – Better Memorial Day Sale
We love our W bed because it provides the right level of support and we sometimes feel at home when we’re on the road. We love the bed even more because we got it at a 40% discount during a special W Hotel Store promotion. If you are in the market for W Hotel store…