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Tallest hotel in the Western Hemisphere review

Think fast.  Where is the tallest hotel in the Western Hemisphere?  New York? Chicago? Toronto?….. All good guesses but the answer is surprisingly Detroit, Michigan.  The Detroit Marriott at the Renaissance Center at 73 stories makes it the tallest hotel in the Western Hemisphere. A few weekends ago, I grabbed 2 free Southwest award tickets…

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Earn Triple Airline Miles With Marriott Stays

Marriott has teamed up with Delta and a number of other participating airlines to offer triple SkyMiles on all stays this fall. Register and stay at any participating Marriott hotel between July 1 and October 31, 2012 to earn triple Delta SkyMiles. You’ll start earning triple SkyMiles starting with your second stay during the qualifying…

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Win A Marriott Hotel And Flight Super Bowl Package To New Orleans With Visa

Marriott is offering a chance to win a Super Bowl package. The winner will receive two tickets to the Super Bowl, a 4 night stay at the Marriott New Orleans and tons of other valuable goodies. Simply stay between September 15 and December 15 2012 at any Marriott hotel worldwide on a weekend and pay…

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Marriott Platinum Status After Only 9 Stays

Did you know that a few minutes of your time will net you top tier status in the Marriott Rewards program? Marriott provides an instant status match to their top tier Platinum Elite status. The best part is you can re-qualify for next year with only 9 stays at a participating property. The Frequent Miler…

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Trip To New York For 17k Miles With Three Airlines And A Bus

A few months ago we took a short weekend trip up to the Freddies. If you aren’t familiar, the Freddies is where the Loyalty Program Winners are crowned. This year the organizers picked Newark Airport Renaissance hotel as the venue. When we found out we had a ticket at the last minute we had to…

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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…

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Marriott Summer Bonus – Imagine More (5,000 Points) This Summer

If you could earn 5,000 Marriott Rewards points for 1 night, would you do it? If you earn multiple bonuses with this promotion would you continue to stay at Marriott until the promotion is maxed out? Those are just a few questions that we considered when we saw the Marriott Rewards summer bonus. Marriott is…

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Get 25% Bonus Converting Hotel Points To Avios Points

British Airways Executive Club has teamed up with eight hotel partners allowing members to convert hotel points to Avios Points. For a limited time, the hotel to Avios point conversions will provide a 25% bonus. I’ve mentioned a few times how valuable hotel and airline programs can be, so it’s important to consider the conversion…

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Changes To New 50,000 Offer Begin Tomorrow

A few weeks ago, I mentioned how the sky is not falling with the Chase credit card sign up bonuses. We shared how the New Ink Bold offer was staying at 50,000 points even though the Sapphire Preferred offer was being lowered to a 40,000 point offer. The current offer will be removed on Wednesday,…

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Mrs Weekly Flyer’s Next Credit Card And Reasoning

Mrs Weekly Flyer takes a practical approach to selecting her credit cards. I on the other hand, focus on getting it in and keeping it in my wallet. She knows that credit card sign up bonuses play a big part in our ability to take dream vacations to places like the Seychelles, Paris, Mauritius, Bora Bora…

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Earn 2,500 Extra Marriott Points In The Carolinas

Marriott is bringing a little love to the Carolinas this spring. They are offering an additional 2,500 bonus points for stays in the Carolinas through April 30th. The catch is the promotion is only for participating hotels. The good news is there are a lot of participating hotels. How To Earn The Bonus Points Book…

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Releasing My Returns – Points And Miles Game

Readers have called on me to release my returns for a while, so I’m releasing them just like Mitt Romney. But I’m not running for anything, except maybe just a mile or two. In an effort to provide transparency and allow readers to follow along as points and miles are earned, I’m releasing my points…

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Earn 2,012 Delta Miles With Hilton Stays Through March 31

Hilton has teamed up with Delta to offer 2,012 Delta SkyMiles per 2 night stay at Hilton. Delta trumped the Hilton AA 1,000 mile promotion, but they only did it by 6 miles per night. With the Hilton Delta promotion, you must register before you checkout and all stays of 2 nights or more through…

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My Marriott Mega Bonus For 2012

Marriott’s MegaBonus registration is open for 2012. Loyalty Traveler posted the promotion yesterday. I didn’t get the free night offer he mentioned. Instead, I received an offer from Marriott for up to 40,000 points. How To Register  Register here by March 31, 2012 Promotion Details Earn 25,000 points after 15 paid nights + 15,000 points after…

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My 2011 Earning And Burning Review

Just like the US government, Mr. and Mrs. WeeklyFlyer ran a deficit this year. We burned more than we earned to the tune of 877k points and miles. Wouldn’t it be great if we could just print points and miles? We burned through a little over 1.734 million points and miles. We took in a…

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