Club Carlson, the loyalty program operated by Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group is currently offering a status match with competing other hotel groups. Read on to find out how you can apply for the status match now.
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Earn up to 100,000 Ritz-Carlton Rewards points through September 30, 2016
My 2016 Mileage Earning Credit Card Strategy
Starwood gets an unsolicited bid for acquisition
Starwood is not yet merged with Marriott, but they have a new proposal on the table for a much higher cash amount. Will the board of Starwood choose this deal over the Marriott one?
Weekly Roundup : February 21, 2016
Hello from Mumbai, where we are almost set to bid goodbye to February 2016.
It has been a week catching up on a lot of loyalty program changes apart from new stuff that has been coming up about promotions from Etihad and IHG. Also, there is a big JPMiles Giveaway inside.
Here is hoping you will find the posts useful.
SPG announces 2016 category changes: Indian hotels get expensive in awards!
The season for hotel category adjustments is here and while we have shared with you the changes for IHG and Marriott, now Starwood has announced its category changes for 2016. The change will come in to effect from March 1, 2016. As a quick reminder Starwood hotels globally range between categories 1 to 7 and operate under the following brand names. Global Impact Overall 282 Starwood hotels have been affected this year with the category change. 168 hotels are going up and 114 are going down the index, clearly indicating that overall the Starwood portfolio has gotten expensive. The regions with maximum number of increases are US, Europe and Asia and there have been significant category decreases in Canada, Russia…
Weekly Roundup: January 24, 2016
Hello from Nashik, where we are for the long weekend.
It has been a week catching up on some loyalty program news, but mostly about the #redcarpettrip and other trip reports which we have added to the blog.
Here is hoping you will find the posts useful.
Last shot to get in on Hilton Elite status, including Diamond
Hilton HHonors has been offering a liberal status match promotion, which will get you up to HHonors Diamond status all the way till March 2017.
Here is how to get in on the promotion and submit your information for a status match. But act fast, because the opportunity is only open till January 11, 2016.
2015: Year of the Luxury Resorts!
My horrible experience transferring miles from HDFC Bank Diners Club
HDFC Bank Diners Club has some great promotions for travel and dining, which makes it a great card to hold in your wallet if you want to earn miles and points in India.
However, as I found out over the last quarter of 2015, they have an incredibly bureaucratic and clueless team to deal with the transfer, and the process is manual and very irritating. It took me over 2 months to get my points transferred from HDFC Bank’s point currency to the mileage programs I wanted them transferred in.
Do read through this before you decide to pick up these cards, and perhaps we can compare notes in the Comments section?
#redcarpettrip: We are back to base!
Shipra and myself just got back from a megatrip over 22 days, where we flew Singapore Airlines Suites Class, the Etihad Apartments, went to Los Angeles, Bora Bora, Las Vegas, Dallas, Washington D.C. and New York and had some amazing experiences.
This is a recap of the trip in pictures, while we get set to post an elaborate trip report for you, along with all the details!