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    Current/Updated Hotel Point Expiration Extension Policies For Each Program

    by joeheg April 13, 2020
    by joeheg April 13, 2020

    While frequent travelers wanted to know how hotels were going to treat their most loyal customers with top tier status, that wasn’t important to me. I don’t have any statuses …

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    How We Went On A $25,000 Trip Halfway Around The World For Less Than $1000

    by joeheg April 11, 2020
    by joeheg April 11, 2020

    Instead of thinking about how we’re not traveling right now, I started reminiscing about all the places we’ve been able to visit. If it wasn’t for points and miles we …

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    Could We See This Once Popular Hotel Promotion Make A Comeback?

    by joeheg April 7, 2020
    by joeheg April 7, 2020

    When travel starts to pick up again, hotels will need to fill rooms. I was sitting around and thinking about which hotel promotion would be best suited to encourage people …

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    What Are Points Worth Now?

    by joeheg April 3, 2020
    by joeheg April 3, 2020

    A simple way to tell how much value you’re getting for your points is to use Cents Per Point or CPP. The formula is simple. CPP = Cash Price of …

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    How I Plan To Burn My ThankYou Points After The Prestige’s Devaluation

    by joeheg March 2, 2020
    by joeheg March 2, 2020

    While Citi has managed to systematically remove all of the things that made the Prestige a valuable card to use when booking travel, it still earns 5x ThankYou points for …

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    Stupid Mistake – I Never Used A Free Night Certificate

    by joeheg February 22, 2020
    by joeheg February 22, 2020

    I’ve finally come to admit the inevitable. One of my free night certificates from having the IHG credit card is going to expire before I get to use it. The …

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    How To Make Sure You Get All Your Points And Miles

    by joeheg February 21, 2020
    by joeheg February 21, 2020

    There are many things you can do to earn points and miles. When you fly on a plane, stay at a hotel or rent a car, it’s up to you …

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    If I Can Earn Points With In-Store​ Purchases, Why Would I Choose Not To?

    by joeheg February 17, 2020
    by joeheg February 17, 2020

    One of the unwritten rules of travel hacking is never to leave points or miles on the table. At the minimum, you should earn points for your spending but if …

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    IHG Finally Lets You Make A Real Password (But You Can Still Use A Four Digit PIN Instead, Which Is Dumb)

    by joeheg February 10, 2020
    by joeheg February 10, 2020

    IHG Hotels, the parent company of Holiday Inn and many other brands, has finally updated its IT and is allowing you to set a password for your account. Up until …

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    Frontier Sure Doesn’t Make It Easy To Donate Your Miles To Charity

    by joeheg February 9, 2020
    by joeheg February 9, 2020

    Frontier Airlines has a very annoying limitation of its Frontier Miles program. You need to earn miles every six months or your miles will expire. When I came across my …

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