Hilton Honors

When Sharon married me, I’m not sure she knew that she would unwittingly become Player Two in my quest to earn as many travel points and miles as possible. Not…

American Express manages the portfolio of Hilton Honors co-branded cards. The options range from the Hilton Honors Card with no annual fee to the top-tier Hilton Aspire card with a…

The Universal Orlando Resort has evolved into a complete vacation destination, featuring three theme parks (soon to be four, with the opening of Epic Universe in 2025), a shopping and…

As a benefit, several co-brand hotel credit cards offer a free night in return for meeting a spending threshold in a calendar year. At the beginning of the year, the…

We never stay at a single hotel chain enough to organically earn elite status. While we stayed away from home for over 50 nights last year, our visits were spread…

The year is coming to a close, and if you’ve been working hard to earn hotel status, you may be thinking about doing something called a “mattress run.” That just…

Hilton Honors is the most consistent hotel loyalty program for running promotions for bonus points on hotel stays. They typically announce a new promotion a few weeks before the current…

I’ll admit there’s not much to get excited about regarding hotel promotions. Hotel loyalty programs offer bonus points to members who register. The basic principle for all of them is…

Back in 2019, my job sent me to New York for two weeks. While they paid for my stay at a Hampton Inn at JFK, they let me put my…

Virgin Hotels opened its first location in Chicago in 2015. It was four years before the 2nd location opened to much fanfare in San Francisco. Built from the ground up…