hotel points

A few weeks ago, I wrote about how Marriott Bonvoy used one of my 85,000-point Free Night Awards for a hotel stay even though I had specifically selected lower-value certificates. …

IHG free night certificates used to be simple, but not always useful. For years, the annual free night certificates from IHG credit cards had a strict limit: they could only …

Choice Privileges points expire after 18 months of no qualifying activity. I recently needed to reset the clock on my account, and Wells Fargo made it surprisingly easy. Last year, …

Have you ever wondered what happens when airlines put pilots and flight attendants up in hotels overnight? One longtime reader asked us a question we’d never even considered: Do flight …

For a while, I’ve been questioning whether it still makes sense to put extra spending on my World of Hyatt credit card. I wasn’t considering canceling the card. The annual …

Booking directly with a hotel is usually the cleanest option. You earn hotel points, elite credit, credit card rewards and whatever benefits come with your status. But every once in …

Most of us have probably had a hotel card key that didn’t work. You typically go down to the front desk, switch the card out, try again and it works. …

You booked a hotel months ago. Then, before your stay, the hotel changes brands. Maybe it was a Holiday Inn when you booked it, but now it’s a Courtyard by …

Canceling a travel credit card can be stressful, especially if you aren’t sure what happens to the points. I see this question come up all the time in travel and …

For years, my easiest answer for why Chase Ultimate Rewards points were valuable was simple: Hyatt. That was the killer app. Sure, Chase has airline partners. You can transfer points …