The Marriott Bonvoy program’s Terms and Conditions webpage scrolls on seemingly forever. When your program encompasses dozens of different brands worldwide, there are endless exceptions and carve-outs that need to …
Marriott Bonvoy
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The largest hotel chain in the world is Marriott International, which, as of early 2026, reported roughly $20.77 billion in revenue. The company was founded in 1927 by John Willard …
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Credit Cards
Earn Up To 7X Points Or 5% Back With These New Chase Spending Offers
by joehegby joehegChase’s latest round of targeted spending offers is now live—and this time, the pattern is a little strange. We ended up with four different offers across four different co-branded Chase …
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Hyatt is losing one of its most unique hotels in New Orleans—and for World of Hyatt members, that’s a bigger deal than it might seem at first. The Eliza Jane, …
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Hotels
Don’t Waste Your Marriott Free Night Certificates: How To Get The Most Value
by joehegby joehegIt’s surprisingly easy to waste a Marriott Free Night Certificate. Not by letting it expire—although that happens more often than people admit—but by using it for the wrong stay. On …
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There’s a good chance the “independent” hotel you booked recently wasn’t really independent at all. Choosing a hotel used to be pretty simple. There was a clear difference between staying …
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Points & Miles
Marriott Finally Fixed One Of The Most Frustrating Things About Free Night Awards
by joehegby joehegFor years, one of the more frustrating parts of the Marriott Bonvoy program has been trying to use Free Night Awards. These are the free nights you get from credit …
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Hotels
Her Hotel Packed Up Her Belongings While She Was Out—and Left a Voicemail
by SharonKurhegby SharonKurhegA hotel guest returned from work to find her belongings packed up and her room changed—without warning. The only notice she got was a voicemail from the front desk. The …
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Credit Cards
Amex Transfer Partners Ranked (S to F): The Ones I’d Use — and the Ones I’d Skip
by joehegby joehegAmerican Express Membership Rewards has a long list of transfer partners. But I don’t rank these based on theory. I rank them based on reality — the programs I’ve actually …
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When you book a hotel room in the U.S., you probably don’t think too hard about the bed description. King. Queen. Double. Two Queens. Those words usually mean something specific …