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Hotel Review: Kimpton Gray – Chicago, IL

It’s not often that you get to stay overnight in a life insurance building that opened back in 1894, but Kimpton isn’t your everyday hotel chain. Now part of the IHG family of brands, Kimpton has a flair for taking extraordinary spaces and turning them into phenomenal hotels. The Kimpton Gray in Chicago is a perfect example.

I’ve already written about how I used my IHG Select Credit Card free night certificate to pay for the room instead of paying the $400+ a night that rooms were going for at the time. The Gray fit our needs for a quick weekend in Chicago, it was located in the Loop and right off the CTA from O’Hare and the United Center. While rooms at this hotel can be expensive, they’re really nice.

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I’m Gonna Miss The Unlimited Free Night From The IHG Credit Card

My favorite perk of the no longer available IHG Select credit card was the free night you could use at any IHG hotel worldwide. When Chase revamped the cards this year, one of the changes with the free night benefit of the new IHG Premier card was that redemptions became limited to rooms costing 40,000 points or less.

Since current cardholders were given one more year to take advantage of the unlimited night, I had to make it count.

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Hotel Review: Renaissance Newark Airport Hotel – Elizabeth, NJ

I’ve already shared the story of how I was able to fly to New Jersey for the night so I could attend my elementary school reunion. I also shared how I ended up picking a hotel so I could use the free night from Sharon’s Marriott Business credit card.

How was the hotel I booked with my free night certificate and would the room have been worth the $300 price they were charging for a night when I was staying there?

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Places For Geeks to Visit, Comparing WDW’s Water Parks, A Control Freak’s Nightmare Vacation & More!

Happy weekend, y’all! And if you live in the U.S., happy Memorial Day weekend to you! Here’s a recap of what we wrote on YMMV this week. From great travel deals to what we’ve written to what others wrote that we really liked and wanted to share, it’s all here, in one convenient place!

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How Get Platinum Status, Last-Minute WDW Reservations & More

Well, it’s FINALLY the weekend…and what do you know, it’s Cinco De Mayo, too! WOO HOO! Here’s a review of the articles we wrote this week, all in one convenient place.

Joe wrote about:

Our travels around the world to “follow the footsteps of the boy who lived.” (I’d clarify that’s Harry Potter but really, if you don’t already know that he is “the boy who lived,” chances are really good you’re not going to read this article anyway LOLOL!)
IHG’s announcement of the next group of PointBreak hotels.
The steps you should take to prevent losing value of your Chase Ultimate Rewards points.
How Joe got platinum status with Sixt car rental (and you may be able to, too!), even though he’s never rented with them.
How even he sometimes gets lured into the “loyalty” hamster wheel.

And Sharon wrote about:

How to snag last-minute dinner reservations at Walt Disney World (we’ve been using it for years and it works!).
JetBlue’s “You Never Call, You Never Visit” sale.
The Steel Magnolias house – it’s a B&B! (and the Shelby Room is incredible!)
If you go to Universal Studios Orlando quite a bit, how to decide if you should get multi-day passes or an annual pass?
If you’re getting married, you can now register for your honeymoon.

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