Tag: Hilton

How to Donate Your Miles and Points to Support Hurricane Florence Victims

I know watching the news stories about the devastation caused by Hurricane Florence can make you feel helpless. The scope of this event just causes you to feel numb and you want to do something but don’t know how you can help.

Luckily, most of the airline and hotel programs are making it easy to contribute in any way you can. Even if you don’t have cash to spare, you can donate those random points you have here and there to the recovery effort. Face it, it’s better to donate them than redeem them for some magazines that you’ll never read.

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Can You Have An Enjoyable Stay At A Washington D.C. Airport Hotel?

I recently traveled to Washington D.C. and needed a place to stay close to Reagan National Airport. Looking at the map, there are plenty of hotels just outside the airport, in the Crystal City area of Arlington, VA. Since I needed a Hilton stay to keep my points alive, I found a good rate at a Hilton Garden Inn that was perfect for my needs. Turns out besides being a great hotel near my conference, this is a great place to stay if doing some sightseeing in Washington D.C. and the surrounding areas.

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Sign Up Now For Hilton’s New Bonus Points Promotion

Hilton is out with their newest promotion, which is valid for stays from September 10, 2018 thru January 3, 2019. This offer will give you three times points for stays at luxury hotels and resorts and double points for all other Hilton stays.

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Hilton’s claim that this is the “Best Offer of the Year” is factually true but for most stays, you’ll earn the same amount of bonus points as you have with every other promotion they’ve run this year.  Continue reading “Sign Up Now For Hilton’s New Bonus Points Promotion”

Seven Apps You Need to Have When Traveling

Your Smartphone is an extremely valuable tool to help you when traveling. To maximize its functionality, you need to have the right apps installed and make sure they’re updated before you leave. Here’s a list of apps I use all the time when I’m out of town and I couldn’t imagine traveling any other way.

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All Miles/Points Are NOT Equal

When talking to people about miles and points, I’ve found explaining the concept of a point in one program is not worth the same as a point in another program is one of the most difficult things for people to understand. Using two hotel chains as an example, why are a Hyatt point and a Hilton point not equal? You have 1 mile/point in each program so they’re worth about the same, right? Wrong!

I’ve gone over the different types of points you can earn in a previous post. Now  let’s talk about how even the same type of points can have very different values. Continue reading “All Miles/Points Are NOT Equal”