Laboratory - The Frequent Miler. How to convert American Express Membership Rewards and Starwood points to Hilton HHonors at a favorable ratio. Following up on my post from yesterday about the challenges of converting Chase Ultimate Rewards points into Hilton HHonors points, it’s worth noting that there are economical ways to convert both American Express Membership Rewards and Starwood Preferred Guest points to Hilton HHonors.
While not everyone values Hilton HHonors points highly, I at least have a new appreciation for them. American Express Membership Rewards transfers The Membership Rewards program actually partners with Hilton HHonors, and it’s possible to convert Membership Rewards points to Hilton HHonors points at a 1:1.5 ratio. Fortunately it’s possible to do better than that by making an indirect transfer instead. Membership Rewards partners with both HawaiianMiles and Virgin Atlantic Flying Club.
Membership Rewards points can be transferred to Virgin Atlantic at a 1:1 ratio. Miles Momma - Mile & Point Resources. Mommy Points - Giving my family the world (for free), one point at a time. Learning about miles and points online is a great place to start, and for many it is all they ever want or need.
However, for some people it makes sense to take the next step and attend an in-person miles and points conference. Yes, there are several miles and points conferences! This is a good time of year to think about whether an in-person miles and points event sounds interesting to you since there is one about to happen, one that just opened for registration, and one that is about to open for registration.
I’ll give you the details on the upcoming events and then a few words about whether or not this type of thing might make sense for you. Hosting a beginner’s session with Million Mile Secrets Frequent Traveler University Seattle April 25th – 27th This event is sold out, but folks who have had a change of plans are making their tickets available for sale. Frequent Traveler University Advanced Chicago Weekend of September 26th Chicago Seminars October 17th – 19th.
Frugal Travel Guy. Loyalty Traveler - Hotel Value for Frequent Guests. Today I filed my fifth best rate guarantee claim this week for my swamplands road trip of the Carolinas.
Another claim denied. This time it is Choice Hotels. I am batting .400 this week with three denied claims (SPG, Hilton and Choice) and two approved claims (both Marriott). As in the other best rate guarantee claims, I’ll present the evidence and let readers decide if the reason for denial is a legitimate reason. Today I tried Hipmunk.com to see how it rates against Kayak.com and HotelsCombined.com for finding Best Rate Guarantee claims.
I located a potential claim with Choice Hotels. Comfort Inn Downtown Charleston $119 for King Bed. $136.81 after tax. I booked the $119 reservation with Comfort Inn Downtown through Choice Privileges website. Hipmunk.com is another website I like for searching for Best Rate Guarantee claims since it filters by hotel chain. LoyaltyLobby. View from the Wing - Putting a little thought into a lot of travel. Deals We Like - The Latest Travel Deals for the Savvy Traveler. This is part of the reader question series that I started earlier this year – you can view more reader questions here.
Feel free to email me at dealswelike@gmail.com if you have a question you’d like answered in a full on post. Reader Nathan and Regan recently commented on my post which talked about the current 25% discount when purchasing Southwest points: “I think WN points count toward the companion pass, so that could be a good value here too.” and “Does it count towards companion pass?” And unfortunately the answer is no. Purchasing points do not count towards the points needed to earn the companion pass.
You can read these prior posts to learn on what points qualify for the companion pass: Through April 27, 2014, Living Social is offering 15% off purchases made using the Living Social phone app. Lyft just launched in 24 new cities and for the next two weeks (through May 8, 2014) you can ride for free in these locations!! Milepoint. DansDeals.com. Cheap Car Rentals - AutoSlash. Book Flights, Airline Tickets, Airfare. United Airlines - Airline Tickets, Vacations Packages, Travel Deals, and Company Information on united.com.