IHG has been doing custom promotional offers since last year and their latest “Accelerate” promo is no exception. I took advantage of their “Into the Nights” promo late last year to turn ~$350 in hotel stays into over $1,000 worth of value. At first glance, my targeted offer might have mattress running potential, but the […]
Category: Travel Hacking
United’s Gift Card Exchange – Use It To Buy United Miles For Cheap?
I recently received an email from United advertising their own gift card exchange and decided to check it out. A quick google search shows a version of it existed in 2012, but this is the first I’ve heard of it. From what I’ve gathered, the back end of that old exchange system was Plastic Jungle […]
SPG Summer Promotion Analysis – Is There Mattress Running Potential?
Hotel chains frequently have various promotions throughout the year that award extra loyalty points, free nights, or other perks and SPG recently announced their second such promotion of the summer. In addition to being a decent promotion on its own, it’s also possible to stack the promotion with a currently ongoing promotion. Several other people have […]
Churning, Earning, and Burning: Balancing The Equation
There are a ton of ways to earn miles and points that will heavily reduce your travel costs, but that’s only half of the equation. After signing up for credit cards, shopping through portals, and going out of your way to a restaurant that participates in the rewards network, you’ve probably accumulated a bunch of […]
BOGO Flights For The Next 20 Months: Our Southwest Companion Pass Arrived
I described our plan to get the Southwest Companion Pass in my post, The Southwest Companion Pass: One of Churning’s Greatest Prizes, and our goal was completed a few weeks ago. By signing up for 2 credit cards and putting ~$8,000 of our regular spending on them along with booking a Southwest flight, we earned over 110,000 […]
The Southwest Companion Pass: One of Churning’s Greatest Prizes
Southwest is my favorite airline for cheap domestic flights because of their benefits such as free checked bags, no cancellation fees, and everything else you’ve probably heard over and over again from their advertisements, but one of their amazing benefits is relatively unknown, the Southwest Companion Pass. Normally reserved for frequent flyers that rack up a […]
Hotel Loyalty Program Summary with Current Hotel Credit Card Bonuses
As I mentioned in my last post (IHG Into the Nights Promotion Recap), I have a trip to New York coming up later this year and need to book hotels for 8 nights. Hotels in New York can be pretty expensive compared to other cities in the US, especially if you want to stay in […]
IHG’s “Into the Nights” Promotion Recap and A Look at IHG’s Next Promo, “Set Your Sights”
One way to cut down travel costs, specifically hotel costs, is to participate in different hotel promotions. All of the big hotel chains have a rewards program that allows you to earn points and redeem those points for free nights among other things. On top of that, they often offer different promotions that can expedite […]