New week, new Middle Age Miles News & Notes column – several interesting things to cover today: 1 – Visa Gift Card deal underway at Staples From now through Saturday, January 18, purchase a $200 Visa gift card (VGC) in-store…
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Recalibrating Our Baseline Values for Points & Miles
Introduction When you are earning points and miles and considering possible redemptions, it is critically important to have a general understanding of the value of those points and miles. All points and miles are not created equal! Thus, back in September 2018…
Points.com Has Returned to Top Cashback – Stack with Current Hotel Points Purchase Promotions!
Introduction and Background A few weeks ago in one of our News & Notes articles, we noted that Points.com was no longer available through the Top Cashback (TCB) shopping portal. This eliminated what we thought was the best portal option…
Marriott Bonvoy Membership Anniversary Bonus
This is just a quick article to give you a heads up that we got a small unexpected bonus from Marriott Bonvoy yesterday for our “Member-versary.” Yesterday, we received an email from Bonvoy. It came from a strange address, noreply@mr-points.com,…
Bonvoyed! Is Marriott’s “Unlock More” the Worst Major Chainwide Points Promotion Ever?
Introduction Since Marriott Rewards fully transitioned to Bonvoy in February 2019, it has run one worldwide points promotion – the “Endless Earning” promotion for Summer 2019. The promotion was extremely weak. Basically, for a period of 2.5 months, a Bonvoy…
When Does the Annual Free Night Certificate on the Ritz-Carlton Visa Card Post, and When Does It Expire?
Introduction The Chase Ritz-Carlton Visa (RC Visa) is one of our very favorite credit cards. We’ve extolled the value we get out of this card previously, most notably in our “Keep or Cancel” article from last year (Keep or Cancel…
Round-Up of Fall 2019 Hotel Chain Points Promotions – Accor, Best Western, Choice, Hilton, Hyatt, IHG, Radisson
We thought it would be worthwhile to compile the Fall 2019 points promotions from major hotel chains in one place, so readers can compare. We’ve previously covered the major promotions from Hilton and Hyatt, but there are a number of…
Reminder – Marriott Bonvoy Peak/Standard/Off-Peak Pricing Starts Sept 14 – Make Your Award Reservations by Fri 9/13!
We wanted to be sure to publish a reminder, a couple of days in advance, that Marriott Bonvoy will start Peak/Standard/Off-Peak pricing soon – on Saturday, September 14. For any upcoming plans at desirable Marriott properties and/or on potentially popular…
The Next Phase of the Marriott Devaluation Is Coming – Peak/Standard/Off-Peak Pricing Starts on September 14
Over the past several months, Marriott has been making a series of changes to its Bonvoy program, each new change representing a devaluation of Marriott points. As Marriott implemented those changes, we knew that yet another major devaluation was on…
New Round of Marriott Bonvoy “Exclusively For You” Offers – Check Your Account
Marriott Bonvoy has released a new round of “Exclusively For You” promotional offers – check your account to see if you have a new offer! My New “Exclusively For You” Offer My new “Exclusively For You” offer is for double…