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SUPERSTAR! American Express has brought back the all-time high sign-up bonus on The Starwood Preferred Guest Business Credit Card from American Express!…

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Sonoma and San Francisco on Points and Miles

ByJS April 9, 2017June 4, 2024

Last year, my husband and I visited Sonoma and San Francisco with friends entirely using points and miles. We saved about…

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LAST CHANCE – 35k Bonus on the SPG American Express Cards!

ByDW April 4, 2017June 4, 2024

Great news folks! American Express has brought back the all-time high sign-up bonuses on The Starwood Preferred Guest credit card…

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Digital Room Keys – Innovative or Unnecessary?

ByDW March 8, 2017June 4, 2024

I have never been handed a plastic hotel room key and thought to myself, “how inconvenient!” Man lugging this thing…

Credit Cards | Monthly Top Cards

Have You Heard!? 35k Bonus on the SPG American Express Cards!

ByDW February 17, 2017February 28, 2017

Great news folks! American Express has brought back the all-time high sign-up bonuses on The Starwood Preferred Guest credit card…

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Hotel | Hotel Review | Redemption | Travel

My Problems with the “Hotel Review”

ByDW February 14, 2017June 4, 2024

I sat down the other day, ready to write out a few standard points blogger hotel review posts that have…

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Earning The Southwest Companion Pass – Hotel Packages and Credit Cards

ByDW January 13, 2017June 4, 2024

First…Southwest Airlines suddenly (and without prior notice to frequent fliers) announced that Rapid Rewards earned through hotel packages would not count towards earning a Companion Pass.