by Patti | Aug 13, 2014 | Ultimate Rewards
If you have a credit card that earns Ultimate Rewards and are looking to book a paid hotel stay, a great option to maximize points earned is to book on hotels.com using the Ultimate Rewards portal. There are a few reasons why I often pay for hotels rather than...
by Patti | Jun 12, 2014 | United
Many of you have probably already heard the news earlier this week, but in case you have not, I wanted to briefly summarize United’s changes to its MileagePlus program. United Airlines announced on Tuesday that they will be changing their MileagePlus program as...
by Patti | Jun 5, 2014 | Credit Cards
Did you know that Barclays offers free FICO Credit Scores to its credit card holders? Barclays began offering free FICO scores to holders of some of its credit cards back in November, 2013 and has since expanded this offer to more of its cards. I was reminded of this...
by The Travel Sisters | May 19, 2014 | Marriott
Marriott Rewards® recently introduced the Plus Points program. Marriott Rewards® members who register and perform certain actions through their online social profiles until November 8, 2014 are eligible to earn bonus Marriott Rewards points– up to a maximum of 2,000...
by Matilda | Apr 29, 2014 | Hotel Reviews, Pet Travel
Lake Geneva, Wisconsin is a year-round resort town located less than 2 hours away from Chicago. Although at one point a playground for wealthy Chicagoans (mansions still line Geneva Lake), it is now an affordable getaway for anyone looking to get out of the city for...
by The Travel Sisters | Apr 16, 2014 | Trip Reports
The panda keeper experience program at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding caught our attention while researching the opportunity to hug a panda. While hugging a panda was a dream come true and still puts a smile on our face, the panda keeper for a day...
by The Travel Sisters | Apr 14, 2014 | Free Points/Miles
This is the second post in our How to Travel for (Almost) Free, Introduction to Points and Miles series. Hopefully if you have read our Introduction, you have decided that it is worthwhile to start collecting frequent flyer miles and/or hotel loyalty points to use...
by The Travel Sisters | Apr 9, 2014 | Hilton
This morning Hilton HHonors announced on flyertalk some minor category adjustments which will become effective April 15, 2014. Their announcement is copied below: Effective 15 April 2014, 25 of our hotels and resorts (0.6% of our properties) will be increasing hotel...
by The Travel Sisters | Apr 1, 2014 | American Express, Credit Cards, Membership Rewards
American Express recently launched two new credits cards – the Amex EveryDay Credit Card and the Amex EveryDay Preferred Credit Card. These credit cards are a great addition for anyone that collects (or plans to start collecting) Membership Rewards® points. Both...
by The Travel Sisters | Mar 25, 2014 | Trip Reports
One of our favorite recent travel experiences was hugging a young panda at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding in Chengdu, China. We were not aware that holding a giant panda was even allowed until we read about it while planning a trip earlier this...
