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How To Book Marriott Hotels With Ultimate Rewards
Marriott International Marriott Rewards, loyalty program of Marriott International, is a program that allows you to book Marriott hotels, Ritz-Carlton hotels, Starwood hotels hotels, transfer points to/from Starwood Preferred Guest and earn airline miles. It is also the first hotel program I earned elite status in which I used to earn the Southwest Companion Pass. Earning Points Marriott points…
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How To Book IHG Hotels With Ultimate Rewards
IHG Rewards Club, loyalty program of InterContinental Hotels Group, is a program that allows you to book IHG hotels from one of the thirteen brands. Kimpton Hotels can be booked with points contrary to the current IHG Terms and Conditions. Earning Points IHG points can be earned from hotel stays, promotions, partners, airlines, and the program’s credit…
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Park City Ski Trip Guide and Review
Flights This past weekend Ashlee, myself and two friends of ours skied Park City. The weather, food, city and mountain were exactly what we were looking for in our Park City Ski Trip. As Ashlee mentioned in her Park City blog post, we used the Southwest Companion Pass to fly from Baltimore (BWI) to Salt…
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How to Book Virgin Atlantic Flights with Ultimate Rewards
Virgin Atlantic Flying Club, loyalty program of Virgin Atlantic, is a program that allows you to book Virgin Atlantic and partner flights (Flying Club miles used to book an ANA flight). Similar to Flying Blue, Korean Air, Singapore Airlines, and United Airlines, Virgin Atlantic has a number of redemptions to consider. One, Central & Eastern…
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How to Book United Airlines Flights with Ultimate Rewards
United Airlines MileagePlus, loyalty program of United Airlines, is a program that allows you to book United Airlines flights, Star Alliance flights and codeshare agreement (MileagePlus miles used to fly on an Aer Lingus flight) partner flights. The number of redemptions with United Airlines is voluminous so here are 6 to consider for your next trip. One,…
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