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Tomorrow is the big day. The day you’ve been reading about on this blog and every other single travel, points, and miles blog. August 18th is the day that the Marriott and Starwood loyalty program are merging and when everything we once new is fully changing! While there are many things changing such as status,…
NowAs I wrote about a few days ago, Marriott still doesn’t know isn’t telling us how they are going to map unattached travel package certificates to the new award chart. They say we will know on August 18th (when the official merge of the Marriott and Starwood loyalty programs happen), so of course they know…
As you all know by now (I am assuming!), the Marriott and Starwood loyalty programs are combining in just a few days on August 18th. We’ve been told that the website will go down at midnight (eastern standard time) and the system will be offline for several hours. While they hope that the system will…
August 18th is only a few days away and that means the Marriott and Starwood loyalty programs are soon to be one. While I’ve covered extensively how the point structure will change and that you want to book points NOW for hotels that are going up in price, one thing that is still unknown is…
We recently learned that Marriott and Starwood will officially combine their two loyalty programs on August 18th. While this date is only a few weeks away, it fortunately does not impact earning status for this year or even lifetime status. As I wrote about a few days ago, you still have all of 2018 to…
Awhile ago, it was announced that a new “Premier” card would be joining the Marriott/Starwood family of cards in August. This is a card that I’ve been anxiously awaiting for due to the potential huge sign up offer and favorable benefits. However, last week, we then found out that Marriott was going to start restricting…
The Starwood Preferred Guest® Business Credit Card from American Express OPEN just upped their welcome bonus were you can now earn 100,000. While this sounds like an unbelievable offer for those who are familiar with the Starwood program, this is actually their common “increased” offer. Remember, starting August 18th, the Marriott and Starwood loyalty programs will…
Earlier this week, Marriott announced that August 18th is the official date when the Marriott and Starwood loyalty programs will combine. Now, if you’ve been trying to earn lifetime status with the program, you do not have to rush and earn the status within the next few weeks. Despite the August 18th date, you actually…
It looks like Marriott is going to start limiting the number of credit cards an individual can have starting August 26th. The rules by no means make sense, are quite confusing, and are definitely not in our favor! Fortunately though, they have given us a month to figure out our credit card application strategy. It seems…
Yesterday I wrote about the official date when the loyalty programs of Marriott and Starwood become one. August 18th incase you didn’t read that post! While the loyalty programs will be combined and all points will pool into one account, if you are a Starwood person, you still have the opportunity earning elite status with the current…
For awhile now Marriott kept on saying that the merger would take place “sometime in August”. Well that is a pretty vague 31 days, but I am happy to hear that we finally have an exact date. At midnight on August 18th, the two loyalty programs will officially become one. Of course I expect it…
Today is the last day to purchase SPG points at a 35% discount! While this promotion has come and gone quite often over the years, my gut tells me this is the last time we will see this offer appear due to the upcoming SPG/Marriott merger in August. If you go all in it will cost you…
My passion (and obsession!) for travel deals and points started over nine years ago the day I graduated college and took a job in management consulting. I’d spend every Monday through Thursday hotel hoping and embarking on long plane rides just to earn the extra points and miles. Since I was traveling all the time I decided that I was really going to take advantage of the points and miles game... Learn more about Jen »