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Hotel review: Elara, Hilton Grand Vacation, Las Vegas

May 6, 2012 by unroadwarrior 11 Comments

Early last week, I stayed at Hilton Grand Vacation’s newest property – Elara, in Las Vagas. The building itself is fairly new, but it very recently became a Hilton. I am told that the Hilton Grand Vacation sign was just put up a few days ago. Before that it used to be a part of…

Hyatt Gold Passport giveaway: And the winners are…

March 6, 2012 by unroadwarrior 3 Comments

Yes! We have our two winners for the Hyatt Gold Passport 44,000 points giveaway! We had 6304 entries in all. I used random.org to find the two winners and they are: Winner #1: Michael D, with the entry Andaz Wall Street. Winner #2: Jenn J, with the entry Hyatt Place Nashville/Opryland, Tennessee. CONGRATULATIONS to both…

Halfway thru the Hyatt Gold Passport 44,000 point giveaway

February 29, 2012 by unroadwarrior 12 Comments

We are approximately at the halfway point of the Hyatt Gold Passport 44,000 point giveaway. The contest ends Midnight EST, Sunday, March 4th. At the time of writing this post there are around 2,900 entries (It was 2,800 when I started typing!). Even if the entries cross 10,000 (it can be done!), the odds of…

44,000 Hyatt Gold Passport Points giveaway!

February 22, 2012 by unroadwarrior 6,314 Comments

Hyatt has been very generous. They have an absolutely great promotion running (details later in this post), but they have also made points available to bloggers to give away to their readers. I am going to give away 22,000 points each to 2 lucky readers! Let’s start with the Hyatt promotion. Here are the details…

Planning your Airline Miles for 2012 – Part II

December 29, 2011 by unroadwarrior 3 Comments

In Part I of this post I went over the process I use and recommend for planning out an year of earning and maximizing Airline Miles. (The very same process can be applied for Hotel Points too). In that post I showed how I came upon my ‘gap’ – miles that I had to work…

Priority Club Pointsbreak list has been updated: Redeem IC Dallas for 5000 points

September 20, 2011 by The Nomad 1 Comment

As I have stated time and again, Priority Club Pointsbreak is probably the best hotel promotion out there. The list of hotels has been updated again for stays until November 30. To see the whole list, go to thisLINK and log in. There are a few bargains on the list: just 5000 points for an…

Feeling welcome! Hilton Rocks

August 16, 2011 by unroadwarrior 4 Comments

Also, I would like to break the news about the new fitness and recreational amenities for our guests: We are offering a P90X class every Wednesday at 6:00pm. … In addition, we have partnered with The Lakes at El Segundo , a local golf course close to the hotel, that will offer a complimentary medium bucket of balls for the driving range to our guests.

Drive-By Miles and Points

August 6, 2011 by unroadwarrior 7 Comments

Author’s note: TopGuest has brought to my attention that ‘drive-by’ check-ins to their program can result in people being barred from TopGuest. My intention was never to promote anything that would be against their Terms and Conditions. This was supposed to poke fun at people who ‘drive-by’ for points. I encourage everyone to read my…

Test your luck at Hilton’s 1,000,000 point sweepstakes

July 23, 2011 by The Nomad 1 Comment

Takes less than a minute. Enter for the one million bonus point sweepstakes. LINK. Well, Hilton advertizes a lot of benefits but to me, the million points are more important. The prize also includes A trip for two to Beverly Hills, California Four-day, three-night stay at the Beverly Hilton First-class round-trip airfare Tickets for two…

Updated Priority Club Pointsbreak list

July 19, 2011 by The Nomad Leave A Comment

Priority club Pointsbreak is probably the best hotel promotion out there. One can stay at various properties including the top class Intercontinentals for a measly 5000 Priority Club points per night. The list is now updated for stays until September 30. The list includes four Intercontinentals (IC): USA INTERCONTINENTAL SUITES HOTEL CLEVELAND Middle East INTERCONTINENTAL…