Delta Sky Club (SLC)

Delta Sky Club SLC

For how many flights go in and out of Salt Lake City, it is a barren wasteland when it comes to airport lounges.  In fact, as far as I can tell, there is only ONE lounge and that is the Delta Sky Club SLC.  Passengers traveling in a premium cabin on … Read more

Aspire Lounge 41 (AMS)

Aspire Lounge 41 AMS

Aspire Lounge 41 AMS If you are flying through Amsterdam and have a Priority Pass through either Amex Platinum or Citi Prestige, you will have access to the Aspire Lounge 41 AMS.  If you do not have a Priority Pass membership, you can also pay for a one day membership … Read more

Aviator Lounge (CPH)

Aviator Lounge CPH There are two terminals at Copenhagen Airport (CPH), Terminal 2 and Terminal 3 that are connected and passengers are free to go from one to the other.  There are technically five lounges at CPH; two are SAS lounges which is based at CPH, the other three are not … Read more

Single City: 24 hours in Copenhagen

24 hours in Copenhagen From my flight touching down at CPH to taking off again the next day, I had under 24 hours in Copenhagen.  Knowing I needed to get checked in to my hotel, shower after the long flight and sleep at some point, I wanted to get a … Read more

Mileage Run to Copenhagen: Part 2 – CPH-AMS-SLC-SEA

Mileage Run to Copenhagen Introduction Part 1: SEA-BUR-SEA-CDG-CPH Holiday Inn Burbank-Media City 24 Hours in Copenhagen Hilton Copenhagen Airport Part 2: CPH-AMS-SLC-SEA Aviator Lounge CPH Aspire Lounge (41) AMS Delta Sky Club SLC CPH-AMS – KLM 737-700 Seat 9C My flight out of Copenhagen was at 6:00am so not much … Read more

Mileage Run to Copenhagen: Part 1 – SEA-BUR-SEA-CDG-CPH

Mileage Run to Copenhagen Introduction Part 1: SEA-BUR-SEA-CDG-CPH Holiday Inn Burbank-Media City 24 Hours in Copenhagen Hilton Copenhagen Airport Part 2: CPH-AMS-SLC-SEA Aviator Lounge CPH Aspire Lounge (41) AMS Delta Sky Club SLC SEA-BUR-SEA – AS 737-800 I was on the last SEA-BUR of the day on Thursday and the … Read more

Australia with Miles and Points

Australia with Miles

I had an amazing time flying around the world on Alaska miles this past February for my birthday.  The news of Alaska’s doubling the cost of some partner airline redemptions, I decided it was time to plan my next big trip while my miles still had strong value.  I like … Read more

Daily Getaways 2016 Valuation

Daily Getaways 2016 Valuation

Daily Getaways 2016 Valuation

The US Travel Association is once again running its Daily Getaways promotion.  Beginning April 4 there will be a different offer for a limited time each day.  As was the case last year, there is no added discount for using an Amex card as there has been in previous years.  You can find discounts on rental cars, hotels, and theme parks.  In this post I calculate the Daily Getaways 2016 valuation for the hotel offers.

Likely the most popular offers will be for the hotel stays that, for the most part, come in the form of loyalty points.  Below I have created a grid that shows the cost per point for each of the hotel point offers.

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