Hilton Auckland Review

Hilton Auckland

Hilton Auckland Review Due to an extremely discounted ticket, I recently spent 24 hours in Auckland, New Zealand.  It was my first visit to Oceania and only third visit to the Southern Hemisphere.  There are no Hyatt properties in New Zealand although a Park Hyatt is under construction.  There is … Read more

Hilton Garden Inn Redding Review

I status matched to Hilton Diamond late last year.  Since then I have had a total of two stays; one in Copenhagen and the other more recently at the Hilton Garden Inn Redding.  I have a few more stays booked as I earned a bunch of points through two Hilton credit card … 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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