Good afternoon everyone, I have some bad news if you are / were a fan of Preferred Hotels & Resorts properties. It appears that the top rate has increased from 55K Choice Hotels Points / night up to 87K (a 58% increase). My friend alerted me to this devaluation and I was able to verify it by going to the Preferred Hotels & Resorts search page (after signing into my Choice Hotels account), and then sorting prices from high to low. As you can see, the new top rate is now 87K points / night.
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Discounted Cirque du Soleil Tickets in Las Vegas, InKind & Resy Credits, and Redeeming 60K Caesars Rewards Points Toward Paid Hotel Stay
Good afternoon everyone, I hope your week is going well. Yesterday, I wrote about My Las Vegas Casino Status Matches: Caesars Diamond > Wynn Platinum > Fontainebleau Gold > MGM Gold > Unity by Hard Rock Icon. In today’s post, I will cover riding the Las Vegas Monorail, getting 20% off Cirque du Soleil tickets, using InKind and Resy credits for the same restaurant, and redeeming 60,000 Caesars Rewards Points toward my paid hotel stay at the Paris Las Vegas.
Las Vegas Monorail (save more with multi trip passes)
After walking from the Paris Las Vegas up to the Fontainebleau, we didn’t want to walk all the way back, so we decided to take the Las Vegas Monorail back to our hotel. Since we had dinner reservations back at Don’s Prime (inside the Fontainebleau) in a few hours, we decided to get a 1 Day Pass (unlimited rides within 24 hours) for $15 / ticket. It was about a 13-15 minute walk from the Fontainebleau to the Westgate Monorail Station, then only a 10-12 minute ride back to the Paris Las Vegas. If you have a prepaid commuter debit card, you can use it on the Las Vegas Monorail.
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My Las Vegas Casino Status Matches: Caesars Diamond > Wynn Platinum > Fontainebleau Gold > MGM Gold > Unity by Hard Rock Icon
Good evening everyone, I hope you had a great Memorial Day Weekend. Over the weekend, Laura and I stayed at the Paris Las Vegas, I completed a few casino status matches, we had some nice brunches and dinners, and we saw 2 Cirque Du Soleil shows. I will write more about our time in Las Vegas in a future post, but first, let me get this post out since it is time sensitive. I carefully read and followed Nick’s post (Planning an epic status match run in Las Vegas) and this is what we did:
1: Caesars Rewards Diamond
As a reminder, I originally matched my Wyndham Rewards Diamond to Caesars Rewards Diamond thanks to having the Barclays Wyndham Rewards Earner Business Credit Card ($95 annual fee). I stopped by the Caesars Rewards desk inside the Paris Las Vegas casino and picked up my new Caesars Rewards Diamond card. My previous card expired 01/2024.
5 Buy Miles / Points Promos Ending Soon: United Airlines (50%), Wyndham Hotels (25%), Spirit (60%), Avianca (160%) & Hilton (80%)
Good afternoon everyone, happy Memorial Day Weekend! I was working on my Buy Miles & Points Page and found 5 offers that end this month. Always check the math to make sure that buying miles & points makes sense for you. Do not buy miles & points speculatively unless you have a use in mind. With that said, here are 5 offers that end soon.
Up first, United Airlines is offering up to a 50% discount, depending on the number of United Airlines MileagePlus Miles you purchase. This offer expires on May 28.
Check the Citi Merchant Offer Redeemed Section to Verify You’ve Used an Offer Successfully
Good afternoon everyone, we are almost to Memorial Day Weekend! A few days ago, Doctor of Credit published Citi Offers: AT&T Wireless, $40 Off $65. I have AT&T service, so I quickly added the $40 Off $65 AT&T Citi Merchant Offer to all my eligible Citi credit cards (6 out of 7 cards had the offer). I then signed into my AT&T account and prepaid $65 toward my next bill.
Citi doesn’t send emails when you use a Citi Merchant Offer (like the way American Express does with AMEX Offers), so you need to wait patiently for the purchase and statement credit to post. My $65 AT&T purchase posted to my Citi Double Cash on May 20, but I haven’t received the $40 statement credit yet (as of May 23). I decided to do some digging to see if I triggered the offer, even before the statement credit posted to my account. Here is how you can do that within the Citi app (and the steps are probably very similar on the website). Sign into you Citi app, click on any Citi credit card, then scroll down and click the Explore Products & Offers button.