Good morning everyone. Last month, my brother and I went to Zion National Park for Labor Day Weekend (September 4-7). The trip was amazing and I definitely recommend everyone go to Zion National Park for a few days if you are ever in Southwest Utah. A few weeks ago, Frequent Miler wrote a post about his recent trip through Zion National Park where he stayed at the Zion Lodge (log cabins) for ~$200/night. I thought it would be a good idea to share my experience at the Holiday Inn Express Springdale / Zion National Park and show what other points hotel options were available at Zion National Park.
Getting to Zion National Park is tricky. You can fly into St. George, Utah, but that is a very small/expensive airport. I recommend flying into Las Vegas (easily accessible from every airport with many flights from many airlines) and then driving ~3 hours to Zion National Park (Google Map). My brother and I landed in Vegas around 8:30pm and then made our way to the Las Vegas rental car lot and then toward Utah. We arrived at the Holiday Inn Express hotel a little after 1am (1 hour time change from Arizona to Utah).
Good evening everyone. 1 month ago, Chase sent out letters announcing that they would be converting all Chase Ink Bold Charge Cards into credit cards with a stated credit limit and cash advance limit. Those changes are not effective as of August 31, 2015 and all changes are now live. Here is a summary of the changes:
This evening when I logged into my Chase online account, I noticed the stated credit limit of $12,000 on my Chase Ink Bold Business Card.
Good morning everyone, Staples has another American Express Gift Card Easy Rebate offer starting this Sunday. After spending $300 or more in American Express Gift Cards, you will receive a $20 Staples Gift Card as a rebate. Only one rebate per household, so get creative. This promo does not begin until Sunday, August 30, so don’t go out shopping just yet.
Good morning everyone. A few days ago, I was in an interesting predicament. I found an awesome United Airlines award, but I did not have enough United Airlines miles to book the award. *gasp* Worse though, I did not have enough Chase Ultimate Reward Points either. *double gasp* I’m not sure if you have been in this situation before, but it is not fun. Here are some of the options I considered:
Before I did anything drastic or embarrassing, I remembered that Marriott and United Airlines have a crossover relationship, whereby you can transfer miles into points or points into miles. Here is the Travel Rewards page on Marriott’s website. Marriott partners with many other airlines, but they have an exclusive relationship with United Airlines where you can get a “20% discount when you convert Marriott Rewards points to United MileagePlus award miles.”
I crunched the numbers and the transfer ratios range from 4:1 down to 2.24:1 (Marriott Points to United Airlines miles). Since I needed around 25,000 United Airlines miles, I selected the 4th option (56,000 Marriott Points = 25,000 United Airlines miles).
