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Buy Miles / Points Promos Ending Soon: Air Canada (80%), IHG (100%), Leading Hotels of the World (100%), Choice (60%), Spirit (40%) & Many More in December

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Good afternoon everyone, I hope you had a great weekend.  I was working on my Buy Miles & Points Page and found 5 offers that end this week and many more end in December (see the list at the bottom of this post).  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, Air Canada is offering up to an 80% bonus, depending on the number of Air Canada Aeroplan Miles you purchase. This offer expires tomorrow – December 10.

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Skip TKTS: Get Broadway Show Tickets at the Box Office (No Service Fee) or through Telecharge Lottery / Rush Offers

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Good evening everyone, I hope you had a great weekend.  A few weeks ago, Laura and I spent a few days in New York City and saw a few shows on Broadway, Off Broadway, and at Radio City Musical Hall.  I learned a few things about buying show tickets so I wanted to pass along that advice.  This advice works great in NYC, but should also work well in other cities that have Broadway shows and events.  Since we stayed at the Crowne Plaza Times Square (read Track IHG Nightly Award Rates & Rebook When Prices Drop), we were able to see 5 different shows during our 3.5 days in NYC.

A few days before we arrived in NYC, we narrowed down our list of shows to see.  Laura really wanted to see Suffs (“Shaina Taub’s epic new musical telling the story of the suffragists as they fight for the women’s right to vote”); I really wanted to see Water For Elephants (“The new musical based on Sara Gruen’s best-selling novel of the same name arrives on Broadway”; and we both wanted to see the Radio City Rockettes Christmas Spectacular.  We bought these tickets online through the official Broadway website and Ticketmaster.

I’m passionate about live theater, so when I travel all the way to NYC and make my way to the theater, I want good seats in the Orchestra section. Since I may only see each show once, I want to sit close enough to the stage to truly enjoy the performance.  Unfortunately, when you buy tickets online, you’re hit with service fees. For example, 2 tickets to Suffs came with $102 in service fees. If I was already in NYC, I could’ve walked to the box office and purchased the same tickets in person, saving $102 in service fees.

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Track IHG Nightly Award Rates & Rebook When Prices Drop (My Recent NYC Example)

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Good morning everyone, I hope your week is going well.  Last week (Thanksgiving Week), Laura and I spent 4 days in New York City.  We stayed at the conveniently located Crowne Plaza Times Square IHG Hotel which is close to Times Square, the Theater District, the Hell’s Kitchen neighborhood, and several subway stations (which you can take to JFK via Jamaica Station and the AirTrain).  We stayed at this hotel last March during Laura’s Spring Break, so we knew the area well.

I used 2 IHG Free Night Certificates from my Chase IHG Business Credit Card and the Chase IHG Select Credit Card (no longer available) along with IHG Points.  Nightly award prices vary dramatically (see the nightly prices for award stays in December 2024), but I closely tracked the nightly prices over a few months and rebooked my stays a few times whenever the award price dropped.  Whenever I book a hotel stay of more than 1 night, I always book my stays in 1 night increments since it is much easier to cancel and rebook 1 night at a time.  At check in, the front desk agent linked the stays together and kept us in the same room for the duration of the stay.  You could also call, email, or text the hotel ahead of time to let them know about the multiple back to back stays.

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ExpressVPN Cyber Monday Deal: Get 6 Extra Months Free with 24 Month Plan

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Good afternoon everyone, I hope you had a great Thanksgiving!  Cyber Monday is here and ExpressVPN wants to get the party started.  ExpressVPN normally offers a 1 month free trial when you become a member, but during this promotion, you can get 6 extra months free when you purchase a 24 month plan.  I have been using ExpressVPN since November 2016 and I love their desktop, laptop, and mobile app.  With data breaches occurring frequently, I think it is very important that we do our best to protect ourselves when we are online, whether that is at home or on the road.

I always use ExpressVPN when I am on free public wifi at hotels, airports, and lounges to protect my data.  ExpressVPN works very well when I travel internationally.  I connect to a VPN in the United States and then I can access streaming services that work in the US but are restricted / blocked internationally.  Lastly, since I am on the West Coast, I occasionally connect to a VPN in New York and watch TV shows that are airing on the East Coast.

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Buy Miles / Points Promos Ending Soon: Hilton (100%), Wyndham Hotels (60%) & Many More in December

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Good afternoon everyone, happy Friday!  I was working on my Buy Miles & Points Page and found 2 offers that end this month and many more end in December (see the list at the bottom of this post).  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 2 offers that end soon.

Up first, Hilton Hotels is offering up to a 100% bonus, depending on the number of Hilton Honors Points you purchase. This offer expires on November 27.

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