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Some Other Non App-O-Rama Credit Card News

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Some Other Non App-O-Rama Credit Card News

I had my dad apply for the Bank of America Alaska Airlines credit card last week.  Well the card hasn’t arrived yet, but the miles did.  30,000 Alaska Airlines miles on credit card approval!  I love this offer so much, I took advantage of it in my recent App-O-Rama.

Dad Alaska Miles Post

This morning I received an email from American Express alerting me that me $20 Walmart statement credit had posted to my account.  Read my original post $20 off Walmart (American Express Offer) and 2,500 American Airlines Miles.

$20 AMEX Walmart

I bought a $200 Visa Gift Card and a $50 Southwest Gift Card.  Total with shipping and processing came to $256.88 – $20 = $236.88.  Profit of $13.12 plus 257 SPG points.   Continue reading →

Cancelling a Hyatt Points Reservation and Using a Marriott Free Night Certificate

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Cancelling a Hyatt Points Reservation and Using a Marriott Free Night Certificate

I personally love the image above because it looks like Hyatt has a sad face and Marriott has a happy face and all I had to do was add some eyes to both logos. 

Anyways, plans change, so booking hotel stays on points or at a refundable/cancellable rate is really important.  My US Airways round trip flight from SFO to AMS has had several schedule changes and I was able to book SFO to AMS to LAX (I live in Orange County).  Therefore, I needed to cancel my SFO hotel stay at the end of my trip.  Luckily, I used Hyatt points and was able to cancel the stay, but it was not easy.

After logging into my Hyatt account, I wanted to cancel this reservation.  I saw the cancel button on the bottom, hoping that it would be a simple, quick, straightforward process.

Cancel Hyatt

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Hyatt Gold Passport Platinum Elite Status gets you MGM M Life Gold Elite Status

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Hyatt Gold Passport Platinum Elite Status gets you MGM M Life Gold Elite Status

Today (August 20), Hyatt and MGM announced that Hyatt elite members will now be MGM M Life elite members, and vice versa.  If you have a Chase Hyatt Credit Card, you are automatically a Hyatt Gold Passport Platinum Elite Member.  Here are the current elite status matches:

M Life Tiers

I’m going to assume everyone has a Hyatt account already, but do you have an MGM M Life account?  If you do not, you can sign up here as a regular member and then upgrade instantly (detailed instructions below).  Click Join Now in the upper right corner, enter your email address, and click submit.

Join M Life

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Vancouver Vacation: Marriott Renaissance Vancouver Harbourside and Hyatt Regency Vancouver Hotel Reviews

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Vancouver Vacation: Marriott Renaissance Vancouver Harbourside and Hyatt Regency Vancouver Hotel Reviews

On my recent trip to Vancouver, British Columbia, I stayed at 2 nice hotels and thought I would share some photos with you.  The first hotel I stayed at was the Marriott Renaissance Vancouver Harbourside Hotel (link).

Renaissance Marriott Vancouver

The hotel is a Marriott Category 6 (30,000 Marriott Points) or $251.95 per night.  We stayed 2 nights on points.  Parking was $23 CAD per day.

MT YVR

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A Million Thanks to Million Mile Secrets

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A Million Thanks to Million Mile Secrets

I want to thank Daraius from Million Mile Secrets for featuring me on his Friday morning “Big Travel with Small Money” series.  I have been a long time reader of his site and enjoy reading his articles every day.  I have had the pleasure to speak with Emily a few times and get a picture with her at the Frequent Traveler University in Tyson’s Corner, VA a few months back.  I highly recommend you guys check it out.  The next event is in Tampa, FL from September 27-29 (details here).

Emily and Grant

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