I am a business traveler. That means that the vast majority of the travel I do is for work—maybe 90%. It made sense fairly early maximize the amount of airline and hotel points I get for my travel. It’s like free money, or like a bonus for working as hard as I do. While I…
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Hilton makes meetings easy (and gives away points!)
A recent Hilton survey showed people spend way too much time planning small meetings. To answer this need, Hilton has launched Meetings Simplified, which offers groups of 25 attendees or less ease of use, convenience and per-person pricing at more than 1,800 locations across the country. (I found it very interesting that the survey found…
Hertz bonus points for two-day rentals
I don’t write about points too often, but this is a good deal that’s easy to sign up for. Just thought I’d let other Hertz users know. Gold Plus Rewards—Register to earn up to 350 bonus points on rentals Hertz Gold Plus Rewards members can register at www.HertzFreeDays.com to earn 250 bonus points, plus base…
Please help me get my status!
Since I was pregnant and had a baby last year, I was only able to fly for about seven months. In that time I was able to achieve Gold Status with American and A-List with Southwest. So far this year I’ve gotten A-List again with Southwest, which is great. However, I am still only Gold…
Points for Business Travelers: Dining and Partner Programs
Points for Business Travelers is a series aimed at helping business travelers maximize miles and points without a lot of effort. Have a suggestion or question? Email roadwarriorette @ gmail.com. We’ve talked about goals, loyalty programs, credit cards, and shopping portals. You may think we are running out of ways to earn points, but that’s…
Points for Business Travelers: Shopping Portals
Points for Business Travelers is a new series aimed at helping business travelers maximize miles and points without a lot of effort. Have a suggestion or question? Email roadwarriorette @ gmail.com. We’ve talked about goals, loyalty programs, and credit cards (plus a quick call out for email lists). Now it’s time for something pretty simple:…
Southwest Double Points and Double Tier Qualifying Points
Southwest has a promotion through May 15th that gets you double points AND double tier qualifying points. I like this promo—it’s easy and a good deal. All you have to do is register here, then travel anywhere in the country by the May 15th end date. Love things that are this simple! It’s also a…
Points for Business Travelers: Credit Cards
Points for Business Travelers is a new weekly series aimed at helping business travelers maximize miles and points without a lot of effort. Have a suggestion or question? Email roadwarriorette @ gmail.com. It’s easy for business travelers to get lots of points without doing much extra work. So far we’ve talked about setting goals and…
Points for Business Travelers: Loyalty programs
Points for Business Travelers is a new weekly series aimed at helping business travelers maximize miles and points without a lot of effort. Have a suggestion or question? Email roadwarriorette @ gmail.com. Last week I talked about setting goals. Once you know what you’re trying to gain, it’s much easier to map out a points…
Points for Business Travelers: Setting Goals
Points for Business Travelers is a new weekly series aimed at helping business travelers maximize miles and points without a lot of effort. Have a suggestion or question? Email roadwarriorette @ gmail.com. One of the perks of frequent business travel is accruing miles that you can use for fun trips. After all, what’s the point…
