Get award booking help and personalized travel assistance for as little as $1 a month! Starwood Preferred Guest is offering 2,000 bonus Starpoints per night, up to 10,000 points, for eligible SPG Tribute Portfolio stays. You can register for the promotion here. Here are the terms and conditions of this offer: REGISTRATION: SPG® members … [Continue reading]
How I Got a Cheaper Hotel Stay By Re-Checking the Rate
Get award booking help and personalized travel assistance for as little as $1 a month! Yesterday I checked into a Sheraton to not only add additional nights to their current free-weekend night promotion, but also to add nights to the Platinum challenge, which I am currently completing. I had booked this hotel several weeks ago, … [Continue reading]
Why I am Completing the Starwood Platinum Challenge
Get award booking help and personalized travel assistance for as little as $1 a month! Frequent readers of my blog know that the two hotel chains I predominantly stay in are Hyatt and Kimpton, with the latter being less and less this year not knowing what’s going to happen since the merger with IHG several … [Continue reading]
Westin Detroit Metropolitan Airport: Review
Get award booking help and personalized travel assistance for as little as $1 a month! I had to stay close to the airport for an early flight out back home, so decided to try out the Westin Detroit, which is directly connected to the McNamara Terminal at Detroit airport. If coming by rental car shuttle, take … [Continue reading]
Review: Four Points by Sheraton Barcelona Diagonal
Get award booking help and personalized travel assistance for as little as $1 a month! Off to Spain I go to See the Running of the Bulls Review: Air France Business Class, IAD to CDG to BCN Review: Four Points by Sheraton Barcelona Diagonal Review: The Gran Hotel La Perla, Pamplona The San Fermin Festival … [Continue reading]
Jamie Larounis is an avid traveler, blogger and miles/points educator. Traveling well over 100,000 miles a year and staying in hotels for over 100 nights, he leverages miles, points and other deals to fly in first class cabins, and stay in 5-star hotels. The Forward Cabin shares his experiences, musings, reviews, tips, tricks, resources and industry news with you, the fellow traveler.