Hyatt | 365 Magical Days of Travel

22 Mar 2019

Booking Hyatt Award Stays

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176/365 Hyatt is my favorite hotel brand to book award rooms, just like Southwest is my favorite airline for booking award airfare. Rooms start at just 5,000 points for a category 1 hotel and top out at 40,000 points for the high end category 8 properties. (Let's face it—I have absolutely no interest in those hotels!) Exploring Hotel Charts Comparable…

Using the Chase Travel Portal to Book a Last Minute Getaway

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91/365 This week, I'd been watching the weather report for snow in Flagstaff, a mountain college town about 100 miles north of Phoenix. Ever since we took the trip to Chico and toured Bryan's alma mater, I've had a hankering to do the same at Northern Arizona University, from which I matriculated. Watching the Weather Christmas Day had rain in…

Chase Ultimate Rewards

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Day 33/365 2018-2019 Chase Ultimate Rewards are the gold standard in any travel hacker's arsenal. Some might say it's American Express Membership Rewards, but I haven't dabbled in those yet, and I think Ultimate Rewards is the best program to get your feet wet. Chase's 5/24 Rule Chase has made it a bit harder to do what's called "churning" of…