For reasons I won't get into here, I ended up spending several nights at the Sheraton Skyline London Heathrow. Because, ya know, there's nothing more glamorous than staying at a Heathrow Airport hotel for extended periods of time. Keep in mind that this is the hotel which is being purchased by Qatar Airways and being rebranded as the Oryx Sheraton Skyline London Heathrow.
The previous week I had stayed at the Sheraton London Heathrow Hotel, so I was curious to see how this hotel compared. It's generally regarded as being quite a bit better than the other Sheraton, and is usually priced accordingly.
My rate was 89GBP (~130USD) per night, which I thought was a great rate for the "premium" Heathrow Starwood property. As a point of reference, the Sheraton Skyline London Heathrow is a Category 3 SPG property, making it 7,000 Starpoints per night (up until recently it was a Category 4 property). Given weekdays rates at this hotel sometimes, there are certainly circumstances under which it could make sense to redeem points for a stay.
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Following yesterday’s communication from the US Airways side that Dividend Miles would be folded into American AAdvantage in April, American is out today with more information. The programs will be combined ‘within 30 days’ Redeemable and elite qualifying miles will be combined on a 1-to-1 basis at that time. (We already knew this — and […]
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As was initially reported in mid-February, Daily Getaways will be returning this year, which is a promotion sponsored by the US Travel Association. The promotion is intended to encourage US tourism, and gives people the opportunity to purchase travel packages, from a set number of nights at a certain hotel, to outright being able to purchase hotel points at a discount.
There are a couple of things that are different about this year's Daily Getaways promotion than in the past:
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We already know that homeless live in Frankfurt airport. And they used to live at the Radisson JFK. Of course, actual homeless shelters are even on TripAdvisor. I’ll often do quite a bit of eating, trying a great variety, on my travels abroad. The goal there is to experience lots of things not to fill […]
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