33% AmEx To Hilton Transfer Bonus Through November 30, 2014

Boy, this seems to be the week of transfer bonuses at American Express Membership Rewards:

-- Yesterday a 35% transfer bonus was announced to Virgin Atlantic Flying Club

-- Today a 50% transfer bonus was announced to Starwood Preferred Guest, though only for Platinum and Centurion cardmembers

It looks like American Express Membership Rewards has also announced a 33% transfer bonus to Hilton HHonors through November 30, 2014.

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Signs your mom is Ecuadorian

6. You learned nothing is lost, everything is transformed: “Waste” is not a word in mom’s dictionary. Everything can be reused, nothing is discarded.



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Google Glass blamed for user web addiction

SYSTEMS: Early lesson for the manufacturers of wearable technology – well, at least the kind that you wear on your head in ...



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Starwood Launches SPG Preferences – Customize Room Choices and Upgrades!

Yesterday Starwood unveiled a bunch of website revamps and improvements. I’ve already written about changes to the SPG Moments page which lets you buy or bid on experiences with your points. Another thing that has changes is the launch of SPG Preferences. Six weeks ago I broke that this was coming. Here’s how I described […]

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Marketing watch: TripAdvisor users contribute new video advertising for cash prize

User-generated marketing campaigns are a mixed bag – sometimes they produced magical gems that are far better than a company can produce ...



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50% Bonus On AmEx To SPG Transfers

American Express Membership Rewards and Starwood Preferred Guest are two of my three favorite transferable points currencies (along with Chase Ultimate Rewards).

Of those three transferable points currencies, the only "direct" transfer that can occur between them is from American Express Membership Rewards to Starwood Preferred Guest. The catch is that the transfer ratio isn't especially lucrative -- 1,000:333. Admittedly Starpoints are a bit more valuable than Membership Rewards points, but certainly not three times as valuable.

Through November 30, 2014, Membership Rewards is offering a 50% bonus on points transfers to SPG. That makes the transfer ratio 2:1 instead of 3:1.

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5,000 Aeroplan Miles Per Accor Hotel Stay

Le Club Accor Hotels is offering an amazing bonus of 10,000 points which auto-convert to 5,000 Aeroplan miles with every hotel stay through December 31, 2014.

The terms & conditions of the promotion read as follows:

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50% Bonus for Transferring Amex Points to Starwood is an Opportunity to Create Your Own Amex Transfer Partners

American Express Membership Rewards is offering a 50% bonus for transferring points to Starwood through November 30. Amex points normally transfer 3:1. In other words, 1000 Amex points become just 333 Starwood points. With this offer the transfer rate is 2:1. So 1000 Amex points transfer to 500 Starwood points. Better, but not tempting to […]

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Airbnb Listings Mostly Illegal, New York State Contends

A report by Eric T. Schneiderman, the New York attorney general, found nearly three-quarters of all Airbnb rentals in New York City were illegal.





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Read this before moving to Patagonia

#1: Toilet paper can’t be flushed down the toilet. Let’s just say the plumbing in many places is ‘Argentine-style craftsmanship.’



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Starwood Launches New Website — Thoughts?

Yesterday Starwood launched the new spg.com, which certainly takes some getting used to. I take care of 99% of my travel needs directly through the websites of the airlines and hotels I'm traveling with, so when they redesign their websites it's kind of a big deal for me, as there's a huge learning curve. I'm so used to pushing buttons without even putting any thought into it, that I find it takes me forever to get used to new websites. Oh well.

Here's how a Starwood representative on FlyerTalk explained the new website:

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Travelzoo announces third quarter revenue dip

Deals publisher Travelzoo has revealed a 10% decrease year-on-year to $33.5 million in revenue for the third quarter ending September 30. The ...



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On women's safety abroad

I’ve come up with two basic questions male travelers can ask themselves when it comes to the issues faced by female travelers.



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Martial Law: a New Tourist Attraction in Thailand!

Thailand’s military coup back in May led to quite a bit of concern and uncertainty for tourists. Indeed, tourism is down year-over-year. My own take at the time was that coups are fairly common in Thailand, as are political protests, and historically outsiders have been quite safe. I will be in Bangkok shortly. The current […]

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Google defends flight search – it’s hard to do it well and industry doesn’t appreciate us

Google chairman Eric Schmidt has claimed the company is still “working on it”, in a wide-ranging speech about in search in general ...



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