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Travel Goals and Status Check Up – 2017 Mid-Year
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Travel Goals and Status Check Up – 2017 Mid-Year

Jennifer checks in on her 2017 travel goals, what her progress towards status looks like, and whether she is achieving those travel goals at mid-year. Airline status, hotel status, leverage of travel technology, credit card strategy, and travel/life balance are just a few of the areas where she weighs on in the state of the union.

New Orleans Food and Wine Festival and Other Events with SPG Moments
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New Orleans Food and Wine Festival and Other Events with SPG Moments

Starwood has long offered the opportunity to redeem Starpoints for SPG Moments.  These are various unique experiences curated specially for Starwood Preferred Guest members. The experiences are often one-time events – tickets to concerts, sporting or culinary events, or unique experiences arranged specially for Starwood and often part of their marketing partnerships.  They can include insider…

“Sorry I’m Not Sorry” – Two Days of Shakeups in the Points and Miles World
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“Sorry I’m Not Sorry” – Two Days of Shakeups in the Points and Miles World

It has been a tough couple of days in the points and miles world for hobbyists (those who collect points and miles with airlines, hotels, and other travel providers) and low-fare leisure travelers. On Monday the announcement came that frequent traveler darling Starwood was being acquired by Marriott.  And then yesterday American was changing almost all the rules of…

SPG Lifetime Platinum

Yesterday I was starting on my second martini, lazily setting my fantasy football draft rankings while watching the sail away from Livorno (I am on vacation – 1/3rd of the way into my Grand Mediterranean adventure) when I received the most delightful of frequent travel emails – I finally achieved SPG Lifetime Platinum Status! I consider this…

Meet Me Halfway… The Six Month Status Checkup
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Meet Me Halfway… The Six Month Status Checkup

How can it be July 4th weekend already?  I feel like I was just ringing in the new year.  If you follow Jetsetter’s Homestead, then you know this has been a whirlwind year for me – I’m at a new firm after an acquisition which means my travel patterns have been altered a bit as I…

33 and a Third – What You NEED to Do This Weekend!
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33 and a Third – What You NEED to Do This Weekend!

If you are traveling in 2015, what you need to do this weekend is take a look at your current airline and hotel program use and make appropriate adjustments to your earning to be sure you are maximizing status opportunities.  With eight months left, you still have plenty of time to make travel plans that…

Airline Infidelity – American Elite Does Delta
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Airline Infidelity – American Elite Does Delta

I’m prone to crazy ideas based off wild speculation. I also get skittish the second I feel like my smooth travels might be disrupted.  As such, I’ve spent the last two years letting my anxieties over the pending American Airlines and US Airways merger build up.  I’m not one to take airline infidelity lightly and…

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Introducing Master Pages

I don’t know about you, but I hate having to dig for things on the internet.  While the Googley people love nothing more than to dig for treasure, I prefer to spend my screen time reading. I have a large trip coming up and want to be able to write about it without having to…

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Hotel Reviews – Four Points by Sheraton Sacramento International Airport

The Four Points can be a variable brand – from older properties with a branding-only refresh to new builds, the chain has slowly been building consistency.  This stay at the Four Points by Sheraton Sacramento International Airport highlighted what the brand “could be” with the right hard furnishing. Arrival I pulled into the parking lot…

Hotel Reviews – UPDATE – Sheraton Cleveland Airport Hotel
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Hotel Reviews – UPDATE – Sheraton Cleveland Airport Hotel

Last night I had a bit of travel disruption and I ended up in Cleveland instead of Columbus.  I fortunately know my Hyatt and Starwood options here fairly well and as those are the two programs I’m focusing on for Q4 (Hyatt to requalify for Diamond status, Starwood on my quest for nights to make…