Weekly Points: What To Do If Your Hotel Is Overbooked, Virgin Atlantic Miles Got More Valuable, SkyMiles Flash Deal and More!

What To Do If Your Hotel Is Overbooked?:  Like airlines, hotels try their best to fill up every room in their property so they often times overbook.  What do you do if you find yourself without a room due to this? Check out this link to find out.

Hyatt Mattress Runs For 2K A Night:  What’s a mattress run?  That’s where you pay for a hotel stay that you don’t need to earn elite status.  Typically you do this with cheap stays, however with Hyatt you could potentially do it with points.

Virgin Atlantic Miles Just Got More Valuable!:  Virgin Atlantic just partnered with Air France and KLM.  What does that mean? Virgin Atlantic has good award rates and this opens up more options for award flights to Europe.

Do You Need A Travel Debit Card?:  We talk a lot about credit cards and the huge value they provide when traveling, but what about debit cards?  Are they even necessary when traveling? Are they safe to use abroad?

Alaska To Join Oneworld:  Alaska miles have always been valuable to me.  They have unique partnerships that I find extremely useful.  Now they’ve boosted in value with joining Oneworld because now those Alaska miles will have use with those partners as well.

SkyMiles Flash Deal:  Oh man…. This is a good one!  You can find some amazing deals on award flights from the US to various parts of South America.  South America is a super cheap destination as your hard earned dollars go very far. Definitely check this out!

Earn 14X Amex Points At IHG:  Shopping portals are a great way to boost your points balance.  This deal however is far more exciting than the normal bonuses you see.  Rakuten is currently offering 14% cash back, or 14X Membership Rewards Points for shopping at IHG.  If you have some hotel reservations book, I would highly suggest this deal!

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