by PointsGuru | Nov 3, 2015 | Chase Cards
You can get a $15 Credit With $15 Purchase from Chase Freedom using Visa Checkout. This is a different promotion offered earlier this year that featured Sapphire and Ink cards with Visa Checkout. This promo is just for the Chase Freedom and great way to buy a gift card and make some money from it.
Just find an online store that accepts Visa Checkout. Then pay with your Chase Freedom card through Visa Checkout to get a $15 statement credit.
This offer is valid from 11/2/2015 through 12/31/2015.
by PointsGuru | Oct 30, 2015 | Hotels
Update: Marriott has agreed to buy Starwood. Hyatt Hotels deal did not go through as previously reported on CNBC. We will see if the FTC actually lets this merger go through as it would make the largest hotel chain.
Previously Chicago-based Hyatt Hotels was in talks to acquire Connecticut-based Starwood could come as soon as next. Hyatt is preparing a cash-and-stock bid driven partially by the hoteliers’ growth struggles according to CNBC. Both Hyatt and Starwood have been hampered by several consecutive quarters of declining sales due to slowing global business travel and swings in the currency markets.
Some are saying that a combination of Hyatt and Starwood could help the two chains better compete with their larger peers Marriott International and Hilton Worldwide. One benefit to a takeover by Hyatt could be the lowered costs of the combined platforms bringing two companies to have over 500,000 rooms to considerably close the gap between them and Hilton and Marriott who each have more than 700,000 rooms.
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by PointsGuru | Oct 30, 2015 | Taxi Rideshare & Rentals
UBER and Lyft have both struggled to pick people up when they arrive from a flight into most of the airports around the world. Two of these are now crossed off the list for these popular alternatives to taxis now that O’Hare and Midway Airport are finally cleared for picking travelers up. While the pickup has been prohibited many of us were dropped off at the airport terminals when leaving Chicago for a flight but now we can get the ride service both ways.
According to the Chicago Sun TImes the decision that took place in Chicago this week. Saying that “A ride-hailing giant whose investors include Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s brother came out a big winner Monday after Emanuel salvaged his plan to give Uber, Lyft and Sidecar the lucrative right to make airport pickups without requiring their drivers to get chauffeur licenses.”
“Ald. John Arena (45th) said mayor Emanuel is counting on generating $30 million in fees by giving ride-hailing companies the keys to the airport kingdom. The mayor was not about to jeopardize that windfall by requiring ride-hailing drivers serving O’Hare and Midway airports to get chauffeur licenses.”
Aviation Commissioner Ginger Evans would be empowered to issue rules “governing the display, design and contents of additional distinctive signs or emblems that may be required to be displayed” on ride-hailing vehicles used to make pickups at O’Hare, Midway, McCormick Place and Navy Pier. Additional “distinctive signs or emblems” must also be provided to their drivers, the compromise states.
Read up more on how to get discounts using UBER in Chicago and other cities across the world.
by PointsGuru | Oct 15, 2015 | Hotels
A boutique hotel network is now offering more ways to earn more points for some of their highly desired stays which are normally either historic or in a great location. The Stash Hotel Rewards Visa Card is a great option for this one-of-a-kind hotels network. They designed this card with unique benefits focused on traveler satisfaction being the only hotel loyalty credit card where you can earn double points on stays at any hotel including major chains.
You’ll earn 10,000 bonus points towards free stays at one-of-a-kind hotels when you make $1,500 in purchases on your Stash Visa Card within 90 days of opening your account. Here are some added benefits after the bonus: (more…)
by PointsGuru | Oct 14, 2015 | Hotels
It was not long ago that Paris, France was saying no to everything AirBnb but it seems they have finally settled their differences. They are getting along so well they have decided to run a promotion for Halloween night in the city’s catacombs. Sounds like a luxurious adventure right? Forget the Haunted Houses this Halloween this will haunt you for the rest of your lives if you can survive this night in terror. The final resting place of 6 million souls has got to be one of the most desired places to be for a truly haunted evening.
You get to sleep inside a 200-mile underground labyrinth lined with 6 million skulls if you win this contest. One night only in a “bedroom” within the terrifying tunnels for the night of Halloween or October 31. (more…)
