Extreme Hotel Savings | Ep162 | 8-6-22 – Voyascape

Friends don’t let friends pay full price for hotels. Here are some of the tools we use to slice and dice the price of lodging.

00:44 Giant Mailbag: Pop-up averted over the phone

4:14 3 Cards, 3 Continents, 3 Updates

Frequent Miler’s 2022 Team Challenge: 3 Cards, 3 Continents

15:34 What crazy thing….did Marriott Bonvoy do this week? When it says you can’t use suite night awards, maybe that’s not true . . .

23:45 Mattress running the numbers: Buying IHG points for 0.5c each

Buy IHG Points for as low as 0.50 cents each

28:53 Main Event: Extreme hotel savings

29:40 Buying points on sale 36:45 Specialty rates

40:46 Card-linked offers (Chase Offers, Amex Offers, SimplyMiles, etc)

Card-Linked Programs & The Networks They Run On (AKA Which Programs Stack)

43:44 Portals

49:14 Membership sites (Capital One Spring, Greyhound, etc)

No Joke: Capital One Spring & Priceline Really Can Save You 50%+ On Hotels (No Capital One Card Needed)

52:25 Hotels.com stacking

54:25 Best Rate Guarantees

1:01:16 Mastercard Travel & Lifestyle

1:03:48 Wyndham business to Caesars to Free room

1:05:12 Follow sites for deeply discounted prices

1:07:20 Question of the Week: Do you have an update on American Airlines Loyalty Points?

American Airlines Loyalty Points Game Update: Halfway through, who’s in front?

Music credit: Annie Yoder