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Does Cancelling a Comp Stay Affect MGM Offers?

Mar 21, 2026

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Does Cancelling a Comp Stay Affect MGM Offers?

A small test of booking intent vs. actual behavior

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Expat Logistics

Marriott Bonvoy Brilliant’s $25 Dining Credit Abroad

Mar 19, 2026

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4 min read

Marriott Bonvoy Brilliant’s $25 Dining Credit Abroad

What 82 monthly credit cycles in London show about how much of the Amex Brilliant dining benefit you can actually use outside the U.S.

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Loyalty program design

Marriott Slows Status Inflation While Improving Certificate Redemptions

Mar 16, 2026

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Marriott Slows Status Inflation While Improving Certificate Redemptions

How the 25K certificate top-up and the 2026 Q1 promotion reveal the program’s current direction

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BritRail Passes in the UK: When They Make Sense for Visitors

Mar 12, 2026

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BritRail Passes in the UK: When They Make Sense for Visitors

A prepaid rail framework for non-UK residents

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Expat Logistics

Mar 10, 2026

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3 min read

The Cost of Collecting

The final stage of a Capital One Offers experiment from abroad

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Amex Offers

Can You Buy Marriott Gift Cards at Hotels? I Tried Four in London

Mar 7, 2026

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3 min read

Can You Buy Marriott Gift Cards at Hotels? I Tried Four in London

I visited four Marriott hotels to see whether I could buy a gift card at the front desk and trigger an Amex hotel offer. None would sell me one.

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Hyatt

Mar 6, 2026

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3 min read

Park Hyatt Siem Reap Review

How the FHR booking plan played out

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Hyatt

Me and All Hotel Berlin East Side Review: Good for a Short Stay?

Mar 5, 2026

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2 min read

Me and All Hotel Berlin East Side Review: Good for a Short Stay?

We stayed at Hyatt’s Me and All Berlin East Side. Here’s how the small rooms, Friedrichshain location and public transport connections worked in practice.

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Hyatt

Mar 4, 2026

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Lindner Hotel Berlin Ku’damm Review

A spacious room just off Kurfürstendamm, close to Zoologischer Garten

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MGM

Mar 1, 2026

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3 min read

Will MGM Still Comp Me?

A light stay, a small trim, and what the model did next

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Miles & Points

Feb 27, 2026

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2 min read

Virgin Miles Purchase: Two Months In

And whether I reload for 2026

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IHG

Feb 25, 2026

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4 min read

IHG and Me

A quiet but essential part of the hotel portfolio

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Does Cancelling a Comp Stay Affect MGM Offers?

Marriott Bonvoy Brilliant’s $25 Dining Credit Abroad

Marriott Slows Status Inflation While Improving Certificate Redemptions

BritRail Passes in the UK: When They Make Sense for Visitors

The Cost of Collecting

Can You Buy Marriott Gift Cards at Hotels? I Tried Four in London

Park Hyatt Siem Reap Review

Me and All Hotel Berlin East Side Review: Good for a Short Stay?

Lindner Hotel Berlin Ku’damm Review

Will MGM Still Comp Me?

Virgin Miles Purchase: Two Months In

IHG and Me

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